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Heather Shaw

Heather Shaw

Subject: A Levels
"My psychology tutors were great. Glyn Pickering was such a good teacher and I completely fell in love with the subject because of the way it was taught. At Derby College the tutors put us first."

About Heather Shaw

Psychology PhD student Heather owes love of her subject to Derby College A  level tutors

Psychology technician and PhD student Heather Shaw hadn’t expected psychology to be her future career.

But, thanks to her positive experience of studying psychology at A level at Derby College, she has found her perfect profession.

Heather, who is 24 and from Derby, had always imagined she’d work in the creative sector so picked Photography and Textiles A levels.

She only chose Psychology as she thought it sounded interesting.

But Heather quickly discovered a natural talent for the subject, achieving an A grade at A level then going on to graduate with a First Class Honours degree at the University of Lincoln.

She is now studying for a PhD part-time at the university while at the same time working as a technician in the university’s psychology department.

Heather, who has a scholarship from the university to meet her tuition fees, has had research papers published. Her research has included looking at the psychology smart phones use and investigating how  the brain acts on vision when perceiving faces

Once she has completed her postgraduate studies, she plans to get a research job or go into lecturing.

Find out about studying A Levels at Derby College.

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