This programme aims to equip you with an array of methodological skills to function as an effective PhD student or as a professional researcher in psychology, with a particular emphasis on cognitive, clinical, and clinical neuroscience research It can be applied for as a stand-alone degree or form the first year of a PhD Delivered as part of the ESRC South West Doctoral Training Partnership – a hub of world-class social science research Acquire the necessary skills to generate good research questions, establish plausible theoretical answers, and carry out high-quality empirical research in order to test your hypotheses Complete a research project that makes a contribution to the discipline, and gives you necessary skills and confidence to be able to operate independently in the future