Psychology

See what graduates from last year’s Psychology courses at Glasgow Caledonian University went on to do after graduation. The chart below shows how many graduates were employed, in further study & unemployed six months after graduation (the category ‘Others’ includes graduates who were either not available for employment, were taking time out, were starting a job the following month, or were doing something else).

Destinations of Psychology graduates from DLHE survey 2009/10

Employed: 48
Further study: 11
Unemployed: 3
Others: 9
Total 1st degree returns: 71

68% of graduates from our Psychology courses last year who responded to our survey were in employment six months after graduation – employers and job titles included the following:

Alzheimers Scotland: Support Worker
Glasgow Caledonian University: PhD Research Student
Morgan Stanley: Programme Analyst
NHS Lanarkshire: Clinical Psychologist
Richmond Fellowship: Support Worker
Santander: Mortgage Adviser
Scottish Society of Autism: Support Worker

Guide to researching graduate vacancies:

• Please refer to our suite of leaflets which will assist you in your search for a graduate job, further study or placement. The leaflets also cover topics including Writing a CV, interview techniques and the application process which you may also find useful. All these leaflets are available from the Careers & Employability Centre, M015 George Moore Building, or can be downloaded from our website. 
• Also look at the listings of graduate jobs in the vacancy section of our site. On average we receive over 30 new vacancies daily and we usually have over 500 graduate jobs, placements and part-time jobs advertised at any one time - be sure to check our website regularly.
• Register with the Careers Service and we will email you jobs matching your specified requirements as soon as they are advertised.

For further information on your degree:

• Options in Psychology (Graduate Prospects)
• Occupational Profiles – Psychologist (Graduate Prospects)
• Agcas Sector Briefings - Health

Professional Bodies:

• The Association of Educational Psychologists
• The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
• The British Association of Sports & Exercise
• The British Psychological Society
• The British Psychological Society (Scotland)

Publications/websites:

• Childrens' Workforce Development Council - information on funded educational psychology training courses
• Clearing House for Postgrad Courses in Clinical Psychology
• Clinical Psychology Arena - information on ther range of books & journals available
• ClinPsy.org - news & articles on training and qualifications
• Continuing Professional Development for Applied Psychologists in Scotland
• Direct Government
• Health Professions Council - website of the public health regulator
• The Home Office
• Mental Health Jobs - vacancies throughout the UK
• NHS Education for Scotland - educational opportunities for professional in the NHS
• People & Organisations at Work - website of Chartered Occuapational Psychologists
• The Prison Service - information about vacancies within HM Prison Service
• The Psychologist - articles & news from the BPS
• Psychologist Appointments - vacancies throughout the UK
• Psyclick. org - news, articles and vacancies throughout the Uk for Clinical Psychologists
• The Times Educatiuonal Supplement - vacancies throughout the UK

Specialist Recruitment Agencies in Psychology:
List currently being researched

Please email us with other useful sites and we may add them to this list