Psychology

We’re holding a webinar on to explain the standards required in the National 5 Psychology course assessment.

The webinar takes place on Monday 28 October from 13:30 – 15:30.

During the webinar, you’ll take part in workshop activities where you’ll have the opportunity to review and discuss candidate evidence with other Psychology teachers and lecturers.

To book a place, please use our online booking system at athena.sqameet.net. You’ll need a username and password to access the booking system.

Centres need to apply for approval before delivering the qualification for the first time, and must consider the resources that are available to them to do this.

To deliver this qualification in the next academic session, and in order for candidates to be certificated in August the following year, centres must apply for approval by the end of September of the previous year (for example, the deadline for applications for approval must be submitted by September 2022 in order to deliver and certificate the qualification by August 2023).

Subject-specific information:

Centres must demonstrate that teachers and lecturers delivering/assessing Psychology have completed at least two years successful study of Psychology at University or Higher National Diploma (HND) level (minimum SCQF level 8), including the study of research methods.

Find out more about our approval process