The University of Sheffield
Department of Psychology

Psychology Alumni

Our Alumni

Our alumni have entered a wide variety of careers. The jobs of our alumni span over 30 occupational areas, the most popular of which are: healthcare (especially clinical psychology), further/higher education, primary/secondary education, local/national government, finance, information technology, social services, voluntary/charity sector, recruitment/marketing, and police/legal services.
Some of our high profile alumni include:

  • Diane Jeffrey, CBE (Chair of Age UK; B.A. 1966).
  • Rajvinder Kandola, OBE (Founding Partner, Pearn Kandola; M.A. 1981).
  • Jessica Ennis, CBE (Olympic Gold Medallist and World Champion Heptathlete; B.Sc. 2007).
  • Peter Booth (Managing Director, Prudential Services; B.Sc. 1977).

From time to time we will profile the careers of some of our alumni for the benefit of prospective and current students. You may like to look at these Career Profiles in case you know the individuals concerned.

How our Alumni Can Help us

We are grateful to our alumni for helping support the department and our students.

There are lots of ways you can be involved including: volunteering to speak to students about your career choices and experiences, writing a career profile, or offering work experience places for our students: Get involved.

You can also make a donation to support the university: Give the gift of knowledge.

If you wish to support the department specifically either through a donation, by sponsoring scholarship/bursary/prize, or by offering expertise and help, please contact head of department Professor Paul Overton p.g.overton@sheffield.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)114 222 6624.

Please Keep in Touch

Please keep us up to date with what you are doing. By updating your details we can also keep you up to date with life in the University and the Department and invite you to events.

We also provide the Sheffield Reunited service to help you keep in touch with friends from your time here at Sheffield.