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Department of Psychology

ESRC Postgraduate Training Framework

The University of Warwick is one of only 21 institutions to be awarded a national Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Established in 2011 Warwick's ESRC DTC covers 19 subject areas (pathways) across the social sciences, providing financial and research support to a number of students looking to improve their skills and knowledge through postgraduate study.

Warwick ERSC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)

It is widely recognised that postgraduate research programmes should provide broad-based training beyond the specific skills that a student needs to complete their particular thesis. The department offers students a programme designed to meet those goals based on the Warwick ERSC Doctoral Training Centre programme. This programme consists of centrally provided modules and modules delivered at the Departmental level.

The centrally provided training consists of:

IM925-20 Foundations in Qualitative Research
IM926-20 Research Design, Practice and Ethics

Department level training consists of:
Psychology Pathway modules

Optional modules: Students choose up to a total of 60 CATs, with a minimum of 40 CATs from:

PS903-15 Communication, Dissemination and Professional Issues
PS904-15 Practical Research Skills for Psychology
PS918-15 Psychological Models of Choice*
PS919-15 Behavioural Change: Nudging and Persuasion
PS922-15 Issues in Psychological Science (may be beneficial if students wish to do PS918/PS919)
PS923-15 Methods in Behavioural Science (may be beneficial if students wish to do PS918/PS919)*
PS931-15 Bayesian Approaches to Behavioural Science*
PS932-15 From Stress to Health in the Workplace
PS934-15 Health and Wellbeing Interventions in the Real-World: What Helps and What Harms?
PS935-15 Interventions and Technologies for Behaviour Change
PS936-15 Advanced Issues in Mental Health Research
PS937-15 Core Foundations of Mental Health and Wellbeing

*Students must seek approval from the module convenor before being approved to take this module

Dissertation module

PS929-60 DTC Social Science Research Dissertation (Psychology)

Students must also take one of the following modules:

PO91Q-20 Fundamentals in Quantitative Research Methods *
SO916-20 Quantitative Methods in Social Research
PS907-15 Advanced Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

* PO91Q can only be taken if supported by your supervisor and if it is relevant to your project and/or prior research experience

ESRC Funded Students

All ESRC funded students are expected to complete this training as part of their 1+3.5 programme of study which leads to an MA in Social Science Research, see:

https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/esrcdtc/

Non-ESRC Funded Students

Non-ESRC funded students are strongly encouraged to engage with the Departmental level advanced training offered. Such training opportunities will be discussed with your supervisors and will form part of the annual review process.