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Current Educational Psychology applicants

Funding arrangements for 2008

Successful applicants for September 2008 will be receiving funding as follows:

  • £14,400 for trainees outside London
  • £14,900 for trainees inside London

This funding is tax free. The cost of your fees for all three years will be met by CWDC and will be paid directly to the training provider. Fee costs covered by CWDC for the 2008 cohort are £11,161 for Year 1 and £5,000 for Years 2 and 3.

Interview dates 2008

Applicants for September 2008 will be contacted directly by training providers if they are invited to interview. The dates for interviews are likely to be as follows but training providers will confirm specific dates with interviewees:

Training provider Interview dates
University of Birmingham (01) 14, 17, 18, 19 & 20 March
University of Bristol (02) 2, 3 & 4 April
University of East London (03) 13, 14, 18 & 19 March
University of Exeter (04) Part 1: 3 & 4 March;
Part 2: 6 & 7 March
Institute of Education, University of London (05) 27 & 28 February, 5 & 6 March
University of Manchester (06) 14, 18 & 20 March
Newcastle University (07) 12, 17 & 19 March
University of Nottingham (08) Between 10 and 26 March
University of Sheffield (09) 17 & 18 March and 1, 7 & 8 April
University of Southampton (10) 27 & 28 March and 3 & 4 April
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust (11) 10, 17 & 18 March
University College, London (12) 5, 6 & 7 March

Self Funding

Applicants who receive self-funding offers do not fall within the remit of CWDC's funding scheme. We are not able to offer advice on alternative sources of funding.

The 2008 Handbook

The Handbook contains detailed information about the application and placements procedure and a summary of all the courses on offer. Applicants are advised to read the Handbook 2008 before submitting completing an application.

CWDC Educational Psychology Handbook 2008

Frequently Asked Questions

For answers to questions relating to the current application process please consult our Educational Psychology application process frequently asked questions document as a first point of reference.

Timetable

Activity

Time

Handbook and application forms available on CWDC website

14 Dec 2007

Closing date for applying to courses

18 Jan 2008

Deadline for receiving references at CWDC

5pm, 18 Jan 2008

Applications forwarded to course centres

11 Feb 2008

Interviews

Feb - April 2008

Funding offers

14 April 2008

Deadline for accepting offer

25 April 2008

CWDC confirms additional funded offers where applicable

April - May 2008

All applicants should be advised of the outcome of their interviews by course centres

End of June 2008

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