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Part of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology news, updates and more
Joined May 2016
Considering applying to us in the future? Please ensure you read this (and linked guidance within) before submitting your application
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We are so sad to hear about the death of Professor Bill Yule. He made enormous contributions to clinical psychology as a discipline & to training. He was the embodiment of a scientist-practitioner. He will be deeply missed. His famiy are very much in our thoughts at this time.
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Whilst DClinPsy's are training doctorates, please remember the position of a trainee clinical psychologist comes with the responsibilities of a Band 6 NHS staff member. We recommend applying when you think you're ready for these responsibilities, consolidating exp beforehand.
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Psychologists offering paid for application services should reflect on increasing barriers to the profession. Applicants should speak to supervisors, attend course information events and speak to fellow trainees rather than use these. Supervisors are likely best to know how you.
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1. A timely reminder that anyone considering to apply for a DClinPsy course should not listen to rumours about application and selection processes, nor make assumptions on statistics presented without any context to them. Heard such that put you off applying? Let us know & we'll.
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1. For 2022 entry, we will be applying positive action during the shortlisting process. If two (or more) applications achieve the same score within a shortlisting panel, equal opportunities data for the candidates will be independently accessed to.
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Congratulations also to our first year trainees - all 24 passed their qualifying examinations and ready to progress to second year of training.
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Congratulations to our 2019-22 cohort who are finishing today! We wish you all the best for the future and no doubt will stay in touch. (not all cohort in photo)
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A warm welcome to the 29 trainees in our 2020-23 cohort starting today. We are looking forward to supporting you on your journey to becoming future clinical psychologists and leaders in the NHS.
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We are offering a helping hand to aspiring psychologists in the midst of DClinPsy application process. Come along to the IAC’s workshop: "Looking after yourself during the DClinPsy process" on 20th November 12:30pm to 2pm
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Exciting news! We now have Foundation Level accreditation with the Association of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice (AFT).
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Your regular reminder that, contrary to rumour, you don't need a PhD to get onto the DClinPsy! From our most recent round of selection, 12.5% of those accepted have a PhD. 50% had a 2.1, 50% 1st and 75% MSc.
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SAVE THE DATE. Want to hear about some of the different Psychological Professions & alternative routes into DClinPsy training?. The IAC & SLaM are holding a webinar on Psychological Professions & Avenues into Clinical Psychology on 2/9/22, 12-2pm. Details to follow! @DrSuraba.
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Congratulations to our 2016-19 cohort! Best of luck for your future careers.
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It's not goodbye. congratulations to our 2020-2023 cohort. We will miss you!
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Shout out to all trainees involved in widening access to the profession. For us, the work undertaking by our trainee led increasing access committee is invaluable - including their recent free interview skills workshop attended by nearly 1000 aspiring psychologists!.
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Congratulations to all of our trainees viva'd this week for your excellent results - we are incredibly proud of you. Thank you also to all our external examiners for your input and expertise.
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Congratulations to Livia Bridge, 2nd year DClinPsy trainee for her paper on a revised low self-esteem CBT model which incorporates more social factors - link to paper here:
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To reiterate once more: 1. You do not need a PhD to study on our Programme (there are more people in each of our cohorts without PhD's than there are with). 2. Anyone that says you do has likely not met our trainees in the past decade nor studied with us during that time.
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1. Home interviews completed for another year. Thank you to all that attended over the past few days - we wish you all the best of luck and no matter the outcome, please remember that you've done amazingly well to get to this stage!.
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The #IncreasingAccessCommittee is planning on running a workshop for aspiring psychologists with disabilities. We are looking for trainee and qualified Clinical Psychologists who identify as having a disability to be involved as facilitators.
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The next trainee-led #IncreasingAccessCommittee workshop will focus on navigating the DClinPsy and Clinical Psychology for aspiring psychologists who identify as having a disability. UK trainees and qualified psychologists will share their experiences.
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Application season is a stressful time for all. Please be reminded that administrators should not bear the brunt of any frustration with the process if the outcome is not what you wanted! They are the messenger and have worked intensively to support the admissions process.
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It gives us pleasure to say that we have now filled all our home fees places for the 2020-23 cohort. All first offers accepted! We look forward to seeing you all in October.
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Ahead of our interviews next week, the #IncreasingAccessCommittee will be sharing some tips from current trainees who identify as being from a minority or underrepresented group in clinical psychology. We hope you find it helpful and good luck to all those interviewing!.
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1. Apologies for the delay! Application tips will start next week (Week 1's theme is references). Please note that the tips are only for applying for our course - others may have different requirements. We will also happily try to answer any questions you may have.
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Clearing House Applicants: The wait is nearly over for those who applied to us! We will be informing all those who applied to us whether successful for an offer of interview (or reserve for), or sadly unsuccessful, on Thursday 5th March. This will be communicated by email only.
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As we near the end of the main shortlisting process before inviting to interview, we'd like to thank the unsung heroes - the clinical psychologists within @kingshealth who have given up their valuable free time to help with the process so far. We couldn't do it without you!.
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1. Considering applying to our course this year or in the future? Over the next few weeks we'll be tweeting useful information regarding our entry requirements, the application process and answering a number of the questions sent through via our recent survey! Before we get into.
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Today is the day! All applicants will be informed today - please be patient as we have a lot of applicants to contact. Will reconfirm when all emails have gone out.
We're hoping for Friday (will update Friday morning as to whether that's possible!). Record number of applications and fees status complexity delayed us slightly.
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We're holding an information evening on 22nd October. The virtual event will be held online on Microsoft Teams between 18:00 - 19:30. Please follow the link below for more information and to register for a ticket:.
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We are delighted that since 2014 there have been 124 publications arising from our trainees research theses. Please let us know of any more via email or on here (particularly if you'd like a RT).
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(1/2) The #IncreasingAccessCommittee are collaborating with @MaudsleyNHS for a never before seen '#DClinPsy Interview Skills Workshop' on Mon 21st Feb, 12.30pm-2pm. More details and registration here: @DrSuraba.
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1. Congratulations to Jiedi Lei, a graduate of our 2020-23 cohort and winner of our Jack Rachman prize for her DClinPsy project publication in the Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry. The publication 'Understanding the relationship between social camouflaging in autism.
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Want to hear about some of the different Psychological Professions & alternative routes into DClinPsy training?. The IAC & SLaM (@DrSuraba) are holding a webinar on 'Psychological Professions & Avenues into Clinical Psychology' on Fri 2nd Sept, 12-2pm.
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1. Congratulations to Dr Rachel Clarke from our 2016-2019 cohort for the following paper arising from their DClinPsy thesis: 'A randomised multiple baseline case series of a novel imagery rescripting protocol for intrusive trauma memories in people with psychosis'.
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Thank you to all our staff, supervisors, stakeholders, trainees and all others that contribute to our Programme! Hope you have a great festive break and we look forward to working with you in the New Year. Stay safe everyone (and yes that's my dog in the picture!)
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We will have 41 commissioned places for 2022 entry (2 of these are currently reserved for deferred candidates).
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All our places have now been filled for October 2022 entry! Thank you to all that have accepted a place with us - we won't let you down. Thank you also to all those who applied to us. We wish you all the best of luck for your future endeavors.
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1. Congratulations @KIM_GIN_ from our 2017-20 cohort for the publication arising from her DClinPsy thesis. 'A systematic literature review of childhood externalising psychopathology and later psychotic symptoms' has been published in Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, abstract.
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1. FAQ Day 5: 'Why is the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology different from a PhD? What happens upon completion of the Programme?'.
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Congratulations to @RachelEvans_18 for her publication 'Safety behaviours in social anxiety: An examination across adolescence' in the journal Behaviour Research and Therapy. Resulting from her DClinPsy empirical project, the article can be viewed here:
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Congratulations and good luck to all our third year trainees who have submitted their thesis for examination today! Have a well deserved bank holiday weekend.
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1. Following the nomination of a number of our outstanding trainees in 2018-21 cohort, we would like to announce @katie_taylor16 as the winner of our Padmal de Silva Prize. This prize is awarded annually, in recognition of Padmal de Silva's immense contribution to clinical.
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To reconfirm - all Clearing House applicants will hear the results of their application later today (from around 3pm onwards). Thank you for your patience and for considering us as one of your course choices for your application.
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Thanks to our technical team at KCL, we are now able to increase our capacity for the IAC DClinPsy interviews workshop on Friday to 10,000! To sign up follow the link below:
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We will be informing all Clearing House applicants of the results of their application for October 2021 entry on Tuesday 9th March.
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1. Our next information evening is taking place on Thursday 20th October (6pm-8pm) and online. The event will include information about our entry requirements and application procedures, alongside videos from current trainees about their experiences and will conclude with a Q&A.
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The #IncreasingAccessCommittee really enjoyed meeting with an amazing Year 10 class online at @BurntwoodSchool for an outreach workshop last Wednesday - make way for the next generation of Clinical Psychologists!
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Clearing House Applicants: Please note that we will not be informing you whether you are successful/unsuccessful r.e. being invited to interview until the week of the 7th March (exact date TBC). Thank you for your patience.
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Our 2022-25 cohort. Welcome all and we hope over the next few years we show you made the best choice in joining our Programme!.
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1. Reference Tips Day 1: 31 (3.2%) of the Clearing House.applications we received this year were not eligible for shortlisting due to missing at least one of their references. The simplest tip we can give is have you asked them if they are able to and happy to provide one for.
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Congratulations to all our final year trainees for their excellent results this viva week! Thank you again to all of our external examiners for giving their time to read and examine their theses.
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Our trainee-led Increasing Access Committee is running an exciting 2-part virtual workshop on CBT formulation for SLaM Honorary Assistant Psychologists, starting on Friday 10th July. To register for this free event and for more details, please click below:
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Welcome to campus our 2020-23 cohort :) - it's been too long.
Lovely change from virtual break out rooms - for our first ever face to face @KingsDClinPsy teaching day 😍
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1. We've developed a new Padlet site for potential applicants outlining key information about our entry requirements and application procedure. This can be accessed here: This should be read in conjunction with our Clearing House profile which provides.
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Good luck to all of those being interviewed this week for a (home fees) place for entry in October 2021!.
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Welcome to our 2021-24 Cohort today! We're looking forward to meeting you all shortly (and sorry about all the rain!).
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Applying for a place this year? Feel free to ask any questions. Will RT replies to questions asked on Twitter, you can also email dclinpsy-admin@kcl.ac.uk.
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More exciting news! We now have confirmation of accreditation with the @BABCP , to accompany our AFT Foundation level accreditation. Next step - applying for AFT Intermediate level.
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Clearing House (Home Fees) applicants for 2021 entry: The closing date for applying this year is earlier than usual - 1pm on the 18th November. As a result, we're bringing forward our information evening from November to Thursday 22nd October - more details to be shared soon.
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Good luck to everyone being interviewed this week! We look forward to meeting you all. If anyone plans to withdraw from their interview this week, please ensure you email us directly as there are a few issues with the Clearing House site alerts!.
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1. After what has been a strange year for all on the DClinPsy, we would like to wish trainees, staff, stakeholders and all of those that contribute to the learning of our trainees a great festive break - we couldn't have got through the year without your support, patience &.
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Congratulations to our third year trainees on their viva results! All passed.
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Our next information evening for aspiring psychologists will take place on the 30th August 2023, between 18.00-19.30. This will be online via MS Teams. Registration details here:
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Good luck to all Clearing House applicants who submitted their application today. If you applied to us, you don't need to check your emails for comms from us until February. We will email all applicants and tweet here in February as to the exact date of application outcome. Rest!.
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The #IncreasingAccessCommittee outreach stream really enjoyed meeting with Year 12s at @WalworthAcademy yesterday to talk about becoming a Clinical Psychologist and the need for more diversity in the profession!
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Still completing your application? Remember every applicant has their own journey and own experiences (a cohorts photo doesn't tell you these). Reflect on your own journey - dont just write what you think what we want to hear.
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1. With interviews over, now on to helping next & future years applicants by providing information on our entry requirements, other considerations for applications & anything else that may assist! From Monday, over the course of the next month we will be tweeting.
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Please see below for details regarding our event in partnership with the Croydon BME Forum for aspiring DClinPsychs from Black racial minority backgrounds.
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Clearing house applicants will hear of the outcome of their application on Thursday.
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Congratulations to our 2016-19 graduate @Kenny__Chiu for the publication of "The effects of modifying mental imagery in adolescent social anxiety." from his DClinPsy thesis in PLOS One, supervised by Professor David Clark & Dr Eleanor Leigh. "
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1. With not long to go until the new application season, we will be providing useful information about our Programme over a series of tweets over the next few weeks (or is it X's now?). This will be concluded with any updates to our selection criteria for October 2025 entry.
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We can confirm we will still be informing candidates tomorrow, from 10.30am. When all emails have been sent, we will confirm here when the process has been completed. Good luck everyone!.
Clearing house applicants will hear of the outcome of their application on Thursday.
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1. We're recruiting for an 8b Culture, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Principal Tutor, with funding for up to 0.4 sessions (applicants interested in a job share are welcome to apply). The role is for 3 years, with possibility for extension following this.
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1. With todays update related to funded training, please note we do not value one title of a role over another & all of the professions/training noted provide valued experience. As long as the role meets our minimum criteria, it will be eligible in our shortlisting process.
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2. this year (47:1) and the previous year compared to home fees applications (29:1). Please do not believe/encourage the rumour that courses are biased towards international applicants - it is not true and doesn't foster a welcome experience for them during training.
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1. Following the nomination of a number of our outstanding trainees in 2017-20 cohort, we would like to announce @DrSusanCarroll as the winner of our Padmal de Silva Prize. This prize is awarded annually, in recognition of Padmal de Silva's immense contribution to clinical.
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Great day at the #IsClinicalPsychologyForMe BAME event. Thank you to all the speakers and attendees from us here at the IOPPN DClinPsy course.
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1. This weeks application tips. The application numbers can be daunting (we had 966 this year) but we do receive a good number per year who don't meet the basic entry criteria. 81 (8.4%) of those that applied did not meet one of the following: a) Right to work/home fees status;.
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Congratulations to @Katie_Lang1 from our 2017-20 cohort for the following publication arising from her DClinPsy thesis
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Clearing House applicants: Good luck to all who have applied this year. For those still finishing off their applications, you have until 1pm today (don't submit at the last minute). We will be in contact in March with the initial application outcomes (exact date TBC on here).
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We are delighted to announce the "Is Clinical Psychology for Me?" conference on behalf of the pan-London Widening Access Committee. Check out "Is Clinical Psychology for Me? (2024)" @Eventbrite.
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New paper by IoPPN DClinPsy staff about innovative LGBQ CBT group at Talking Therapies Southwark .@MaudsleyNHS.@Kingspsychol.
New tCBT paper: LGBQ adults’ experiences of a CBT wellbeing group for anxiety & depression in an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service: a qualitative service evaluation. Full text free at @BABCP_Equality @BABCP @KatharineRimes @CurnowSteph
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Congratulations to our very own @Lucia_Valmaggia and all other IoPPN & KCL staff included in the latest Highly Cited index published today. Full info here
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2. month be tweeting constructive tips for future applicants utilising feedback from those involved in the selection process thus far which we recommend looking out for.
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A belated social media welcome to our 2023-2026 cohort who started on Monday. Welcome all! Have a well deserved rest this weekend - you've earned it.
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Congratulations to all! Our Programme is very lucky to have Professor @Lucia_Valmaggia as a member of our team.
No not candidates for Britain’s top job - 3 new professors @KingsIoPPN with head of school (yours truly) & KCL principal bookends. Majority of the new professors were women - slowly creeping towards parity for #womeninSTEM @KingsCollegeLon @Lucia_Valmaggia @KimberleyGol
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1. Congratulations to our 2018 graduate .@ClemEdwards for the second publication arising from her DClinPsy thesis, supervised by the wonderful @AmybHardy & Professor Philippa Garety. 'Remembering the past to live better in the future: A feasibility randomised controlled trial.
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1. Clearing House applicants: We will be informing you tomorrow of the application results. Please note that due to the volume of applicants (966 this year!), we are unable to provide individual feedback to those who are unsuccessful. We will however over the course of the next.
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The #IncreasingAccessCommittee outreach stream really enjoyed meeting with lots of enthusiastic Sixth form students at @BurntwoodSchool yesterday to talk about becoming a Clinical Psychologist and the need to increase diversity within the profession!
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For our and all other DClinPsy trainees in their first year induction period: have a well deserved rest this weekend!.
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Just a reminder that there is no age limit for applicants to the Programme. All applicants are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential and applications are scrutinised on this basis alone. We welcome applications from older applicants.
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Best of luck to all being interviewed over Tuesday-Thursday this week! We look forward to meeting you.
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1. Congratulations to @caronlawson from our 2018-21 cohort for the publication 'First steps towards a mental health and neurodevelopmental screening of secondary school children following two fixed-term school exclusions in the UK', arising from her DClinPsy research project.
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Booking is now open for our next increasing access event: An insight into life on the DClinPsy. Please use the Eventbrite link below and spread the word!.
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1. Message for our trainees - as this is during your annual leave period and you should rightly not be checking your emails, we would like to alert you to an email just sent regarding the latest government restrictions. This includes information on wellbeing support and a drop in.
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1. Our last interviews are now underway. Thank you to all for coming the past few days and thank you to those on the reserve list for your patience. We wish you all the best of luck! Finally, thank you to the clinical psychologists and experts by experience for being part of the.
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1. Our trainees received a version of the message below and asked for it to be shared on Twitter: We recognise the huge distress, anger and other responses that George Floyd's death and related events have evoked. Furthermore, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the.
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