Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Phone +64 7 837 9472
The University of Waikato
www.waikato.ac.nz
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton 3240
New Zealand
15 September 2022
Matthew O’Connor
Email:
[FYI request #20384 email]
Dear Matthew
Official Information request – Clinical psychology placements
I refer to your request for official information dated 29 August 2022.
The University of Waikato (
University) has given due consideration to your request regarding
the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology (
PGDipPsych(Clin))
and provides the
following information.
1. How many placement positions have been available to postgraduate clinical psychology
students at your tertiary education institution annually over the past five years?
The University offered 8 placement positions per year from 2017. Since 2020, the University
has increased the intake placements by 1 per year.
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
8
8
8
9
10
2. How many students have attained a postgraduate clinical psychology degree from your
tertiary education institution annually over the past five years?
The table below provides the number of students awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in
Clinical Psychology in the last 5 years.
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
6
7
5
8
8
3. What is the number of students who have undertaken a placement as part of a postgraduate
clinical psychology degree through your tertiary education institution, annually, over the
past five years?
The table below provides the number of placement students that have completed the
PGDipPsych(Clin) in the last five years. Please note, for second and third-year placements,
the number is approximately double the number of students due to students starting or
returning from leave, or requiring a third internship/placement.
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Year 1
8
8
7
9
10
Year 2
16
18
16
15
15
Year 3
18
18
21
16
15
Total
42
44
44
40
40
In accordance with the Official Information Act, you have the right to seek an investigation and
review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is
available
at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Jim Mercer
Chief Operating Officer