As the thread title says, really. I am interested in the Env Psych PhD course at the University of Surrey. However, according to the British Psychology Society website, Environmental Psychology isn't recognised as a discipline in its own right, nor is Social Psychology, so upon completion, what would this degree qualify me to do? I am guessing being a contracted researcher (if the ConDem government hasn't eviscerated all funding streams by that time) or academia. But it will not qualify me to practice a trade as a psychologist, or will it?

I guess bottom line - I don't want to spend 3 years of my life and however many thousands of pounds to end up with a nice piece of paper that I can't do very much with.

Does anyone have any insight to share on this please?

You can be a 'chartered psychologist' with the BPS, with a PhD, but you can't be a chartered psychologist in a certain field without field-specific qualifications

e.g. you need to have an MSc (I think) in forensic psychology and do 2 years supervised practice, before you can be a 'chartered forensic psychologist'.