| Description | Audio cassette sound recording of a BPS OHP interview with Dr Patricia Anne Lindley, CPsychol; CSci; AFBPsS, Dip RD; Cert Crim, Owner and Consultant of Newland Park Associates, British Psychological Society Lifetime Achievement Award winner (2012).
The interview was conducted by John Sheppard in December 2012 (Wakefield, Yorkshire).
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:
Mentors, other people, books, or literature which had the most influence on her career.
Memories of conferences, views of her 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 58 mins |
| RunTime | Total running time c 58 minutes |
| AdminHistory | University & Professional Qualifications:
BA Hons. (Psychology) First Class. Open University (part-time), 1973-1978
Diploma in Reading Development, Open University (part-time), 1978-1979
Certificate in Criminology, Leeds University (part-time), 1976-1979
Ph.D., Hull University Psychology Department, 1979-1983
Professional Career:
April - Dec University of Hull Research Assistant
1983 - 1983 Educational Technology Computer Assisted Learning
Research Group for Hearing Impaired
Department of Psychology Children - (Language)
Jan - March University of Hull Research Assistant
1984 - 1984 Ergonomics Research Human Factors in
Group Control of Central
Department of Psychology Heating
April - Oct Employment Rehab. Centre
1984 - 1984 Leeds. Occupational Psychologist
Oct - April Employment Rehab. Centre
1984 1986 Hull. Occupational Psychologist
April - April Bartdale Ltd. Hull. Senior consultant in Occupational Psychology
1986 1987
April -Sept. Newland Park Associates Ltd. Director and Principal Consultant
1987 2005 Occupational Psychologists
Oct to present Newland Park Associates Owner and consultant (semi retired)
2005 to current
Professional qualifications and membership of professional bodies.
British Psychological Society: (BPS)
Chartered Occupational Psychologist;
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS);
Member of the BPS Division of Occupational Psychology;
Chartered Scientist;
Registered Occupational Psychologist (HPC)
Registered EuroPsy Certificate holder
Registered EuroTest Certificate holder
BPS Registered Test User Level 3 Occupational (formerly Level A (Occupational Testing)
BPS Level B, Intermediate and Full (Occupational Testing)
Verified Assessor for BPS Level 2 (Occupational Testing) for Level 1 and Level2 Ability and Personality
Honorary Senior Fellow in Psychology University of Hull
Entry onto the Roll of Honour (Gramota) of the Praesidium of the Russian Psychological Society
BPS Lifetime Achievement Award from BPS Division of Occupational Psychology (DOP), 2012
DOP and DOP Related British Psychological Society (BPS) positions to 2012
Position Committee Year(s) Achievement
Member BPS Division of Occupational Psychology Committee 1989 to 1992 Represented the Division on Standing Committee for Co-ordination of Continuing Professional Development for Psychologists (SCCCPDP)
Chair BPS Division of Occupational Psychology Committee 1992 Contributed to the Formation of the Board of Examiners in Occ Psych
Chair BPS Training Committee for Occupational Psychology 1993 Developed Checklists and protocols for visits to Accredited courses
Chair SCCCPDP 1994 Led the cross divisional group to raise awareness of and develop the initial policy for MQB.
Had papers Published in The Psychologist, and the European Psychologist. Attended and contributed to the United Kingdom inter-professional Group Committee on CPD
Member BPS Professional Affairs Board 1992
Member BPS Membership and Qualifications Board 1993 t0 1998 Led the development of the BPS Policy on CPD
Member BPS Council 1992
Member BPS Consultative Working Group for Standards in Applied Psychology 3 years 1993 to 1995. Was representative of the Division on the Working Group. Part of the group that developed and completed the Standards which underpinned the new competence based membership qualifications
Chief Assessor BPS Board of Examiners in Occupational Psychology 1998 to 2002 Set up Assessor training
Liaised with DOP on Supervisor Training
Produced the definitive Guidelines (with Michael Pearn) from the 8 versions in circulation
Chair BPS Board of Examiners in Occupational Psychology 2002 to 2007 Led the transition from the 5 year experience qualification to the examination plus experience model. Later began the Q Occ Psy Part 2 qualification design
Member BPS Membership and Professional Training Board MPTB 2002 to 2007 Represented the BoE in Occupational Psychology
Co-opted member BPS Board of Examiners in Occupational Psychology 2007 to 2011 Advised the Board on the development of documents for the Q Occ Psych
Acting Chief Assessor BPS Board of Examiners in Occupational Psychology 2011-2012 Reviewed changes to document following HPC visit
Held Training Sessions for Assessors
Monitored all assessments
Member of Working Group Division of Occupational Psychology Science and Practice Group 2012 - continuing Developing Standards for Assessment Centres
BPS Positions related to Occupational Testing
Position Committee Year(s) Achievement
Member BPS Standing Committee on Test Standards 1999 to 2007
Chair Elect BPS Standing Committee on Test Standards 2007 to 2008 Worked with the committee to introduce new qualifications in Testing and with European colleagues and the BPS to develop the review of the competency framework.
Chair BPS Standing Committee on Test Standards (SCTS) later CTS 2008 to 2011
Represented the SCTS with the British Council at a conference on Psychometric Testing in Bahrain
Led the project to gain acceptance of the RQTU as meeting the requirements of the EuroTest.
Introduced rigorous selection of new members of the committee
Member Psychological Testing Centre Executive Committee From its inception 2001 to 2011 Was part of the committee that managed the development of the Psychological Testing Centre
Worked with BPS staff to produce documentation and guidance for Assessment, for Test reviewing and handbooks for verifiers
Member SCTS Working group for Guidance for assessors Level A 1990? Worked with other members of the implementation group to provide the first edition of Guidance for Assessors for the Level A assessors
Verifier SCTS Level B Verifier (Intermediate and Full) 1995 to 2002 A part of the working group which established the procedures and documentation for Level B Intermediate and Full
Introduced and chaired the Test Publishers twice yearly meetings
Consultant Editor BPS Books Test Reviews 1992 to 2001 Acted as Consultant Editor for the first three Occupational Tests and instruments Volumes (Ability and Personality) for BPS books
Senior Editor BPS Books Test Reviews 2001 to 2003 Edited Vol 2 of Review of Personality instruments for BPS books
Senior Editor BPS Psychological Testing Centre Test Reviewing 2003 t0 2010 Led the change from paper to online reviews. Introduced the EFPA Guidelines to change the format of the review Updated all reviews to the EFPA Guidelines. Introduced Test Registration procedures and review process documentation
Member PPB 2007-2009 On behalf of SCTS agreed the establishment the Register of Qualified Test Users
Member MSB was MPTB 2007 -2011 On behalf of SCTS secured Agreement of the Board to the successful application for the EuroTest certification
Positions: European Federation of Psychologists' Associations
Position Committee Year(s) Achievement
Co-opted member Standing Committee on Tests and Testing 2003 t0 2011 Contributed to the development of the European Guidelines for Test Reviewing
Appointed Member Working Group on EFPA Guidelines 2003 t0 2004 Contributed to the Development of the EFPA Standards for Test Users
Appointed member TUAC 2010 Ongoing Advised the Russian Psychological Society on the Development of Test User Standards Currently advising the Polish Psychological Society on developing test user qualifications
Member of working Group Board of Assessment (EFPA) 2011 ongoing Member of working group revising the EFPA Test Review Guidelines (ongoing)
Member of working Group for the production of Guidelines for Assessment for the EuroPsy Certificate |
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