Welcome to Psychology at Norwich

Welcome Week starts on Monday 15 September, and this is when we will meet you on campus and introduce you to our buildings and facilities. You will meet the staff team and other students on your course and take part in some introductory activities designed so you can get to know each other and remain safe on campus. You will be invited to a session to collect your ID card, and you will also have the opportunity to watch some videos about the services and facilities the University offers. Above all, this week is about having fun and making connections so we have a full and exciting timetable of social events and activities you can sign up to in conjunction with our fantastic Students’ Union team.

Course specific information

The first taught day of your course is the Tuesday 23 September. Generally, you will have timetabled sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday each week. Wednesday sessions are delivered remotely on MS teams to provide you with more flexibility. Wednesday afternoons are left free for you to engage with sporting and social clubs and activities. Mondays will usually be independent study time for you to research and develop your projects.  Individual timetables will be given at the start of the course.

On independent study days, and days where digital teaching is scheduled, you will be able to access the campus to continue your work as needed, or you can elect to work remotely.

The course team look forward to meeting you on first day!

Things to watch, read and do…

You may wish to start exploring some resources before starting the course, below is a list of recommended platforms you can access for free and might find useful and inspiring:

Watch:

• The British Psychological Society
  

Listen:

• All in the Mind The show on how we think, feel and behave:

• PsychCrunch (The British Psychological Society) Presented by Dr Christian Jarrett, each episode we explore whether the findings from psychological science can make a difference in real life. Just how should we live, according to psychology? We speak to psychologists about their research and whether they apply what they’ve discovered in their own lives:

• Speaking of Psychology Stay on top of the latest, most important, and relevant psychological research being conducted today with APA’s flagship podcast, Speaking of Psychology:

In preparation for starting the course you will need to bring some basic equipment and once you are here, you can build up your personal collection of materials. You will not need all these things immediately, and you will be able to purchase many of the items on the list below from the University Shop when you start.

• Notebook or journal
• Pens
• USB and/or Hard Drive

You can find more information on our general IT recommendations.