Psychology and Education with Foundation Year

Psychology and education is a combination that brings two intimately related disciplines into explicit dialogue. Psychology provides the scientific tools for understanding how people think, learn, develop, and behave, and how emotional, cognitive, and social factors interact to shape individual outcomes. Education is concerned with the conditions under which learning occurs, how teaching can be made effective, how educational systems can serve diverse learners, and what policies and interventions produce better outcomes for children and young people.

Together they give you a uniquely powerful framework for understanding the human dimensions of the educational process.

At Keele this four-year full-time programme includes a foundation year, giving you a preparatory stage before you enter the main degree. The programme is accredited by the British Psychological Society, which means that on graduation you will meet the requirements for Graduate Basis for Chartership, the first step towards becoming a chartered psychologist. You will study core psychology, including developmental, cognitive, social, and biological psychology, alongside educational psychology, policy, and intervention design and evaluation.

Research methods are developed as an explicit skill throughout the programme, preparing you to evaluate evidence critically and to design rigorous inquiries into educational and psychological questions.

Graduates move into careers in educational psychology training (via further postgraduate study), special educational needs support, counselling, teaching, learning support, social work, policy research, and community development. The BPS accreditation means the degree provides a recognised academic foundation for progression towards professional qualification as a psychologist.