Here are some things you should be thinking about:
1. How good are the universities you are considering?
At lot of research takes place enabling universities to be ranked according to subject - this site is the latest ranking for Psychology departments in the UK
2. Is the university accredited to the BPS (British Psychological Society)? This is very important should you wish to pursue a career within the psychology field.
The BPS website can tell you more about this:
This link informs you of the undergraduate courses that are accredited:
http://www.bps.org.uk/bpslegacy/ac?frmAction=results&Course_IDs_Selected=&CourseType=UG&Search_Type=NC&OrderBy=NAME&OrderDir=ASC&INSTITUTION_NUMBER=&PROGRAMME_TYPE=SHON
http://www.bps.org.uk/bpslegacy/ac?frmAction=results&Course_IDs_Selected=&CourseType=UG&Search_Type=NC&OrderBy=NAME&OrderDir=ASC&INSTITUTION_NUMBER=&PROGRAMME_TYPE=SHON
3. As psychology is a science, the best universities have a vibrant research department. The Research Assessment Exercise has been used to rank universities in terms of their research programmes. Unfortunately the last RAE completed was in 2008, so is slightly outdated, but it is still worth a look!
4. In addition to this, as psychology is so popular it is very competitive! Obviously it is important to get good grades, but with competition so intense sometimes a good set of grades is not enough for the top universities! Therefore you will need to go beyond normal learning and show great commitment and understanding of psychology. A good way to do this (which also leads to an additional AS level) is to complete an extended project within the discipline of psychology. Here is a link summarising the basics of the extended project. Please see me for more information!
