The Joint Committee for Psychology in Higher Education (JCPHE) has strongly criticised the proposal by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to downgrade the funding of undergraduate psychology courses in a response , submitted on Friday 4 December, to the SFC Consultation on ‘Teaching Funding Subject Price Groups for Higher Education Institutions’. The JCPHE represents The British Psychological Society, Association of Heads of Psychology Departments and the Experimental Psychology Society…

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