Psychology placements

‘We worked with Stirling University to help us find two Undergraduate Psychology students who could support our business on a new project that measures personality using online tasks. We hoped the students could support with the testing of this new personality system and also undertake marketing activity to promote it. The students were brilliant and undertook various activities whilst working with us including providing user feedback on the business system, writing various articles including for LinkedIn on aspects of the business approach and also developing content for our tasks.

The student placements are very useful and we would highly recommend them to other employers, especially if you have work that is interesting for students and at a suitable level. We found that the time spent on calls sharing our experience and asking for their input was very worthwhile.’

Mosaic Assessments
Johnny Mitchell, Director

‘Sarah, a Psychology student, came from Stirling University to help our business create communication resources for young women embarking on their periods, to help them cope physically and emotionally in managing these. These resources were trialled with some families and the results of the study were analysed and documented. As well as achieving the project that was set, other areas were identified which could be addressed with similar communication resources which was very valuable to our business. She took responsibility of this project from creating the resources and the questionnaire to conducting the interviews, analysing the responses and writing of the report. Sarah brought a vast range of skills and knowledge to the business including analytical, empathetic, communication, data analysis, interviewing and writing skills which will stay with us moving forward. This partnership with Stirling University has been very welcomed and is very innovative.’

The Makaton Charity
Shelina Mitha, Senior Tutor

‘We were commissioned by the Scottish Government to do a pilot project looking at Rights Respecting practice in Scotland and we reached out to Stirling University to get the help of Natalie, an undergraduate Psychology student for this project. We were specifically looking for support with data management, analysis and research. We worked with Natalie to run focus groups in schools with pupils and staff and she helped to capture feedback. Natalie not only achieved the agreed aims and outcomes of the project but exceeded our expectations and she showed dedication and commitment to every task she was asked to do, consistently delivering an excellent level of work. We would highly recommend other employers to host students to support on projects or placements as they are very helpful and professional and great care is taken by the University to match the right student with the needs of the employer.’ 

Talking Mats
Margo Mackay, Associate

‘Barbara, who was completing a Human-Animal Interaction Masters course supported our business which provides animal assisted activities for children and young people experiencing emotional and behavioural struggles. We worked with Barbara to develop new welfare-friendly animal assisted activities to enhance our online programmes and she supported with a lot of research work. She brought a highly organised approach to her work and her background gave her a strong understanding of the needs of care experienced children and young people. The university provided me the opportunity to speak to the students to set out what projects we had to work on and what

benefits could be gained in return for a student and having that opportunity to discuss expectations and provide a placement which offered mutual benefit for us and the student made the matching process really effective. Having a student work with us on a placement has been a really positive experience all round.’

Therapawsitive
Kirsty MacQueen, Director