Meet current students and recent graduates from our masters courses in psychology as they share their experiences of studying at Sheffield and what they went on to do after their degree.
Peter Carr
MSc Psychological Research Methods with Advanced Statistics
Peter began studying the MSc Psychological Research Methods with Advanced Statistics course to help him to develop the strong statistical and data science skills to be able to pursue a career in this area.
Muneerah Patel
MSc Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
Muneerah wanted a masters programme that blended neuroscience, mathematical modelling and neuroimaging to give her a broad overview and a future focus. Muneerah is now a Research Software Engineer at the University of Sheffield.
John Brooke
MSc Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
After a long career in high-performance computing, John chose to study the MSc Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience course to pursue his interest in how the brains of animals and humans perform complex computational tasks using very small amounts of energy. John is now continuing the research as a PhD student in the department.
Jake Toth
MSc Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience
Jake studied BEng Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering at Sheffield before choosing to pursue the MSc Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience. His training on the course covers the whole spectrum of approaches to answer questions about how the brain works and following graduation he hopes to pursue a PhD in this field.
Caroline Wojnarowski
MSc Psychological Research Methods with Advanced Statistics
After completing research in depression and anxiety as part of her masters, Caroline is now a Clinical Studies Officer in the NHS, working within mental health and dementia.
Alex Patterson
MSc Psychological Research Methods with Advanced Statistics
Alex chose his MSc in order to gain a better understanding of statistics and scientific methodology. Alex is now pursuing a PhD at Sheffield, focusing on applying data analytics to crime data. The statistical programming skills he developed during his masters are proving extremely beneficial for this next stage of his studies.
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