23 September 2022
Matthew O'Connor
By email: [FYI request #20385 email]
Tēnā koe Matthew
Official information request - Clinical psychology placements
I refer to your request for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act)
dated 29 August 2022:
•
“How many placement positions have been available to postgraduate
clinical psychology students at your tertiary education institution annually
over the past five years?
•
How many students have attained a postgraduate clinical psychology
degree from your tertiary education institution annually over the past five
years?
•
What is the number of students who have undertaken a placement as part of
a postgraduate clinical psychology degree through your tertiary education
institution, annually, over the past five years?”
How many placement positions have been available to postgraduate clinical
psychology students at your tertiary education institution annually over the
past five years
Student placements are undertaken as part of the PSYC561 and PYSC562 papers in the
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology (PGDipClinPsyc).
PSYC561 students are required to complete 400 hours placement at the University’s
Clinical Psychology Centre between February and November, gaining practical
experience. Students enrolled in PSYC562 are required to complete a placement of no less
than 1500 hours to be conducted at a suitable placement agency (or agencies).
Placements are arranged for all students enrolled in these papers. Therefore the number
of placements arranged is contingent upon the number of students enrolled.
Year
PSYC561 placements
PSYC562 placements
available
available
2017
11
10
2018
8
13
2019
7
8
2020
10
9
2021
12
10
How many students have attained a postgraduate clinical psychology degree
from your tertiary education institution annually over the past five years?
The table below reflects the numbers of graduates based on the academic year entered for
their qualification completion.
Please note, whilst students undertaking the PGDipClinPsyc programme must also be
enrolled in or have completed an Masters of Arts (MA) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), or
the thesis part of an Masters of Science (MSc), the only postgraduate qualification
currently offered in Clinical Psychology is the PGDipClinPsyc.
2017 2018
2019
2020
2021
Total
PGDipClinPsyc – Postgraduate
Diploma in Clinical Psychology
10
11
7
8
10
46
What is the number of students who have undertaken a placement as part of
a postgraduate clinical psychology degree through your tertiary education
institution, annually, over the past five years?”
As above, placements are undertaken as part of the PSYC561 and PSYC562 papers. All
students enrolled in these papers are required to undertake placements. Therefore, the
number of students who have undertaken placements is the same as the number of
students enrolled.
Year
PSYC561 placements
PSYC562 placements
undertaken
undertaken
2017
11
10
2018
8
13
2019
7
8
2020
10
9
2021
12
10
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decisions made regarding this request. Information about how to make a complaint is
available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact me at
[VUW request email].
Ngā mihi nui
Blair Doherty
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
Legal Services
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington