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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Psychology & Child Development
University of Winchester
Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Psychology & Child Development course at University of Winchester.
Select a qualification to see required grades
T Level
M
Tuition fees
| Location | Fees |
|---|---|
| England | £9,535 per year (provisional) |
| Scotland | £9,535 per year (provisional) |
| Wales | £9,535 per year (provisional) |
| Northern Ireland | £9,535 per year (provisional) |
| Channel Islands | £9,535 per year (provisional) |
| Republic of Ireland | £9,535 per year (provisional) |
Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: C891
Here's what University of Winchester says about its Psychology & Child Development course.
Developmental and educational psychology is essential to understanding how children learn, mature, and adapt, to ensure they can succeed in life. It helps us to understand how children learn to navigate our social and cultural world, identify how technology can benefit and compromise healthy development, and support neurodiversity in development and education. Studying Psychology and Child Development at Winchester opens a broad range of career opportunities. We focus on your future from the start and are committed to helping you find and work towards an exciting career. Our approach to your employability is personalised, successful, and unique to us.
Join us to discover the science behind how we think, feel and behave, with an emphasis on child development. You will work with experienced lecturers and applied psychologists in our supportive learning community that puts your future first.
Why study Psychology and Child Development at Winchester
You will learn in a supportive environment with all your teaching provided by a friendly team of experienced lecturers and qualified applied psychologists.
• We favour small group teaching and personal tutoring to help you build your academic confidence and transferable skills.
Your future is at the centre of everything we do. Our ‘Psychology Futures’ employability programme takes you on a transformative journey of self-development that will help you maximise the value of your degree and find a personally meaningful career.
• Developed by our Chartered Occupational Psychologist, our unique, award-winning employability programme is embedded throughout your degree and has been applauded nationally.
You will be joining a vibrant research community. Your lecturers are active researchers and experts in their field. Your course is designed to craft your research skills and you will have unlimited access to all our research labs and software.
• We have extensive research facilities and dedicated laboratories including our labs for social observation, eye-tracking, and electro-encephalography and neurostimulation. Several of our staff have been working closely with local schools and colleges, see for example The Creativity Collaborative.
You will be guided throughout your degree by a tutor who is an expert in developmental psychology and a member of our Childhood and Youth Research Group.
• They will be your personal tutor to provide subject specific guidance and will supervise your final year project on a psychology and child development topic.
You will study specialised modules in psychology and child development in your final year.
• You will learn how psychology applies to child development and the application of psychology to the education system.
Where your degree could take you
Our BSc (Hons) Psychology and Child Development is fully accredited by the British Psychological Society, so your degree could be the first step in your training as a chartered psychologist working in an applied field such as educational, clinical, health, forensic, or occupational psychology. Alternatively, it could take you into a career in teaching, research, social work, marketing, human resources, criminal justice, or any job that involves working with other people.
What our students say
• 100% of students say the course is well organised. • 100% of students say it’s easy to contact teaching staff when they need to. • 100% of students say it is easy to access subject-specific resources (e.g. equipment, facilities, software, collections) when they need to. • 92% of students say staff are good at explaining things.
Source: University of Winchester
Course details
Qualification
Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Department
Department of Psychology
Location
Main Site | Winchester
Duration
3 Years
Study mode
Full-time
Subjects
• Child psychology
Start date
21 September 2026
Application deadline
14 January 2026
The modules you will study
For detailed information on modules you will be studying please click on the 'View course details' link at the top of this summary box.
University of Winchester reviews
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1st year student
Social life is not very goodrnCourse is good and lecturers are helpful
1 year ago
3rd year student
They seem to care a lot about societies but the uni is also in massive debt so canu2019t afford to put much money into them. Lots of events held by the SU, I donu2019t go so unsure how much attention they get. The SU shop stocks a fair amount of food and drinks as well as uni clothing but again itu2...
1 year ago
3rd year student
One campus club which isnu2019t too bad but no where else to go for a club. Some bars and pubs in town but are expensive. Most students go to Southampton for clubbing nights.
1 year ago
3rd year student
A very expensive city coming from someone who lives in London when Iu2019m off of uni. Food on campus is expensive, drinks at the campus club are expensive, the town has nothing to do and very few shops tailored towards students (only Primark and maybe TKMaxx, now a new sports direct) so students te...
1 year ago
3rd year student
Never needed support in most aspects but I hadnu2019t heard great things about their mental health support from some people saying they can be quite dismissive so I went to my GP instead. Support from lecturers is easily accessible in the form of tutorials
1 year ago
3rd year student
Lots of different teaching buildings which are in pretty good shape. Two libraries stacked with books and a decent amount of space to sit. A few food places which arenu2019t too bad food wise but do like to bump up the price which, for a university of poor students, is just plain stupid. No sports f...
1 year ago
National Student Survey (NSS) scores
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from University of Winchester students who took the Psychology & Child Development course - or another course in the same subject area.
Select an option to see a detailed breakdown
Teaching on my course
85%
med
Teaching on my course
85%
med
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
80%
med
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
100%
high
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
80%
med
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
80%
med
Learning opportunities
86%
med
Learning opportunities
86%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
80%
low
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
90%
med
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
100%
high
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
90%
high
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
70%
med
Assessment and feedback
82%
med
Assessment and feedback
82%
med
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
70%
low
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
90%
high
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
60%
low
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
100%
high
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
90%
high
Academic support
95%
high
Academic support
95%
high
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
90%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
100%
high
Organisation and management
85%
med
Organisation and management
85%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
80%
med
How well organised is your course?
90%
high
Learning resources
80%
low
Learning resources
80%
low
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
90%
med
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
70%
low
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
78%
low
Student voice
70%
low
Student voice
70%
low
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
44%
low
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
78%
low
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
89%
high
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
67%
low
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
67%
low
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
100%
high
Student information
See who's studying at University of Winchester. These students are taking Psychology & Child Development or another course from the same subject area.
| Most popular A-levels studied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grade | |||||
| Psychology | B | |||||
| Sociology | B | |||||
| Biology | C | |||||
| English Language | B | |||||
| History | B | |||||
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
We have no information about graduates who took Psychology & Child Development at University of Winchester.
Earnings after graduation
Earnings from University of Winchester graduates who took Psychology & Child Development - or another course in the same subject area.
Earnings
£20.4k
First year after graduation
£24.8k
Third year after graduation
£25.2k
Fifth year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Psychology & Child Development.
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
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