| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/03/01/35/11 |
| Title | BPS Press Releases November 2017 |
| Date | 2017 |
| Description | British Psychological Society press releases and announcements
Awaiting Transfer [See BPS website www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy]
01 November 2017 Nominate a CPsychol to represent psychology internationally
01 November 2017 Early-bird rates for the DCP annual conference close on 22 November
02 November 2017 Tales from the teaching track: Free event for BPS members in Aberdeen
02 November 2017 Rude awakening: Witnessing morning incivility darkens your experience of the whole day
02 November 2017 Would you like to communicate psychology to a wider audience?
03 November 2017 New study suggests people with OCD are especially sensitive to the seasons
03 November 2017 BPS welcomes Scope report on disability at work
03 November 2017 The submission deadline for our 2018 annual conference has been extended
06 November 2017 BPS President signs letter urging the Government to address mental health services
07 November 2017 Could you be the next Chair of the Qualifications Committee?
07 November 2017 Contrary to stereotypes, study of hedge fund managers finds psychopaths make poor investors
07 November 2017 Free event: The impact of psychology on today's society
08 November 2017 Susie Orbach to give free public lecture at the DCP annual conference in Cardiff
09 November 2017 BPS cited in parliamentary debate on mental health education
10 November 2017 Moderate alcohol consumption improves foreign language skills
10 November 2017 Book your tickets for Psychology4Graduates now
13 November 2017 A Psychology degree helps graduates wherever they go on to work
13 November 2017 Very intelligent people make less effective leaders, according to their peers and subordinates
13 November 2017 Increased taxes on high fat and high sugar foods will improve children's diets
14 November 2017 'Psychology at work' - BPS report launched today - press release of launch of 'Psychology at Work: Improving wellbeing and productivity in the workplace' during the BPS All-Parliamentary Group for Psychology’s ‘Healthy Workplaces’ event hosted by the APPG Chair Dr Lisa Cameron MP.
15 November 2017 Men and women interpret the sexual intent behind dating behaviours very differently
15 November 2017 Professor Peter Hegarty receives Award for Promoting Equality of Opportunity
15 November 2017 Samaritans launch suicide prevention campaign
16 November 2017 BPS endorses ASO statement on restricting elective surgery based on BMI
16 November 2017 Would you like to share your good practice?
16 November 2017 People who think they exercise less than their peers die earlier
17 November 2017 How we can tackle the iceberg of bullying
17 November 2017 Early-bird registration rate for the DCP Annual Conference ends on Wednesday
17 November 2017 We are witnessing a renaissance in psychology
17 November 2017 What Good Looks Like on Anti-Bullying Week
20 November 2017 What’s different about the brains of the minority of us who feel other people’s physical pain?
20 November 2017 Society supports call for action to reduce child poverty on Universal Children's Day - press release concerning BPS support for RCPCH call for the restoration of binding national targets to reduce child poverty and the adoption of ‘child health in all policies’.
21 November 2017 BPS seeks new Chair of Qualifications Committee - Press release - The Membership and Standards Board (MSB) or the British Psychological Society (BPS) is seeking to appoint a Chartered Member of the Society to take over as Chair of the Qualifications Committee (QC) for a period of three years from June 2018.
21 November 2017 Thinking in a foreign language, we’re less prone to superstition - press release for research digest blog about article 'Breaking Magic: Foreign Language Suppresses Superstition' (Constantinos Hadjichristidis ) published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology;
22 November 2017 - There's still time to book your place at the Special Group in Coaching Psychology conference, 8 December 2017, Crowne Plaza Birmingham;
22 November 2017 The bacteria in your gut might affect your vulnerability to PTSD - press release for research digest blog about article 'The Microbiome in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma-Exposed Controls: An Exploratory Study' (Sian Hemmings) published in Psychosomatic Medicine;
23 November 2017 We want to hear your views on the reform of the Society - release concerning year of consultation on proposed establishment of a Senate, new strategy board and changes to the way that the British Psychological Society's Trustees operate;
24 November 2017 Chess, memory training and music just make you better at chess, memory training and music - press release for research digest blog about article 'Does Far Transfer Exist? Negative Evidence From Chess, Music, and Working Memory Training' (Giovanni Sala and Fernand Gobet ) published in press release for research digest blog about article;
27 November 2017 Accessible science reporting can foster overconfidence in readers - press release for research digest blog about article 'When science becomes too easy: Science popularization inclines laypeople to underrate their dependence on experts' (Lisa Scharrer) published in Public Understanding of Science;
28 November 2017 Professor Sophie Scott to give 2017 RI Christmas Lectures - press release on Scott, Profession of Cognitive Neuroscience to give Royal Institution Christmas lecture
29 November 2017 Joint BPS/HCPC meeting discusses health and social care regulation - press release on annual meeting with the Health and Care Professions Council
29 November 2017 Society meets with parliamentarians for dementia discussion - round table to discuss BPS Dementia Advisory report 'Psychological Dimensions of Dementia: Putting the Person At the Centre of Care' [published November 2016]
29 November 2017 Belief in our moral superiority is the most irrational self-enhancing bias of all (Ben Tappin and Ryan McKay) - press release for research digest blog about article 'The Illusion of Moral Superiority' published in Social Psychological and Personality Science
29 November 2017 Our consultation on a new occupational psychology qualification has opened - press release on members' view on a proposed new stage 2 qualification in Occupational Psychology [In October 2016, the Membership and Standards Board approved revised standards for stage 2 training in occupational psychology. A design team was then formed to design a new ‘independent route’ stage 2 qualification around those revised standards.
30 November 2017 Why you’re more likely to remember something if you read it to yourself out loud (Noah Farrin and Colin MacLeod) - press release for research digest blog about article 'This time it’s personal: the memory benefit of hearing oneself' published in Memory
30 November 2017 Psychologists' concern at new strategy for getting people with disabilities into work - BPS response to government strategy 'Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability' and promotion of BPS 'Psychology at Work: Improving wellbeing and productivity in the workplace' report [launched 14 November 2017]
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| Research Digest was a weekly British Psychological Society blog |
| Language | English |
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| AccessStatus | Open |
| Term | Public Relations |
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| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |