Freshers’ Week runs from Monday 13 September – Sunday 19 September 2021.

Please note that event times and locations are subject to change - please check your timetable in iExeter for the most up-to-date information and to access online events.

How to learn well - Thursday 16 September

11:30-12:30 Forum Auditorium

If you engage with one lecture during your time at Exeter – engage with this one. This lecture will help you make the most of other lectures – not to mention Tutorials and Practicals as well. This lecture will challenge your assumptions about the best way to study, and potentially double your effectiveness as a student. And it won’t just tell you how to do this, it will tell you why it works.

You will see this on your timetable under module code PSY1907.

*BSc Psychology with Sport and Exercise Science

BSc Psychology with Sport and Exercise Science students must attend the Psychology Welcome and induction talks and not the Sport and Health Sciences induction. However, you will need to make yourself familiar with your Sports and Exercise Science reading lists and any specialised clothing that you will need to purchase - please see the Sport and Health Sciences new students page.

You must register with the university at the start of each academic year. By registering, you agree to observe the University’s rules and regulations, including the payment of tuition fees and other charges by the deadlines. Most students will be asked to register online.

The registration webpage can be found here.  

To register, you need to:

1. Activate your IT account.
2. Use your IT details to go to the iExeter app and log in.
3. Follow the ‘Registration’ link.

You must register by 9 October 2021. If you have any problems registering online or your course details are not correct please contact the Student Information Desk on 01392 724724 or submit a SID enquiry. 

More information about things you'll need to do before arriving at Exeter can be found in the New Students Guide.

Your detailed personal timetable will be available to view and download in iExeter from Monday 13 September. Teaching commences on Monday 20 September 2021. How to understand your timetable guide (Word doc)

All timetabling is organised centrally by the Timetable Team. Staff are available to answer any queries that you may have via student.timetable.peterchalk@exeter.ac.uk.

For further information about your timetable, please see the timetabling webpages.

Basic reading lists for each first year module can be found in the module descriptors. All recommended reading should be available through the university library. 

Please do not buy any books before you arrive, as guidance will be given in the first lecture of each module.

Find out about the overall teaching and learning approach on your course here, and please be aware that this information may supersede the specified teaching and learning activities within individual modules.

Learning environments

Your teaching sessions are likely to involve a mix of one or more of the following:

Lectures

A presentation or talk on a particular topic, led by a Module Tutor, and often involving some interactive tasks or opportunities for discussion. 

Tutorials

On some modules you’ll have small group tutorials where a tutor supports your learning on a specific topic. These will likely be delivered face-to-face on campus.

Practicals

Many modules will have associated practical sessions. These may be on campus, or they may be a desk-based exercise for you to complete in your own time.

Assessments

Assessments can include:

• essays
• lab reports
• multiple choice exams
• short answer exams

The first year provides you with a broad foundation of knowledge and specialist skills for research and undertaking statistical analysis.

• Descriptions of Psychology modules can be found here.

You will take 90 credits of the core Psychology modules:

Core modules (90 credits)

Optional modules (30 credits)

We will automatically register you for 2 x 15 credit Psychology modules listed below and they will appear on your student record when you register:

Changing your optional modules

You can request to change the optional modules which are currently on your student record. You can take up to 30 credits from another discipline or you may decide to swap one of your current option modules (PSY1105/PSY1126) for PSY1208 Work Experience (Psychology).

Changing to Work Experience (Psychology)

If you would like to take PSY1208 Work Experience instead of PSY1105 Introduction to Behaviour and Evolution or PSY1126 Classic Studies in Psychology, then please contact us at psychology@exeter.ac.uk by 5pm on Friday 17 September 2021. There is no module change form.

Changing to modules in another discipline

To request a change outside Psychology you must complete a module change form. Links to the module change forms and other relevant information regarding module change can be found on the When can I change a module? hub page.

Any changes are subject to approval and are timetable permitting. The deadline for module change forms is Friday 1 October by 12 noon. It is preferable to register for your modules before the deadline date so you do not miss any scheduled teaching.

• Download this information as a Word doc: Selecting your optional modules 2021/22‌

You will choose your optional modules at the Director's Welcome & Personal Tutor Meeting with Dr Aureliu Lavric on Tuesday 14 September 2021 at 1:30pm. This meeting will take place online - please see your timetable in iExeter for details.

• Descriptions of Psychology modules can be found here.
• Descriptions of Exercise and Sports Science modules can be found here.

In year 1 you will take four 15 credit compulsory modules and four 15 credit optional modules.

Core modules (60 credits)

Optional modules (60 credits)

You will choose one 15 credit Psychology module from:

and three 15 credit Sport and Exercise Science modules from:

• Download this information as a Word Doc

As soon as you arrive, you’ll be allocated your own dedicated Personal Tutor who will be your first point of contact if you have any queries or concerns about your overall progress and wellbeing. They will see you either on an individual basis or in your tutor group several times across the academic year, to discuss your transition to uni, attendance, progress and ambition. They will set up appointments, and attendance is compulsory and is monitored. You might discuss: generic aspects of studying such as marking conventions, essay/exam technique, planning for your future career.

You can consider your Personal Tutor also as a friendly triage/signposting service – if there is an emerging issue you need help with, they can advise you where to get it and refer you on to the right person. You can make an appointment with them at any time by email, phone, Skype, or by visiting them during their weekly office hours.

The relationship you build up with your tutor is an important one, not least because they will sometimes be the person who writes references for you when you start applying for jobs or other positions such as internships.

This short video outlines some of the benefits of our tutoring system:

Ioanna (Anna) Kapantai is First Year Tutor.

If a personal tutor requires additional input about a tutee, they will usually contact Anna (or Louise, the Senior Tutor) for advice.

Where you may have more complex issues that require ongoing monitoring and support, Anna can help (liaising with our Welfare Advisor, Tim Harris).

If your personal tutor is unavailable, Anna may be able to help.

Louise Pendry is the Senior Tutor.

Personal Tutors and Year Tutors report to Louise. If your Personal or Year Tutors are unavailable, and Washington Singer Information point doesn’t have the answer, Louise may be able to help.

Louise attends Level 2 Health, Well-being and Support for Study Meetings (with our Welfare Advisor, Tim Harris, who chairs them).

If you have any queries regarding your Personal Tutor or Year Tutor feel free to contact Louise: l.f.pendry@exeter.ac.uk.

Tim Harris is our Welfare Advisor in Wellbeing Services.

Tim works in liaison with tutors to assist students to access support for managing health/wellbeing and impact on studies.

Tim can offer telephone, skype and face to face appointments. To contact him, please email: welfare.peterchalk@exeter.ac.uk

Your degree is made up of a number of different short courses called ‘modules’. Each module is led by a named academic member of staff, but most are taught by a team of tutors who share the lectures and seminars.

Your Module Tutors can be contacted in the same was as you would contact your Personal Tutor to seek help and advice. Your Module Tutors will let you know how to contact them to arrange a meeting, with this information also displayed on the module’s ELE page*.

*ELE is the Exeter Learning Environment, and each module has a dedicated page. On here you will find the information and materials you need to complete the module.

The Director of Undergraduate Studies is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day running of the undergraduate programmes. This may include helping students make choices about their studies, or meeting with individuals who are having difficulties at university. The Director of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology is Dr Aureliu Lavric.

In addition, the Directors of Education have overall responsibility for all the programmes and modules within Psychology. Dr Hazel Mycroft and Dr Tim Fawcett are the Directors of Education for Psychology, and can be contacted at psychologyDoE@exeter.ac.uk.

Info at Washington Singer: Your Psychology Hub

If you have any Psychology-specific enquires please contact Info at Washington Singer by email psychology@exeter.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)1392 724626.

Psychology is based in the Washington Singer building on Perry Road. You can take virtual tours, complete with 360º panoramas, to see what the campus really looks like. 

For essential information relating to Psychology please go to our ELE (Exeter Learning Environment) page.

General enquiries

For all general and IT enquiries please contact SID (Student Information Desk) online or via the iExeter app: log on to iExeter, click on the ‘SID Helpdesk’ tab and select the link to ‘log a new enquiry’.

There is a huge range of information available about accessing support at Exeter – please see the student services directory. 

Psychology ELE Hub

For essential information relating to Psychology please go to our ELE (Exeter Learning Environment) page.

Access and wellbeing support

If you have declared a disability on your application form pre-arrival or on a medical form, we would advise you to contact AccessAbility and Wellbeing services by logging an enquiry through the SID helpdesk. They will ensure that you get the additional study support you require e.g. extra time in exams, specific software etc.

Wellbeing services offer mental health support and counselling, as well as self-help resources you can access here.

Services and support

• Student services
• Education support: student hubs
• Mitigation Process

Societies

If you are interested in joining any societies, you can look out for the Psychology Society during Freshers’ Week.

The new students guide includes everything you need to know about starting University, with a handy checklist of tasks to help you through your first term.

» New students guide

Support with studying in English

The Insessional Programme is provided by INTO University of Exeter. It offers a range of courses, workshops and tutorials to international students at the University of Exeter. It is designed to enable students to develop their academic English and provide help and support for studying in English. Further information about the INTO Insessional Programme is available here.

International students' website

Visit the international students' website for information on preparing for your studies and the support available to you, including our airport collection service and mentoring scheme.

We are committed to enabling all students to communicate their views and to receiving suggestions to influence changes to our policies and procedures.

Psychology has an undergraduate and postgraduate Student-Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC), which gives you the opportunity to voice your opinions about studying with us and to comment on a wide range of issues and possible developments.

The SSLC is presided over by Subject Officer (a student elected by the Students’ Guild) and composed of elected student representatives from each year and programme, and appropriate staff representatives. Training for Subject Officers is provided by the Students’ Guild. A standard agenda is provided by the Taught Faculty, and an action log is taken by the discipline Administrator.

If you are interested in becoming a representative for the UG SSLC please sign up to volunteer through the Students' Guild.

The Buddy Up scheme is designed to help you settle into University life more quickly by networking with and learning from a year 2+ student in the same discipline.

You will be matched with a Buddy who can answer any questions you have and help you meet new people and feel confident in your first year.

Find out more about the scheme here, or if you’d like to request a buddy, email cles-studentcommunity@exeter.ac.uk with your:

• Full name
• Discipline
• University email address (if you have it)
• Student number (if you have it)