Course
University of Staffordshire selection
Not named on the Clearing House list of courses using short-listing tests. Applications are reviewed anonymously and rated holistically against a rubric covering suitability statements, applied experience, research and evaluation experience, self-reflexivity, and critical and contextual thinking.
West Midlands
- 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 reviewed anonymously and rated holistically against a rubric covering suitability statements, applied experience, research and evaluation experience, self-reflexivity, and critical and contextual thinking.
Neither the Clearing House nor the course names a test. That is an absence of a statement, not a statement of absence.
At interview
Typically a single panel interview incorporating a values-based role-play element, broadly assessing applied academic, research and clinical knowledge alongside personal and professional values and suitability for training.
- Panel interview
- Role-play with an actor or panel member
- Values-based questioning
Practice here is relevant
If you have applied here
No short-listing test is named here, so the application form and interview carry the weight. At interview this course uses role-play with an actor or panel member, values-based questioning, which is the same reasoning the practice here rehearses.
What to do
- Work through the scenario practice — it rehearses weighing imperfect responses against professional standards, which is what these tasks assess.
- Read the course’s own selection page before you prepare. It is linked on this page and it is the only authority on its own process.
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 Staffordshire, 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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