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  28 February 2022

  Equality, diversity and inclusion – focus on Directorate of Education and Training

  Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) has been a significant focus of the Trust’s work in recent years. One of our core strategic objectives is to achieve equality of opportunity across the organisation, with a particular focus on race equality and disability. In 2021, the Trust commissioned an independent Race Equality Review, with recommendations and a…

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  28 February 2022

  The Trust during the COVID pandemic

  When the pandemic first hit in early 2020, as with other education providers, we had no option but to stop our face-to-face teaching activities. We had already been using Zoom for some meetings, and it became the natural choice of platform for continuing our teaching online. With efforts from our Technology Enhanced Learning team, our…

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  8 December 2021

  New 2022/2023 prospectus – download your copy now!

  We are delighted to announce the launch of our latest prospectus for the 2022/2023 academic year. Find out about the range of postgraduate courses we offer and hear from current students why they chose to study with us in our interactive, digital prospectus. We welcomed more than 500 of you to our first open evening of…

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  23 November 2021

  Making a change through motivational interviewing

  Motivational interviewing is a person-centred counselling style that can be used in many settings to facilitate positive change. We asked course lead Jackie Webb to tell us more – scroll down to read a summary of our conversation and watch a video recording. Making a change… “It’s normal to feel ambivalent about change”, says Jackie. But what can…

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  19 November 2021

  Four ways childhood trauma can manifest in later life – and what change is possible

  Research consistently shows that early life events and the environment in which a child is born and raised can have an effect on their wellbeing later on. Unfortunately, the most profound marks are left by negative experiences, especially what are called ACEs (adverse childhood experiences), and it is psychological abuse that often leaves the deepest…

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  17 November 2021

  Working with and facilitating groups

  Blending theory, practice and experiential learning, this one-of-a-kind course offers participants the opportunity to explore the processes and skills involved in planning, leading and reviewing a group – building understanding and confidence. Course leads Stephanie Segal and Peter Griffiths tell us more. Working with and facilitating groups This course aims to provide participants with an understanding of…

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  7 October 2021

  Understanding and nurturing troubled children: a new approach

  Within the Digital Academy, we’re proud to offer a suite of mini courses focused on children’s emotional and psychological development, created by renowned child and adolescent psychotherapist Dr Graham Music. Until now, we have delivered training in this area via a mini course, ‘Children’s brain and emotional development’, and a short course, ‘Understanding and nurturing troubled…

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  28 September 2021

  New specialist perinatal mental health postgraduate module launches nationally

  A new postgraduate module in perinatal mental health has been launched aimed at enhancing the skills of people who work and train in perinatal health teams, caring for women with mental health conditions, their partners, and infants from pre-conception to 24 months after birth. Commissioned by Health Education England (HEE), the first 20-week module will…

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  14 September 2021

  Bringing a systemic perspective to the processes of leadership and management

  Leadership and Management in the Public and Voluntary Sectors: A Systemic Perspective, supports participants in taking a fresh look at their organisation and role – drawing on a range of systemic ideas to thoroughly explore what it means to be an effective leader or manager today. We asked course leads Karen Partridge and Nana Bonsu to…

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  18 August 2021

  Trust and six partner organisations to support student mental health with new peer to peer mentoring service

  The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, alongside six partners with Independent Higher Education (IHE), has been awarded Office for Students funding to deliver mental health support for students through the Many Hands Project. The project will support the mental health of smaller or specialist providers, allowing students from multiple institutions across the UK to…

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  3 August 2021

  All education and training courses will be delivered online in autumn term

  The Trust has decided to continue with online delivery of all courses for the first term of the academic year 2021-22. Although the government has formally relaxed many Covid restrictions, the risk level remains significant, and infection prevention and control measures remain in place on NHS premises.  The Department of Education and Training has been…

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  30 July 2021

  Trust offers more bursaries to increase racial diversity

  In line with the Trust’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation, the Tavistock and Portman Charity is offering two more bursaries for new students from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. These two bursaries will be for our British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) accredited master’s in Psychological therapies with children, young people and families postgraduate course (M34).…

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