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Use code EARLY15 for 15% off 2025 Summer Experience programme fees. Offer ends midnight 31st December.

Use code EARLY15 for 15% off 2025 Summer Experience programme fees. Offer ends midnight 31st December.

The Young Psychologist Summer Experience Live Online

InvestIN Education
InvestIN Education

The Young Psychologist Summer Experience Live Online

Overview

The Young Psychologist Summer Experience Live Online gives students aged 15-18 a 360-degree work experience in psychology, from the comfort of their own home. Over the course of 5 days, you will be working with top psychologists ‘Live Online’ via our state-of-the-art interactive platform.

You will experience the real-life work of a psychologist, with opportunities to take part in live patient consultations, testify as a psychological expert witness during a criminal trial and develop a psychological ‘game plan’ for a leading sports team.

You will also have the opportunity to network with our psychologists and ask them all your burning questions, just as you would in-person.

Join us for a truly unique experience that will serve as an outstanding differentiator on your university and job applications and set you up for a future as a successful psychologist. 

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An Immersive Experience in Psychology:

  • Carry out consultations and develop treatment plans for a variety of patients alongside top psychologists
  • Act as a psychological expert witness in a simulated criminal trial and advise a parole board on a criminal’s release following a risk assessment
  • Advise on the organisational transformation of a business, analysing personality types and culture in the workplace
  • Consult with a sports team and deploy innovative techniques to enhance players’ performance on match day
  • Design and implement interventions for struggling children, focusing on behaviour management, learning strategies and relaxation techniques

    Meet Senior Psychologists from a Variety of Specialities:

    • Be coached through the immersive experiences with psychologists from a wide array of specialities: clinical, forensic, sports, business and educational
    • Private virtual networking/panel sessions with these professionals, who can become vital connections for your future career

      Comprehensive Career Coaching:

      • Training on how you can get one of the most desirable jobs in psychology, starting now: A-level/IB, university and degree choices; extra-curricular activities; work experience; application and interview techniques
      • Experience real-life recruitment methods used by top employers in psychology
      • Personalised development plan: create a personalised development plan based on the advice you are given, which identifies your strengths and weaknesses and shows you which areas you need to develop further

      Competitive Advantage In Your University Applications:

      • Attending the internship demonstrates that you’ve gained key skills such as communication, negotiation and problem solving, which are highly valued by top universities
      • Complete the online assessment after the programme and receive a personalised certificate to include in your UCAS/College applications

      *Patients will be played by actors. Mental health data is fictionalised but based on the real experiences of our professional psychologists

      11.00am

      The World of a Psychologist

      - Psychology in real life: a world of opportunities
      - Emerging approaches
      - Expectations vs reality
      11.30am

      Psychology in Law: The Expert Witness

      - Work alongside forensic and criminal psychologists to assess the psychological state of a criminal in a simulated criminal case
      - Take to the stand and testify as an expert witness
      - Eyewitness testimony: when help becomes hindrance
      1.15pm

      Lunch Break

      2.00pm

      Psychology in Law: Risk & Society

      - Design a successful rehabilitation programme
      - Carry out an in-depth risk assessment on a criminal, consulting a parole board on whether they should be released.
      4.00pm

      Career Coaching

      - Your career as a future forensic psychologist
      - Coaching on choosing the right university, A-levels/IB, and degree subject, and how to get the right work experience
      4.30pm

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      *exact programme format subject to change without notice.

      This programme is for students aged 15-18. No prior knowledge or experience is required; our professionals will give you all the training you need. There is no application process, and you can secure your place simply by clicking “Register Now”. We operate on a first-come first-served basis so encourage you to register as soon as possible.

      The Live Online Internship will take place 31st July - 4th August 2021.

      Places are highly limited. The only way to guarantee your place is to click 'Register Now' and enter your details.

      In select circumstances, we can offer payment by instalments, which requires a 50% deposit. To speak to a Student Experience Manager about your personal circumstances please click here OR email us at info@investin.org OR call us on +44 (0) 203 488 5089.

      'Live Online' Internship
      Length Days 1-5
      Assess the psychological state of a criminal
      Coach a professional sports team through state-of-the-art techniques
      Personalised career coaching session: receive a dynamic, personalised development plan to reach the height of your career ambitions.
      Internship £595

      Choose a location below:

      Live online

      31st July - 4th August 2021

      11am - 4:30pm (UK time)

      As part of your booking, you will receive 12 months’ access to our state-of-the-art tech platform, AmbitionX. Here you will find all of your programme materials and complete post-programme assessments to gain coveted ‘experience points’ to demonstrate your levels of professional development. You will also be able to access any of InvestIN’s Live Online weekend and evening programmes through AmbitionX at no extra cost. Your AmbitionX membership will be free for one year and after that will be charged at £165/annum; you may cancel any time before renewal.

      WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY ABOUT US

      Covid-19

      In the unlikely event that the in-person programme is completely cancelled because of Covid-19 then students will receive a refund. We have never yet had to cancel a London summer experience, having successfully delivered programmes during the summers of 2020 and 2021, with strict social distancing and excellent feedback. We shall of course adhere to all Covid-related government guidelines in place at the time of the programme and keep student safety as the highest priority.

      If you pay via credit because you postponed a previous booking then the credit note will be reissued to you in full.

       

      Support

      If you are trying to register and the registration box is not appearing it is likely because of firewall restrictions on your desktop device.

      You may wish to try on your mobile device instead. Alternatively, please email info@investin.org with details of the programme you want to register for. We will reserve your place immediately and send you a link to pay by card online.