Yearly statistics from the Leeds Clearing House continue to evidence that individuals applying and being accepted onto Clinical Psychology Training courses are not fully representative of the UK population. With the majority of those applying and accepted being from privileged groups. Due to this chronic underrepresentation, we have formed a Talking to Schools Project Team […]
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We have collated a list of CPD events/workshops/podcasts & more from within and outside of the University. Some events may aimed at those from marginalised communities, provide a foundational or advanced understanding and discussion of a variety of EDI topics, or provide a reflective space. If you do attend any of these events, please get […]
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I attended an incredibly informative workshop on using supervision and reflection which was part of the ASPIRE Assistant Psychologist programme. There were six of us who attended and a Specialist Clinical Psychologist who facilitated the session. We spoke about many different topics across the time we had but some of the main topics we spoke […]
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On the 18th of March 2022 I helped to support the Widening Access event titled “Is Clinical Psychology for me?”. We had a great turnout with a couple of hundred people joining for the live session, but had many others who received the recording afterwards. There were a lot of really important talks and perspectives […]
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We’re all agreed that widening access to the profession of clinical psychology is a GOOD THING but it can be difficult to identify the barriers that stand in the way. Over the last two years we have been evaluating the selection process at Surrey by looking closely at the data we have for the applicants […]
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The programme team have long been committed to EDI in various aspects including via changes to the curriculum and selection procedures. Most recently, the provision of HEE funding has allowed the team to fund Research Assistants specifically for EDI. As they started in July 2021, Laura Simonds provides a 6 month reflection on decolonising clinical […]
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