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The thing I love most about psychology is how much of an impact it has on our daily lives. This love truly came to fruition during my undergraduate course at Sunderland University. Learning the various ways psychological research can be applied to improve our lives was fascinating and graduating with first-class honours remains one of the proudest moments of my life.
I chose to apply to Sunderland University due to my previous experience here as part of my undergraduate course. The lecturers were helpful and friendly, and the facilities – like the soundproof research cubicles – to be incredibly useful for research. The psychological research methods course shares many similarities with the previous course, while also introducing interesting new activities, such as grant applications and research placements with a staff member. Studying at Sunderland allows me to delve deeper into a subject I love while also preparing me for the future, providing a broad range of potential career paths, such as a research role or to become a chartered psychologist.
I believe my undergraduate degree has prepared me greatly for this course. I took part in a variety of research, including my own that helped my to develop an understanding of data collection and analysis using various methodologies. I believe that my dissertation in particular helped me to develop creative problem-solving skills and apply everything I had learned over three years of study.
In the time since I graduated, I have stayed a member of the British Psychological Society, keeping up-to-date with current trends in psychology via their monthly journal. I have also done voluntary work with Washington Mind, where I took part in a group teaching photography skills to vulnerable adults in the local area. I believe this experience has lent me broader understanding of the work that is done to improve mental health and how it may be improved. I have also taken part in a multitude of different training courses through my volunteering. These include suicide prevention training, dementia care and various health-related programmes. I have been recognised as a Health Champion by the organisation, Live Life Well. This training really helped me to deepen my knowledge of psychology, particularly in regards to the impact physical health can have on our cognitive functioning, such as with vascular dementia.
My main aspirations for my future is to have a positive impact on peoples’ lives. I think that the best way of doing so is through research and the communication of it to those who can benefit from the findings. This is necessary to improve mental health, not just to individuals, but to society as a whole. It is for that reason that I would like to complete further study and make a meaningful contribution to the field of psychology.
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