No, nothing like an MBA at all. No overlap whatsoever.

You don't need to condense all your experience into that one section. The shortlisters can see your experience and qualifications. They now need to know about your competencies, and your reflections on those experiences. Why not keep a reflective journal that you can use to record your thoughts abou...

I can't help thinking it is arrogant and defies the point of paying for tuition if you don't bother going to lectures or teaching! I graduated last year from a course that had about 200 students per year. I'd say there was rarely more than 50 students in each lecture. All our lectures were recorded...

Robininthewind, I think you need to wind back a bit. You said you are about to enter your final year as a psychology undergrad. You don't need to be worrying about whether in three years time a theoretical IAPT post that you may or may not get will give a generic reference for training you may or ma...

I can't help thinking it is arrogant and defies the point of paying for tuition if you don't bother going to lectures or teaching!

For my university and the particular modules I've chosen in final year, I think there is little requirement to be in attendance. I'll also be living 15 minutes walk from uni which is an immense help. My concern isn't so much with needing to attend lectures (I rarely did this in 2nd year either as I...

Yes, good point, Boayg. I've seen a few people get into PWP training with a 2:2 and lots of experience, and if you do well at that course and gain experience as a PWP, then it is possible (though probably still quite difficult) to get an AP post. But there will be a very low number of clinical docto...

It is somewhat relevant, though not really advantageous for the majority of AP posts IMHO, though it would depend what post. Counselling skills are not the same as clinical psychology skills, and you will rarely be expected to deliver therapy as an AP, and when you do it will probably be with eviden...

I had an AP email me a letter of recommendation from her placement year with an application documents once, and she did end up getting the post. I'd say that was 95% her performance and personality at interview, but I did read the recommendation and feel more confident that this would be sustained i...

I'd be asking whether they intend to do the teaching block over video or in person, and how they will change this if there is a second spike of infections. Similarly I'd be saying I'd like to know what the course position would be in the event coronavirus interrupts my childcare. And I'd be asking w...

It is frustrating that courses, which predominantly employ people at the age at which becoming a parent is most common, don't have more options for pregnant trainees or new parents. But they do have to stick to university and NHS rules, and that does give a bit of leverage. Personally, if they are u...

I'd be very cautious about taking the one exception as an expectation that progressing in this career with a 2:2 without an MSc is going to be anything other than incredibly difficult, to the point of being nigh on impossible. I don't know any CPs who will shortlist anyone with a 2:2 and no postgrad...

No, they are interviewing and making offers as normal. There is the expectation that life will eventually return to normal, and health and social care needs are increased rather than reduced by stressful situations like this.

Is anyone else still doing face to face therapy. No changes have been made in the residential children’s home I work in I think in social care settings, particularly residential care, there is an expectation that life will go on as normal as much as possible. I can see the sense in that in terms of...

How about using the search feature and reading the posts on this topic already on the forum? That should be a good starting point.