Participation hours refer to time spent serving as participants in psychological research taking place in the department, and provide an provide an educationally valuable opportunity for you to experience real research from the perspective of the participant. Undergraduates Undergraduates are expected to serve as participants in each term of their first two years and complete a total of 9 hours per year18 hours across Years 1 and 2 of the degree. This is a programme requirement and Early Warning Reports are issued on a termly basis to students who do not complete the participation hours. To avoid receiving early warnings you need to have completed a minimum of three hours by the end of the Autumn term, a minimum of six hours by the end of the Spring term and the full nine hours by the end of the academic year. Note that this is a relatively short amount of time and that this is lower than in many other similar Universities such as Leeds, Manchester and Kent.
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