International Candidates Application Personal Statement

for the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programme

Full name
Qualifications
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How will you be funding your studies?
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Personal Statement
1In what way have your work and/or research experiences made you a better candidate for training in clinical psychology (3000 character limit)
2Please outline any publications/dissemination resulting from your work (1500 character limit)
3Briefly outline your understanding of the role of the clinical psychologist within mental health care systems in the UK (1500 character limit)
4What would you hope to gain from clinical psychology training (750 character limit)
5Other information about yourself e.g. activities/interests apart from psychology (750 character limit)
6Other experience. If there are any periods of your adult life not accounted for in the qualifications and employment sections, such as time spent travelling, other work experience, periods of unemployment etc, please give dates and a brief description of your activities (700 character limit)
7If there are any other factors relevant in assessing your application please give brief details here (700 character limit)

Please check and tick when the following items have been uploaded as attachments:

Academic Reference

Relevant Experience Reference

Academic Transcripts

Document that confers eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) of the British Psychological Society (BPS) (see This could be a letter from the BPS, a letter from a university stateing that your qualification gives you GBC or an academic transcript if it states this qualification gives you GBC