Health & Wellbeing and Psychology

Health and Wellbeing and Psychology is a combination that examines the physical, mental, and social dimensions of health from both a public health and a psychological perspective. Health and wellbeing as a field moves beyond clinical medicine to ask why populations differ in their health outcomes, what social and environmental determinants of health operate, and how behaviour and community can be changed to promote wellbeing and prevent illness. Psychology provides the theoretical and empirical tools to understand individual behaviour, motivation, mental health, and the cognitive and emotional processes that shape health decisions.

At Liverpool Hope University, this four-year, full-time programme includes a foundation year, a sandwich year, and a year abroad, as well as work placement opportunities. The foundation year provides the academic preparation students need before beginning the main degree. You will explore the social, economic, and biological roots of ill health, examining why health inequalities persist and how effective interventions can be designed and delivered.

The psychology strand develops your understanding of human behaviour and mental health, providing tools that are directly applicable to health promotion, therapeutic practice, and research. The year abroad broadens your perspective on how different societies approach health and wellbeing, while placements and the sandwich year give you professional experience in health, community, or psychological services settings.

Graduates of this combination work in health promotion, public health, community health services, mental health support, social care, research, and policy. Many pursue further professional qualifications in psychology, social work, nursing, or health improvement, while others move into roles in schools, charities, sport and exercise settings, and corporate wellbeing. The combination of population-level health thinking and individual psychological understanding is particularly valuable in roles that require working with diverse communities and addressing health inequalities.