Assistant Psychologist posts are hard to get, but they are no longer the only way to build DClinPsy experience. Here is what else counts, how course criteria differ, and how to choose a role you will still be able to talk about at interview.
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In the UK, a PhD and a DClinPsy are designed to produce different things. Here is how the two doctorates differ in purpose, length, funding and career outcomes, whether a PhD can ever make you a Clinical Psychologist, and how to work out which route you actually need.
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In my last post, I explained the main routes into PhD study and how to fund them. That post assumed you would be doing a PhD in the usual way, by carrying out a programme…
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Funding is one of the biggest sticking points for people thinking about a PhD, and it often puts them off before they have even started. The landscape can look like a maze, with stipends, fellowships,…
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There’s something uniquely satisfying about finishing the discussion section of a paper – it signals you’re in the homeward stretch, tying up all those loose ends before hitting ‘save’. Yet many academics I work with…
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