This course can be completed over a 1 year or 2 year period. Research areas are as follows:

Brain processing in adults and children, including infant attention to the visual field; assessing situational awareness using EEG; decision-making in fireground, medical and military contexts; non-conscious processes in decision-making and the influence of knowledge, emotion, attentional or response bias; self-regulatory focus, and the effect of social values on experienced emotion and well-being. Research in this area is promoted by the Centre for Applied Cognition, Knowledge, Learning and Emotion (CRACKLE).

Business psychology and management consultancy;  assessment centres and psychometric testing; employer attitudes and non-traditional forms of work, impact of technology on work and learning; leadership in organisations; forensic psychology especially sexual offending behaviour; dealing with traumatic material; cross-cultural issues in offending behaviour and punishment; psychology of education including teaching and learning styles and the learning process.

Psychosocial interventions for people with chronic disease or mental distress; the social scientific study of the arts and popular culture, identity and social interaction; the arts in therapeutic contexts; care for people with dementia; understanding of Borderline Personality Disorder and implications for care; mindfulness; the understanding of psychopathology in terms of underlying neuroscience; the neuroscience of attachment behaviour and empathy; contemporary relational approaches to therapy, brief therapies and couples work.

Psychology and social issues; psychological language; pedagogy, diversity and eLearning; qualitative and quantitative research methods.