Community Action Project - PSY00075H

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Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Semester 2 2025-26

Module aims

This module will provide students with an opportunity to engage in a real world project in response to a brief from an external partner organisation. It aims to allow students to use a range of skills and knowledge already gained from the degree programme and to apply them to real world issues experienced by external organisations. Students will develop an awareness of their skills and knowledge through this application, and will further develop their team working skills to produce an output suitable for a non-academic audience.

Module learning outcomes

• Work collaboratively in teams on local or regional challenges

• Adapt their research skills and approaches to meet the needs of a live project brief in a professional context

• Define, plan and implement a ‘live’ real-world project, demonstrating systematic mastery of a complex or specialised area of knowledge and skill

• Work professionally to analyse the needs of a partner, manage expectations and communicate realistic, accurate and clear outputs

• Analyse and critically evaluate complex information to advise on the generation of outputs which are designed to bring about positive change

• Reflect on their own personal development, the effectiveness of their contribution to and accountability for the eventual project outcome, and on their experiences of working collaboratively in a team.

Module content

This module provides students with the opportunity to experience a real world project in practice, and to reflect critically upon the experience. Students will work in small teams to a brief provided by an external partner organisation, and will critically reflect on their experience and the relationship to wider issues in Psychology, especially in the areas of wellbeing and mental health. Projects change from year to year, but will support organisations with issues around mental health or wellbeing. This could include conducting literature reviews to support funding applications, capturing stories from those with lived experiences or designing and implementing evaluation or perceptions of services.

Throughout the module, students will be supported by a series of workshops to introduce them to professional skills, such as project management and teamwork as well as project-specific knowledge, such as marketing or podcasting.

Project facilitators will also provide support and guidance throughout the project.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100.0

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Essay/coursework	100.0

Module feedback

The marks on all assessed work will be provided on e-vision.

Indicative reading

N/A