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Delve into the field of educational psychology at Edge Hill. Acquire insights into learning processes and contribute to effective educational practices.

Psychology with Educational Perspectives BSc (Hons)

UCAS code: C812

Untangle the relationship between the brain, learning and development. Understand the core concepts of psychology and what makes humans tick. Apply your learning in educational settings on this degree, accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS).

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Overview

Course length:

3 years full-time

6 years part-time

Start dates:

September 2027

Location:

Edge Hill University

Example offers:

BBB-ABB (A Level) or DMM (BTEC)120 – 128 UCAS Tariff points View full entry criteria

Subject(s):

Psychology

Faculty:

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Discover how people learn, grow and thrive on our BSc (Hons) Psychology with Educational Perspectives degree, and take your first step towards shaping brighter futures through psychology.

Why study this course at Edge Hill University?

Professionally accredited. Gain eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC), a first step towards further study, chartered psychologist status and exciting career opportunities.

Exceptional facilities. Use specialist research tools including eye-tracking technology in our dedicated labs and child observation suite, to explore learning and attention, generate authentic insights and support ground-breaking research. We’re 1st in the North West for learning resources (NSS 2026 – Psychology).

Career-building experience. Join our vibrant community, building lasting connections through peer mentoring, networking events and guest lectures from educational psychologists. Develop employer-ready skills through mock assessment centres, careers fairs and professional networking, while our active alumni community helps to open doors to exciting career and postgraduate opportunities.

World-leading expertise. Learn from researchers advancing understanding of child and adolescent development. Explore the latest research and professional practice, pursue your interests through an educational psychology dissertation and take part in our research internship scheme.

Unlock learning potential. Explore how memory, intelligence and personality shape learning through tailored modules that apply psychology to education. With modules exploring influences on children’s learning to the psychology of special educational needs and placements in schools and other educational settings, you’ll develop the psychological insight and practical experience to make an impact in real-world educational settings.

Turn your interest in psychology and education into a rewarding career. Combining research-led teaching, applied educational psychology modules and a supportive learning environment, this BPS-accredited degree prepares you to make an impact in psychology or education.

British Psychological Society - accredited

Course features

International students can apply

Professional accreditation

Sandwich year option available

Studying abroad option available

Work placement opportunity

What you'll study

Teaching and assessment

Our introductory psychology modules delve into the relationship between brain and behaviour, perception, memory and intelligence. We’ll introduce you to research methods and data analysis that help problem solving in the real-world. There’s a focus on key undergraduate skills like academic reading, group work and critical writing. We’ll also build your personal development. What’s more, your introduction to Educational Psychology will involve examining the issues facing education today.

Compulsory modules:

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Essential Skills in Applied Psychology

Essential Skills in Applied Psychology develops a range of academic, personal and interpersonal skills designed to enhance your potential both within and beyond university. The focus is on harnessing key undergraduate skills such as academic reading, writing and critique, group working, finding and presenting information, time management, self-awareness and reflection, and applying them in the context of the degree subject. The module takes a holistic approach to applications of theory.

Module code: PSY1109

Credits: 20 Assessment:

100% Coursework

Introduction to Cognitive & Biological Psychology

Introduction to Cognitive & Biological Psychology considers the processes underlying behaviour (such as perception, sensation and memory) and how human beings are embedded in their world (for example, by way of their shared biology and learned knowledge). In this way, the module aims to equip you with a broad understanding of basic theories and concepts and a range of interrelated approaches towards the psychological study of human behaviour.

Module code: PSY1112

50% Coursework

50% Time Limited Assessment

Introduction to Educational Psychology

Introduction to Educational Psychology provides an overview of a range of key topics relevant to the practice of educational psychology, educational psychology research and interventions informed by psychological theory. The module will examine the psychology which underpins the learning of children and adolescents, explore what motivates children to learn and perform at school, and consider a range of barriers to children’s learning.

Module code: EDP1001

60% Practical

40% Coursework

Introduction to Personality, Social & Developmental Psychology

Introduction to Personality, Social & Developmental Psychology will familiarise you with the approaches and concepts central to the study of behaviour. The module explores the historical and theoretical concepts of personality and individual differences, social cognition and social and cognitive development.

Module code: PSY1111

The Psychology of Wellbeing

The Psychology of Wellbeing introduces you to the concept of psychological wellbeing as it is used in various areas of applied professional psychology. The module will provide you with foundational knowledge of the theoretical models used, and how that informs applied work. You will learn about career pathways into jobs which relate to psychological wellbeing, and you will develop some of the necessary skills and abilities, such as reflective practice and personal development planning, necessary to succeed within these.

Module code: PSY1010

Investigative Methods in Psychology

Investigative Methods in Psychology demonstrates the key approaches to research in psychology and develops your skills in experimental design, data analysis and data interpretation. You will learn about approaches to research in areas of cognitive, developmental, social and biological psychology and will be provided with the opportunity to learn and practice these techniques yourself. The module will also enable you to gain the skills required in order to produce descriptive and inferential statistics.

Module code: PSY1116

You’ll study four major areas of psychology (social, developmental, biological and cognitive) to develop critical awareness and improve your interpersonal skills. We’ll introduce you to research methods where you’ll use your findings to better understand human behaviour. The opportunity to do a work placement at the end of Year 2 of your BSc (Hons) Psychology with Educational Psychology degree will give you practical experience in a school setting or in other educational settings.

Biological Psychology

Biological Psychology studies the human nervous system, including its structure and functioning. There will be a particular focus upon the brain. You will learn in detail the processes by which messages are passed through the system and the way the brain interacts with the hormones of the endocrine system in order to preserve life. The methods by which the brain is commonly researched will also be explored in order to provide a basis for understanding much current research and theorising in psychology.

Module code: PSY2115

60% Coursework

40% Exam

Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology will examine both classic and contemporary research that has led to the development of theories regarding how attention, perception and memory all function. The module will also examine how each of these components interact during everyday tasks. You will consider how thinking, language and emotion enable us to reason about, and interact meaningfully with, the external world, gaining an understanding of the processes used to communicate, comprehend, and use information and knowledge.

Module code: PSY2114

50% Exam

Developmental Psychology

Developmental Psychology addresses the processes involved in key aspects of human development and their relevant applications in real world settings. It will focus mainly (though not exclusively) on development in childhood including areas such as cognition, memory, language, emotional, and social development. Emphasis will be placed on the evaluation of key theories and psychological research that have informed our understanding of development in these areas.

Module code: PSY2112

50% Practical

Research Methods & Data Analysis

Research Methods & Data Analysis provides you with the skills necessary to design, execute and report your own research. A particular emphasis is placed on data analysis: quantitative techniques (analysis of variance and regression) and qualitative techniques (grounded theory and phenomenological analysis). These data analysis skills will be essential for carrying out dissertations and are also highly valued by employers.

Module code: PSY2116

Social Psychology

Social Psychology reveals the extent to which social influences and interactions are pervasive in affecting individual behaviour, while also considering how the actions of an individual in turn affect other individuals and groups. You will develop an awareness of the relationship between person and situation and examine how this dynamic relationship both influences, and is crucial to, the understanding of behaviour.

Module code: PSY2113

The Psychology of Teaching, Learning and Instruction

The Psychology of Teaching, Learning and Instruction questions what actually constitutes ‘learning’ and ‘teaching’ along with psychological theory and research about how this is best achieved in practice. An important part of this module will be for you to gain experience of the application of theory and research in practice, achieved by conducting a micro-teaching exercise with peers and reflecting on the experience.

Module code: EDP2004

80% Coursework

20% Practical

Use research to explore specific areas of educational psychology for your dissertation. You’ll consider how to apply your knowledge of educational psychology in practice to prepare you for future employment or further study. We’ll give you a range of optional modules in your final year, where you can really focus in on educational development. Learn how autism, dyslexia and ADHD impact behaviour and learning. Or explore how you can use theories of motivation to help you be a successful student.

Personality and Individual Differences

Personality and Individual Differences influence all aspects of human behaviour. Knowledge and understanding of the nature of individual differences and the processes by which they influence our behaviours and motivations in everyday life is at the very essence of human psychology. Such knowledge is relevant in key disciplines such as clinical and forensic psychology, as well as to individuals generally in their efforts to understand what makes people ‘tick’. This module will explore and evaluate theories and research that have advanced our knowledge and understanding of this key area of psychology. It will develop your capacity for critical thinking, for active and independent learning, and for effective communication and teamwork.

Module code: PSY3129

Educational Psychology Dissertation

Educational Psychology Dissertation requires you to carry out a piece of research for which, with tutorial support, you have responsibility for designing, gathering data, analysing data, and reporting the findings. You will work independently and demonstrate a high degree of autonomy and initiative in managing your work.

Module code: PSY3023

Credits: 40 Assessment:

Special Educational Needs

Special Educational Needs examines special educational needs (SEN) within the school system by providing an understanding of psychological research and its applicability to this area. The module will take into consideration the policies and strategies behind supporting SEN in school, with particular attention to autism and dyslexia. In addition, this module will explore both the history of SEN and the new direction it is taking.

Module code: EDP3104

75% Coursework

25% Practical

The Psychology of Literacy

The Psychology of Literacy explores how Literacy skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing play a key role throughout our lives, influencing our experiences of education and continuing to play an important role in adulthood. The module adopts a lifespan perspective on the Psychology of Literacy, starting with the building blocks for literacy in the early years, through to the development of literacy skills in primary and secondary school and exploring how literacy can continue to play an important role in adulthood. Throughout the module, you will consider the facilitators and benefits of developing effective literacy skills, alongside possible differences in literacy experiences. Links between literacy research and applied literacy practice in education and community settings will also be a key component of the module. You will additionally have the opportunity to reflect on the development of your own literacy skills, e.g., throughout your degree programme.

Module code: EDP3107

Enterprise and Innovation in Psychology

Enterprise and Innovation in Psychology allows you to use the knowledge gained in years one and two, to develop an innovative initiative or product for how psychology can be applied to solve a real-world problem or issue. You will work in groups to develop a commercially-viable initiative or product, presenting it at the end of the module to a panel of outside experts (and the year as a whole) in a Dragons’ Den format. The module develops employability and entrepreneurship skills alongside supporting you to develop your knowledge of a chosen and focused area of psychology.

Module code: PSY3025

Psychology Work Placement

Psychology Work Placement will allow you to enhance your employability and enable you to you critically reflect on how psychology plays a role in the workplace. You will be introduced to the application of psychology in a range of professional practices while reflecting on these in the areas of applying theory, evidence informed practice and the use of interventions. You will be encouraged to keep a reflective record of your experiences to support your future assessments. This will be followed by an academic element in year 3 where you will have the opportunity to explore the theory underpinning a practice that you may have observed or participated in, including how theory has been applied in the workplace.

Module code: PSY3148

How you'll study

Our teaching methods vary from traditional style lectures to tutorials, seminars and workshops. There are well-equipped laboratory facilities consisting of IT rooms and research cubicles. We have a wide range of IT facilities, including experiment generation and statistical packages.

You will have the opportunity to complete a work placement at the end of Year 2 within an educational context such as a school, educational psychology service or educational research group. Some placement types are limited and travel may be required.

Typical time commitment for scheduled sessions is approximately 2.5 days per week, with the remainder of the time dedicated for self-directed study.

How you'll be assessed

Most modules are assessed by a mixture of examination and coursework, though some are assessed solely by coursework. Coursework assignments might be essays, research project reports, portfolios, group presentations, posters, or the critical analysis of research papers. In addition, in Year 3 you will complete a dissertation.

Who will be teaching you

You will be taught by team members who are experts in their fields. Psychology staff regularly publish their research in major national and international peer reviewed journals such as the British Educational Research Journal, and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Psychology staff also collaborate with educational institutions such as schools, education trusts and local authorities to conduct research and inform policy-making.

The Department of Psychology operates a research internship scheme where you may have the opportunity to volunteer to assist with staff research across a range of exciting projects. Previous projects have focused on subjects including eye movements and memory, alcohol and inhibition, autistic traits, attentional bias to pictures and words, personality and offending behaviour, behaviour change and food awareness, multiple perspective taking, the neural underpinnings of action simulation, and the question of whether emojis reveal true emotions.

Partners and Placement Providers

We work with a range of external partners who contribute to our courses. Some of our partners and/or placement providers include: Reachout ASC, Empower Psychology Services Limited, Mosaic, TRU Rehab, Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Knowsley Council, Colne Citadel, Enterprise mobility, West Lancashire Borough Council, Anthony Walker Foundation, Royal Air Force, Autism Initiatives, Airborne Environmental consultants, Cassidy Media Partnership, Aaban Partnership Limited, ABL Health LTD, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust: Personality Disorder Hub, Targeted Services, Wigan Council: Youth Support Services, ReEngage Northwest LTD: Wellbeing Coaching services, HMPPS.

Timetables for your first week are normally available at the end of August prior to enrolment in September. You can expect to receive your timetable for the rest of the academic year during your first week. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week. Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities.

Where your course includes optional modules, these are to provide an element of choice within the course curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements. Some restrictions on optional module choice or combinations of optional modules may apply.

Entry criteria

Typical offer 120 – 128 UCAS Tariff points, for which no specific subjects are required, plus GCSE English and GCSE Mathematics at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent).

Example offers

Qualification

Requirement

BBB-ABB.

UCAS Tariff points

120-128 points.

BTEC Extended Diploma (or combination of BTEC QCF qualifications)

Distinction, Distinction, Merit (DDM).

Overall grade of Merit.

International Baccalaureate (IB)

We are happy to accept IB qualifications which achieve the required number of UCAS Tariff points.

Access to Higher Education Diploma

45 credits at Level 3, for example 24 credits at Distinction and 21 credits at Merit or 30 credits at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit. The required total can be attained from various credit combinations.

Please note, the above examples may differ from actual offers made. A combination of A Level and BTEC awards may also be accepted.

If you have a minimum of two A Levels (or equivalent), there is no maximum number of qualifications that we will accept UCAS points from. This includes additional qualifications such as Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), AS Levels that haven't been continued to A Level, and General Studies AS or A Level awards.

English language requirements

International students require IELTS 6.0, with a score no lower than 5.5 in each individual component, or an equivalent English language qualification.

Fair Entry Criteria

Our new Fair Entry Criteria is a Contextual Admissions Policy that takes an applicant’s personal and educational background into account. This policy will allow eligible applicants to receive up to a two-grade reduction in their entry requirements for this course. Find out more and see if you qualify.

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2027 part-time application links will be added when available.

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Facilities

The £6m Law and Psychology building provides contemporary teaching and learning facilities for students in the Department of Psychology.

The three-storey building includes a 250-seat lecture theatre, seminar and tutorial rooms, and social learning areas which encourage a more informal and interactive style of learning.

We have a wide range of state-of-the-art facilities, including research equipment to help us understand human thought and behaviour. Many of these can be used to research issues relevant to educational psychology. These include our eye-tracking labs; eye-tracking helps us understanding what people are paying attention to and how it affects information processing. We know that attention is a critical component of effective learning, and so eye tracking research can be extremely useful to know us better understand factors which might affect attention, or how we might design visual learning materials to attract optimal attention. All these can be beneficial when applied in educational contexts.

We also have our Coaching Psychology Clinic which is led by our registered Coaching Psychologists. Many people interested in Educational Psychology might apply coaching principles to their professional practice. As such, there can be a significant overlap between student-centred teaching and support when used in educational contexts, as there might be in coaching psychology practice.

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Tuition fees

UK Full-Time

UK Part-Time

£81.50 per credit

for 360 credits

For the academic year 2026/27 the UK Full-Time tuition fee is currently set to £9,790. Please note this is subject to Parliamentary approval and is likely to be increased in line with inflation (RPIX). There may be further inflationary increases in your subsequent years of study. Further details can be found at ehu.ac.uk/fees.

EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK tuition fee rate.

Financial support

Subject to eligibility, UK students joining this course can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan from the Government to cover the full cost of tuition fees. UK students enrolling on the course may also be eligible to apply for additional funding to help with living costs.

Scholarships

We offer a range of scholarships, which celebrate the determination, commitment and achievement of our students. Many of our scholarships are awarded automatically. There are some however, where you will need to be involved in an application or nomination process. To find out more about our scholarships and check your eligibility, please visit our dedicated scholarships pages.

Money Matters

Please view the relevant Money Matters guide for comprehensive information about the financial support available to eligible UK students.

EU/EEA and Swiss students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme may be eligible to apply for financial support. Irish nationals can ordinarily apply to Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI).

If you are an EU student who does not have settled or pre-settled status, or are an international student from a non-EU country, please see our international student finance pages.

For the academic year 2027/28, the UK Full-Time tuition fee is currently set to £10,050. Please note this is subject to Parliamentary approval and is likely to be increased in line with inflation (RPIX). There may be further inflationary increases in your subsequent years of study. Further details can be found at ehu.ac.uk/fees.

Your future career

This course is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as conferring eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC), which is the first step towards becoming a chartered psychologist. Our degree is the perfect foundation on which to build your further education and training.

With this undergraduate degree you’ll be on your way to pursuing career paths such as:

Educational Psychologist

Learning support assistant

Educational support worker

Engagement Officer

Peer Support Officer

Support worker

Well-being Mentor

Young People’s Case Worker

Outreach Officer

Projects Worker/Coordinator

Community Development Worker

Education Welfare Officer

Educational Mental Health Practitioner

Youth and Community Worker

Family Support Worker

Our graduates use this initial programme to kickstart their careers in the psychology sector and go on to apply their skills in a range of rewarding roles. It’s important to note that if you want to train as a psychologist, you’ll need to undertake postgraduate education. This undergraduate degree is the perfect first step to becoming a chartered educational psychologist.

At Edge Hill, we have a range of aligned postgraduate pathways which can enable you to continue your journey from our Educational Psychology course:

· MSc Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Well-being

· MSc Health Psychology

· MSc Coaching Psychology

PGCE (Primary, Secondary, or SENDI)

Course changes

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information, however our courses are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses.

Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of professional bodies, revisions to subject benchmarks statements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

Track changes to this course

Entry criteria - 25 June 2026

Removed: Please note, for the purposes of studying psychology, level 2 literacy and numeracy qualifications are not considered as equivalent to GCSE Grade C or Grade 4 in English Language and Mathematics.

Module changes - 11 December 2025

EDP3106 replaced with compulsory module EDP3107 The Psychology of Literacy in Year 3.

STEM Foundation Year - 29 October 2025

STEM Foundation Year added for 2026 entry, subject to validation.

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