Academic Regulations: Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
| School | Psychology |
| Final Award | Doctor of Clinical Psychology |
| Programme(s) | Doctor of Clinical Psychology |
| Last modified | April 2025 |
The Academic Regulations apply to and regulate the programme(s) listed above.
On occasion, programmes can be exempted from one or more of the clauses in the Regulations; one or more of the clauses can be varied; and programmes can impose additional requirements.
- Exemptions are characterised by the omission of the relevant clause.
- Variations are characterised by the replacement of the clause with alternative wording.
- Additions are characterised by requirements in addition to those detailed in the Academic regulations
The programmes listed have approval from the Academic Quality and Standards Subcommittee for the exemptions and/or variations and/or additions to the regulations noted below.
| Regulations for Research Degrees | Exemption/Variation/Addition | |
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| 4. | Additional requirements for Professional Doctorates Professional doctorates including the Doctor of Education (EdD), Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych), Doctor of Education Psychology (DEdPsych), Doctor of Clinical Practice (DClinP), and the Engineering Doctorate (EngD), shall additionally contain a combination of taught compulsory and/or elective modules, individual and/or group projects and the preparation of a thesis. The combination of these elements, including specific pass marks, are detailed in the Academic Regulations. Research students who fail to complete the requirements as set out in the Academic Regulations will be deemed by the relevant Faculty Education and Student Experience Subcommittee to have failed the degree. | Exemption Students are exempt from the right to repeat any taught modules (internally or externally) following a failure of more than half the modules in a Part, or following resubmission. Variation Taught modules are passed at 50 but placements are marked on a pass/fail basis only. Addition Enrolment and continuation on the programme is subject to specific health requirements consistent with the provisions of the Equality Act [2010]. Students are required to inform the School at the earliest opportunity of any change in health status that may impact on practice or their studies, throughout their period of enrolment. Addition Students will be deemed to have failed the programme, without the right of re-entry, on one or more of the following grounds: (i) Students must pass at least 50% of the credits in each part at the first attempt. (ii) Failure of a practical placement will lead to failure of the programme unless there has been successful corrective action. (iii) Failure to complete all elements of summative assessments to a satisfactory standard within 5 years of first registration or by such a date as will have been agreed by the Board of Examiners. (iv) Failure of a resubmission. There is no right to Repeat a Part. (v) In exceptional circumstances, such as gross misconduct or a serious breach of the Code of Conduct of the British Psychological Society, or if the placement is terminated or suspended after disciplinary action, the Board of Examiners reserves the right to fail a student without permitting re-entry. |
| Recognition of Prior Learning |
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Students who have been awarded the MSc Foundations of Clinical Psychology, MSc Health Psychology, MSc Research Methods in Psychology or MSc Psychology degree by the University of 天发娱乐棋牌_天发娱乐APP-官网|下载 and who enrol for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology within two years of the date of that award must have recognition of prior learning applied to the following modules: RESM6009 Applied Research Methods: Qualitative Methods RESM6010 Applied Research Methods: Statistical Analysis of Comparisons & Group Differences RESM6011 Applied Research Methods (ARM): Correlational Methods RESM6012 Applied Research Methods (ARM): Planning and Designing Research PSYC6174 Designing Research for Psychology PSYC6176 Qualitative Research Methods for Psychology PSYC6177 Quantitative Analysis or Psychology The above modules are a core requirement for the Master’s programmes named above and, as such, students will have been required to achieve a Pass Mark of 50 in each to be eligible for their previous award. Students who meet the above conditions will be awarded equivalent credit for these modules again in order to be eligible for the award of Doctor of Clinical Psychology. Doctor of Clinical Psychology trainees must account for their time as NHS employees and therefore students will be required to audit all modules where recognition of prior learning has been applied. There will be no fee reduction where recognition of prior learning has been applied. |
These regulations should be read in conjunction with the programme specification.
Disclaimer:
As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our programmes to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. As a result, these regulations may be revised during a student’s period of registration, however, any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Please read our Disclaimer to see why, when and how changes may be made to a student’s programme.