I'm Dr Zoe Stephenson and I'm the course director
for the Continued and Professional Development
Forensic Doctorate programme at the University
of Birmingham in the Centre for Applied Psychology.
So, as a student you'd be allocated and academic
supervisor to support you in producing your
thesis. You would also receive approximately
ten days of teaching across your first year
and have access to audio recordings from the
forensic doctorate programme. The programme
is for individuals who are already forensic
psychologists. By which I mean, are registered
with the Health and Care Professions Council
as forensic psychologists and are members
of, or eligible to be members of, the British
Psychological Society. We recommend that forensic
psychologists choose this course as it will
help them advance their careers through learning
new skills and helping them formalize their
expertise in the area of interest. Students
vary and their reasons for enrolling on the
programme. So reasons include wanting to build
upon their existing research skills, wanting
to produce academic publications to gain the
title of Doctor which might be useful in their
role as a practitioner and to have access
to resources staff and teaching which they
wouldn't be able to get elsewhere. I enjoy
supervising CPD students and supporting and
guiding them through the research process.
