| Description | Audio cassette sound recording of an interview with Professor Sylvia Downs (1926-2016), FBPsS, HonMBPsS, CPsychol, Industrial Training Research Unit, Cambridge, British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology Lifetime Achievement Award Winner (2009).
The interview was conducted for the British Psychological Society's Oral History project by Jill Fairbairns on the 12th and 13th of January 2008.
Topics covered:
Running order:
Early experience predisposing to a career in psychology
Early days in psychology:
Early working career:
Working life:
Role of professional bodies in her professional life:
Work after retirement:
Mentors, other people, books, or literature which had the most influence on her career.
Memories of conferences, views of contemporaries
Personal and family life related to, or had an impact, on her role as a psychologist.
Thoughts about her field of psychology and predictions for the future of the field.
Ends.
Total Running Time c 168mins
Note: Article on Sylvia Downs, by Hazel Stevenson, published in The Psychologist, June 2010.
Obituary of Sylvia Downs by Hazel McLaughlin published in The Psychologist, Vol.29, No.11, p. 815, November 2016 |
| RunTime | On two C90 cassettes, running time c 168 minutes. |
| AdminHistory | Date of Birth: 04/12/1926
Place of Birth: Chiswick, London
University and Professional Training:
University College London, BSc (Hons) psychology, 1947-1950
Other Honours and Awards:
Fellow of the BPS (nd)
Queen's University Belfast, Visiting Professor from ? to 1992
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Visiting Professor 1995-
City University London, Dept.Business Studies, Visiting Professor 1994-2000
University of Exeter, Visiting Fellow (nd)
BPS DoP Lifetime Achievement Award 2009
Professional career:
Research Assistant, Child Study Centre, Institute of Child Health 1950-1953
Researcher, Industrial Training Research Unit, Cambridge 1960-1981
UWIST Cardiff, Occupational Research Unit, Director of Research Unit, 1981-1987
Pearn, Kandola, Downs (Oxford), Partner 1987-1990
Self-Employed Chartered Psychologist researcher and consultant since 1990
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
BPS Occupational Section, Committee member 3 years (nd)
BPS Occupational Division, Committee member 3 years (nd)
BPS Occupational Division, Chair (nd) |