This training programme includes a significant taught component and extensive supervised clinical practice in addition to a research component. It is recognized by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as meeting their requirements for registration and is accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as professional training for a career as a Clinical Psychologist and confers eligibility for Chartered Status of the BPS. At the end of the programme the student will be able to: perform as a competent and ethical clinical psychologist, assess a wide range of psychological problems at different levels of a system (e.g. service users, families or wider systems) in a variety of settings across the lifespan and at different levels of intellectual functioning, using interview, observational and formal testing methods, formulate these problems using psychological theory and reformulate in the light of new information, intervene using a wide range of psychological approaches (direct and indirect) as appropriate, informed by psychological theory and the evidence base, and evaluate the impact of interventions.