Accordingly, strenuous efforts are made to link modules in order to integrate learning. Active and self-managed learning methods appropriate to adults are emphasised. In the University, seminars and workshops are conducted co-operatively by both tutors and trainees. Individual and small group tutorials are available. Practical tasks, role play, peer tutoring and assessment, demonstration and feedback and other forms of experiential learning are included.
Many outside speakers offer sessions.
Independent private study is time-tabled for one day per week. The placements are mostly in two different local authority psychological services, usually as conveniently near to trainees' homes as quality assurance allows. They also include a collaborative project in a school during the first term of the first year. Other schools of a type unfamiliar to the trainee and other different professional agency settings will also be accessed. Trainees are required to design, operate and evaluate at least one in-service training or other service development project.