Psychology at UWS BA (Hons) Psychology BSc (Hons) Psychology BA/BSc (Hons) Psychology & ‘X’

Progression to 4th Year You cannot carry any resits to 4th year. You must have passed all your modules, and have a full compliment of credits from the 3 years. You must have an approved dissertation proposal

Module Co-ordinators The main contact for each module is the module co-ordinator: Biological Psychology: Dr Joanne Ingram Cognitive Psychology : Dr Melody Terras Social Psychology : Dr Karri Gillespie-Smith

CW Deadlines Psychology Research Methods (week 8 & 13) Individual Differences & Work (week 7 & 12) Child Development (week 10 + Exam) PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK SUBMISSION DATES IN ASSESSMENT MAP AND THE MODULE HANDBOOK Start working on coursework early and plan your time! Remember exams are earlier this year- week 15 NEED TO UPDATE THIS

Degree Classification Marks from 3rd year contribute towards your degree classification. You cannot progress to 4th year until you have passed all of your 3rd year modules (and any dependencies). You cannot progress into fourth year without an approved dissertation proposal.

Degree Classification First class Mean mark of 70% or above OR Mean mark of at least 67% and a majority of the modules in the final year stage at grade A. Upper second class Mean mark of 60% or above OR Mean mark of at least 57% and a majority of the modules in the final year stage at grade B1 or better. Lower second class Mean mark of 50% or above OR Mean mark of at least 47% and a majority of the modules in the final year stage at grade B2 or better. Third class Mean mark of 40% or above Includes your 3 best marks from 3rd year alongside all your 4th year modules (different calculation if you are a joint student- only yr 4)

Career Planning Time to start thinking about your career after University, and what you can do now to make yourself more employable. Good degree classification. Voluntary work (particularly if you want to pursue a career in Psychology). Graduate attributes of a Psychology degree – e.g. research methods skills, critical thinking, communication skills. Psychology Careers Event in second semester University Careers and Employability resources Careers event—add details

Communication When communicating with staff you must use your University email account. Emails from personal accounts often end up in our junk email folder and we do not read them. Use an appropriate subject heading, and provide your full name and banner number. Also indicate which module you are referring to. Emails should be polite and understandable, and should be clearly addressed to someone (i.e. rather than “Hi there” use the person’s name). Aim to respond to your email within 48 hours, and we expect students to check their emails and to respond to emails within the same timeframe. Staff will post office hours, and may choose to will deal with general queries then (i.e. in some cases an email answer will just refer you to that session). Reasonable use of email: 100+ students x 1 email a day results in 100+ emails per day, which is not manageable. Particularly as some of you have already sent me multiple emails on the same day!

Extensions Extensions granted by year leader Up to 1 week Appropriate evidence must be supplied If you have not been given an extension then you will receive a 10% penalty No extensions in resit diet Requests should be sent 24 hours prior to the deadline. Only in exceptional cases can you ask for an extension on the day or after the deadline. If unable to meet your deadline even with a week long extension then you should follow the new Extenuating Circumstances process.

Attendance If you are absent for any reason please ensure that you inform the module co-ordinator. In certain circumstances, failure to attend a module could result in non-progression at end of the academic year (in case of unauthorised absences). Attendance is now monitored via Banner and emails are sent out automatically. If you are absent for a long period (i.e. more than a week) for authorised reasons, you will need to provide a medical certificate and inform the year leader. Attendance policy. Non engagement (RA) – no resit attempt.

Personal Tutors Personal tutor information available on Moodle. You should meet up with your personal tutor at the beginning and end of the trimester. Additional point of contact for academic and pastoral support. Support the development of PDP and employability skills. Examples

Student Reps We require at least 3 student representatives in 3rd year: 1 from the BA route 1 from the BSc route 1 from the joint route This is an important position Attendance at student-staff liaison group meetings, representing your class mates views. If you are interested please email me.

BPS You are eligible to become a student member of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Fee depends on income and payment method (see website) The Psychologist magazine every month PsychTalk, quarterly magazine with a careers focus Psychologist Appointments – monthly round up of jobs and careers-related articles.

Dissertation Submit a dissertation proposal. There will be a number of classes to support you in writing your dissertation proposal. You must submit an approved dissertation proposal in order to progress to 4th year. Failure to do so will result in you graduating from 3rd year with an ordinary degree. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Extenuating Circumstances (EC) Mitigation has been replaced by “Fit to Sit” and Extenuating Circumstances. Extenuating circumstances are defined as adverse circumstances which have led to non-attendance at, non-submission of or impaired performance in one or more assessments. According to Regulation 7.7, in submitting each piece of coursework or completing an examination or class-test, a student is confirming that they are ‘fit to sit’ the assessment. If you believe that your academic performance has been affected by extenuating circumstances and that you are not in a position to submit a piece of coursework or attend an exam or class test, then you should complete an on-line EC Statement.

EC Continued The University's extenuating circumstance process is online and can be accessed via self-service banner. https://ssb.uws.ac.uk/ If a student submits an EC statement, they will have a 2-year limit to pass the assessment. The Extenuating Circumstance process guide is available to download in pdf and will guide you through the online process. http://www.uws.ac.uk/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=19327355285 Regulations 7.7 and 7.8. www.uws.ac.uk/current-students/rights-and-regulations/ academic-appeals-and-mitigation/

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