Dr Mike Marriott

Role

Mike is a principal lecturer and a member of NTU Psychology in the School of Social Sciences. He is a registered clinical psychologist, an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Since September 2024, he is the co-chair for the national Group of Trainers in Clinical Associates (in Applied) Psychology, GTiCA(A)P.

Mike is involved in learning and teaching related to mental health and clinical psychology practice, alongside undergraduate psychology teaching and tutorials. He is on supervision teams for DPsychs and PhDs, and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate psychology research projects.

As a member of NTU Psychology's management team, Mike leads on the development of workplace culture in the department, such as the successful Athena Swan Silver accreditation in July 2024.

Alongside his teaching activity, Mike is a scholar of psychological practice, and has played a role in a range of workforce developments regionally and nationally. He maintains an active interest in developing external collaborations for NTU, particularly in healthcare settings.

Career overview

Mike has been in academia since 2015, when he joined NTU as a senior lecturer. His work in that time has included the development and leadership of the MSc Psychology in Clinical Practice, which saw psychology graduates engage in a range of successful collaborations with local healthcare providers, a foundation for the delivery of the MSc Clinical Associate in Psychology Apprenticeship. He has supervised a range of PhD and DPsych projects related to mental health and fields of psychological practice, and been a project member on research funded by Innovate UK and Bial Foundation. Mike became a principal lecturer in 2021, taking additional management responsibilities for the department, including acting course director for the first cohort of the MSc Clinical Associate in Psychology Apprenticeship. Mike has been an external examiner and consultant for numerous other universities in England.

Mike had worked within NHS mental health services since 2002. He qualified as a clinical psychologist in 2007 and worked within local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) from qualification until 2023. His most recent role had been specialising in work with young people with severe eating difficulties as part of a new team created by the Trust, taking a co-leadership role in developing the team's processes and bidding for ongoing funding.

Mike originally studied at the University of Wales, Bangor, receiving a university scholarship to support his degree and also successfully applying for two external grants for subsistence to undertake research with stroke survivors over the summer of his second year. He was then an assistant psychologist with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust for two years, primarily working with adults with severe and enduring difficulties detained in low secure settings. He undertook his clinical training at the University of Sheffield, where he discovered his passion for working with children and families before moving to CAMHS in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

External activity

• Co-Chair of the Group of Trainers in Clinical Associates (in Applied) Psychology
• Member of the Midlands Psychological Professions Network Workforce Council
• Associate Fellow and Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Full Member of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology
• Registered Clinical Psychologist (Health and Care Professions Council)

Mike has worked as a staff governor at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and as Chair of Governors at William Lilley School.