| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/01/04/05 |
| Title | BPS Press Committee Papers 1990 - 1991 |
| Date | 16 December 1990 - 16 December 1991 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Physical Description | 1 file |
| Description | Minutes and papers of the British Psychological Society BPS Press Committee includes correspondence.
16 December 1990 Press Committee Minutes (draft and final) and Papers including press committee action plan, local media day, press release and draft on new diploma on the Applied Psychology of Teaching; press release on article by Caroline B Eayrs 'Charity Advertising: For and Against People With a Mental Handicap?'; press release on poll tax exemptions for mental impairment; subsystem press contacts; correspondence with Sidcup Times and the Daily Mail concerning coverage;
10 April 1991 Press Committee Minutes and Papers including draft letter to heads of Psychology Department about providing a press release service for new psychological research; discussion document on BPS media activities; memo concerning press release about Society activities to go via Hon Press Officer [Chair of the Press Committee]; report from Quentin Miller press officer at the First Annual Conference DCLP [Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology]; correspondence with The Times concerning proposed legislation for psychological support for disasters, employment age discrimination and counselling for sperm donors; copy press releases on ageing memory;
25 September 1991 Press Committee Minutes and Papers including updated Keyword [spokespeople on specialist subjects] list; sponsoring MPs; advertising media training courses; media [press] releases offer for university psychological research; programme and abstracts of Health Psychology Conference; media awards proposal; annual conference media response; covering letter sending BPS report 'Sex Offenders: Diversions from Custody' to Science in Parliament; correspondence with P Hajek concerning reporting of his conference paper on Smoking; correspondence with Mr Stoker concerning employing a media consultant; proposal for a British Psychological Society promotional booklet; correspondence with the Western Mail concerning their press coverage.
16 December 1991 Press Committee Minutes and Papers includes credits for 'Media Watch' column in The Psychologist; copy of Experimental Psychology Society bulletin highlighting BPS offer to do press for research initiatives; promotion of BPS press service to the Association of Heads of Psychology Departments; draft media awards schema; press briefing on 'Psychological Therapies in Residential Children's Homes; BPS Investigatory Committee proposed extensions to the Code of Conduct; gaps in expertise in the Keyword list; press cuttings; press release on 'Competences of Applied Psychologists', 'Everyday Explanations for Personal Debt', 'False confessions A Key Issue in Royal Commission Evidence', 'Sloppy discipline Leads to Adolescent Problems', 'New Directory of Occupational Test Experts'; correspondence with The Times, The Guardian, Daily Express and transcript from BBC 'What the Papers Say' about a piece in Today; Committee membership.
BPS/001/6/01/02/03 Annual Conference Press
BPS/001/6/01/03/03 London Conference Press |
| Format | File |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
Keyword list includes personal data should be redacted before being made available to researchers.
See also BPS/001/11/03/03/03 BPS Keyword Spokespeople |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/11/01/06/01 Information Committee Papers 1990-1991
BPS/001/6/01/02/03/09 BPS Annual Conference Press 1990
BPS/001/6/01/03/03/08 BPS London Conference Press 1990
BPS/002/2/03 BPS Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology
BPS/002/4/02 BPS Counselling Psychology Section
BPS/001/11/04/03/05/12 Evidence to the False Confession and Police Interrogation (May) Inquiry 1990
BPS/001/11/04/02/05/01 Psychological Aspects of Disaster Report and Proposed Legislation 1987-1991 |
| RelatedRecord | BPS/001/6/01/02/03/09 |
| BPS/001/6/01/03/03/08 |
| BPS/002/2/03 |
| BPS/002/4/02 |
| BPS/001/11/01/06/01 |
| BPS/001/11/04/03/05/12 |
| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Medical research |
| Legal medicine |
| Public Relations |
| Disasters |
| Health Psychology |
| Forensic medicine |
| AdminHistory | Press Committee started 1971 as a Standing Committee of Council. Restructured in 1984 and in 1990 Chairman Chris Brewin until December 1990 then Mike King |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |
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