Teaching methods include a mixture of large and small lectures, seminars and workshops, one-to-one and group tutorials. Students will have personal development sessions with academic staff to help with your studies and developing your employability skills.

As well as assessments that count towards your degree, there are also on-going assessments for feedback and consolidating your learning. Assessment methods include essays, scientific reports, presentations, multimedia web pages, expert witness reports, writing formulations, case studies, exams, portfolios, online quizzes, academic posters, patchwork text, an exhibition, an academic poster conference, post occupancy evaluation and designing behaviour change interventions.

• Accreditation by the British Psychological Society (BPS), which means when you graduate with a 2:2 or above, you have Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership to the BPS which is an essential step for any career in psychology
• Our Psychology courses are 1st in the north-east for teaching quality (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024)
• Psychology was awarded an Athena Swan Bronze Award in 2021, in recognition of its commitment to supporting and transforming gender equality
• We integrate equality and diversity throughout the course using diverse assessment methods, with a focus on assessment for learning with modules including Male Psychology and Development and Neurodiversity