| Description | British Psychological Society press releases concerning conferences, publications, policy and events
3-5 January 1990 BPS Occupational Psychology Section Annual Conference, Bowness-on-Windermere
1. First Class Counselling for Postal Workers (Golnaz Sadri, Cary Cooper) - press release
2. To Nurse or Not To Nurse? (Caroll Borrill) - press release;
3. Problem Drinking At Home (Andy Guppy) - press release
4. Preparing People for the Unthinkable (Douglas Paton) - press release
5. Youth on Call (John Haworth and Sarah Bishop) - press release
6. Company Mergers - A Blind Date (Timothy St Ather) - press release
7 February 1990 Stress Management The Key To Preventing Heart Disease (Paul Bennett) - press release for article in British Journal of Clinical Psychology
5-8 April 1990 BPS Annual Conference, University College Swansea
General press release about the conference
1. New President of the British Psychological Society (Peter Morris) - press release;
2. A Fair Cop (Tom Williamson) - press release;
3. Procrastination Why Do Ships Collide (Don Taylor) - press release;
4. Other People Get Aids Not Me (Dominic Abrams) - press release;
5. Vitamins Boost IQ scores of Children on Poor Diets (David Benton) - press release;
6. From Bhopal to Zeebrugge: Large Scale Accidents (James Reason) press release;
6. Belief in the Paranormal (Chris French) - press release';
7. Will Video Evidence Make It Easier for Children to Lie? (Helen Westcott)- press release;
8. Girls More Depressed Over Puberty (Jolanta Ossetin) - press release;
9. Walking, Talking, Living Dolls? Pop Songs Images of Women 1950-1980 (Estelle Phillips) - press release';
10. Shy Retiring Brits (Peter Harris) - press release;
11. Problem Drinking Linked to Home Rule (Geoff Lowe) - press release;
12. There's No Fooling Baby (Gill Harris) - press release;
13. Psychological Treatment of Prisoners - Does It Work (Lawrence Jones) - press release;
14. Which Infertile Couples Need Treatment (Stephen Wright), Infertile Couples are Over Optimistic About IVF (Marie Johnston) - press releases for 'Psychological Aspects of Infertility' Health Psychology Section symposium;
15. The Dangers of Being Elderly (Carol Holland) - press release;
16. Are Asian Men Drinking Heavily (Raymond Cochrane) - press release';
17. Police Stress at Lockerbie (Margaret Mitchell) - press release;
13-15 July 1990 Women and Psychology - Annual Conference of the Psychology of Women Section, Birmingham University
1. General release about conference
2. How to Feel Happy With Your Weight (Kate Bennett) - press release;
3. Surviving Step-Parenthood (Kathleen Cox) - press release
4. Women and Madness (Jane Ussher) - press release
5. Juggling Motherhood and Education Dilemma of Mature Women Students (Ros Edwards) - press release
27-31 August 1990 IVth European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Stirling University
Distribution list, drafts, press releases
1. General release about the conference
2. Why did The Child Cross The Road?
3. Humour in the First Year (Vasudevi Reddy);
4. Creche Babies Do Better In School Than Those Raised At Home (Bengt-Erik Andersson);
5. Clumsiness in Children - A Neglected Handicap
6. Children With Autism Lack An Understand of People's Minds (Simon Baron-Cohen)
7. Fact, Fantasy and The Child Witness (Jim Baxter);
8. Religious Doubts in the Elderly (Peter Coleman);
9. Unpopular Children Are Often Bullies or Their Victims (Michael Boulton and Peter Smith);
10. Reading Helps Children Start To Speak (Sue Buckley);
11. The Way Britain Deals with Gifted Children Is As Wasteful As Pouring Our Oil Back Into the North Sea (Joan Freeman);
12. Failure To Thrive in the Inner-City (Dieter Wolke)
20 July 1990 Publication of Register of Chartered Psychologists - press releases
1. Which Psychologist?
2. Chartered Educational Psychologists
3. Criminological and Legal Psychologists Become Chartered
4. Chartered Clinical Psychologist
30 November 1990 correspondence concerning press release [not found] on paper 'Charity advertising: For or against people with a mental handicap?' by Dr N Ellis and C Eayrs published in the British Journal of Social Psychology;
17-18 December 1990 BPS Annual London Conference
General press release about the conference -
For rest of press releases about the conference see BPS/001/6/01/03/03/08 London Conference 1990 - Press
19 December 1990 Psychological Testing - Protecting The Public - launch of new BPS qualification scheme for test use 'A Statement and Certificate of Competence in Occupational Testing'
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| AdminHistory | The first report on public relations was in 1946 by T H Pear [see BPS Council Papers 25 May 1946]. A public relations committee was founded in 1955 and was a short lived working party.
The first press releases was for the BPS Occupational Psychology Section Conference in Cambridge, held 3-4 January 1970.
In 1971 Nicholas Georgiades and Professor Arthur Summerfield arranged a press conference at Brown's Hotel to draw attention to the BPS response to Sir John Foster's report on Scientology [See BPS/001/4/01/03/01]. After advice from Mr Christopher Hall, Barbara Castle's Information officer on setting up a press function - a Standing Press Committee was formed in October 1971 under the Chairmanship of Dr Georgiades - they produced press releases and started recruiting spokespeople and setting up a media training courses for them - the first of which was held in June 1972. Early press efforts were concentrated on promoting the conferences and journal articles but later encompassed promoting BPS policy, positions, activities and the profession of psychology.
In 1973 Susan Best PA to the Secretary General took on the additional role of 'Public Relations Secretary', this was later held by Mrs M Clark, the post existed until 1976. A dedicated press officer was recruited in 1991.
Stephen White joined the BPS staff as Director of Communications in 1985 and started organising regular media training from 1986 onwards. Press releases were regularly issued from this time.
By October 1991 the Press Committee was no longer a standing committee but a subcommittee of the Information Committee (which itself took over from the Standing Committee on Communications SCCOMS 1984-1990). The Information Committee became the Communications Committee in 1998 as part of the Society's strategic plan. This became the Publications and Communications Board in 2000. |
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