Course
University of Essex selection
Not named on the Clearing House list of courses using short-listing tests. Applications are fully anonymised, then independently rated and ranked by programme staff and local clinical psychologists. No pre-interview test is described.
East of England
- Before interview
- None named
- When
- No test published
- Last checked
- 11 September 2026
Before interview
Not named on the Clearing House list of courses using short-listing tests. Applications are fully anonymised, then independently rated and ranked by programme staff and local clinical psychologists. No pre-interview test is described.
Neither the Clearing House nor the course names a test. That is an absence of a statement, not a statement of absence.
At interview
Held at the Colchester campus, with roughly three interviews offered per place. The course states that “the interview process includes a formal timed assessment” but does not say what it consists of.
- Panel interview
Worth knowing
The timed assessment at interview is stated without detail. The course says it will provide further information to applicants who are invited.
Practice here will not help with the test
If you have applied here
No short-listing test is named for this course, and its published interview does not use scenario tasks. Practice here will not move the needle.
What to do
- Read the course’s selection page and prepare for the competencies its panels actually assess.
Where this site does not help
- There is no test to prepare for, and this course’s published interview does not use clinical scenarios. Your effort is better spent on the application form and on the competencies its panels ask about.
Practice material here reflects what research and first-hand accounts indicate these assessments are like. No course publishes its test, so nothing is confirmed and this site claims no inside knowledge. Not affiliated with University of Essex, the Clearing House, the BPS or the HCPC.
Sources
- clearing-house.org.uk — selection procedurePage last updated 7 September 2026. We checked it 11 September 2026.
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