What makes studying psychology at Cambridge special,
is that students are introduced to a broad range of subjects, within the field of psychology.
And they also have the opportunity to learn about subjects,
within the social and biological sciences more broadly.
What makes studying psychology at Cambridge special, is the range of expertise,
that is present on the faculty.
We have people ranging from social psychologists,
working out health interventions with smartphones,
right down to animal psychologists, working out if a protein is involved in memory,
in a particular brain area.
At Cambridge, one of the best things, is when you get to talk to academics,
who are leading world-experts in their fields, and just have a chat with them really.
You get to work alongside, some of the leading psychologists in the field,
that you've literally been reading about, and reading their work.
That can be really mind blowing as a student.
There are loads of facilities here.
There's the psychology library, other department libraries, college libraries.
There's also lots of labs, where you can do experiments.
I think my favorite experience so far was,
in first year, we got to put EG scanners on our heads, and measure our own brain activity.
That was really fun.
My favorite experience at Cambridge so far, has been studying social psychology.
We did a topic on the neuro-science of free-will.
And I was just really engaged in that topic,
I was completely surprised by what the evidence suggested.
A matter which I thought was completely trivial, was just really complex.
I initially chose to study PBS at Cambridge,
because I really liked the fact that you could,
tailor the course to yourself, and your own interests,
through the optional papers, that there are to study.
There are a number of different modes of teaching for PBS at Cambridge.
Obviously, lectures form are large part of teaching the course,
but something that makes Cambridge really special is the provision of supervisions,
small group teaching sessions, where two to three students will meet with an academic,
to take that knowledge from the lectures further.
Alongside that, we also have practicals and statistics teaching,
and then the cherry on the cake,
students get to conduct a research project,
in their final year, in which one or two students are placed into a research group,
where they conduct new psychological research.
Students develop a number of skills on the PBS course,
obviously they develop very good psychological knowledge,
which is relevant to a number of careers.
But they also develop skills of independent study, critical thinking,
evaluation of evidence, and of course time management, because Cambridge is very busy.
So, all of those skills are readily transferable to a range of careers,
both within and outside psychology.
I feel really proud to be able to study at Cambridge,
and I'm so grateful for the opportunities I have.
I'd say if you're thinking about applying just go for it,
because you have everything to gain and nothing to loose.
I've never had any expectation of getting into Cambridge and studying here.
But I just applied, and I'm here now.
And I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever.
Being a psychologist at Cambridge is great,
because you got the chance to take part in some world leading research.
And you might even get to go on and discover something ground breaking.
