| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/12/02/08/01/14 |
| Title | The Psychologist Policy Committee Papers 1999 |
| Date | 1999 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Physical Description | 1 file |
| Description | Minutes, agendas and papers of the British Psychological Society Psychologist Policy Committee PPC [for the Society in-house Journal 'The Psychologist' includes
28 January 1999 Psychologist Policy Committee Minutes, agenda and papers includes Committee membership; terms of reference; media watch and TV/Radio coverage, new layout for call for award applications and nominations, appointment of Tom Farside as Associate Editor; staff articles; lack of enthusiasm for Clinton/Lewinsky articles; advertising policy; centenary proposals; extension of cover design contract, redesign and style guide; special issues; PAB [Professional Affairs Board] request for news, government and policy to be reported; Minutes of first meeting of Communications Board 11 December 1998; Associate Editor vacancies; expanding Book Review Consultants panel; review of current indexing schema; 'Lighter Side' to be occasional due to difficulty in finding high quality copy; high cost of moving to APA reference style, costs of productions (£3.73 per member per year) word count and manuscript progress report
3 June 1999 Psychologist Policy Committee Minutes, agenda and papers includes Committee membership, advertising code of practice; web presence; advertising for Centenary Associate Editor; removal of stitched inserts; appointment of Kate Cavanagh to Associate Editor Conferences from 2000; widening range on Book Review Consultant Panel; redesign, draft writers guide; visual impairment; relationship with new role of Director of Publications, minutes of Communications Board 7 May 1999 word count and manuscript progress report
14 October 1999 Psychologist Policy Committee Minutes, agenda and papers includes advertising code of practice, Committee membership stitched inserts, appointments to the Book Review Consultants Panel, print and broadcast coverage of media watch; writer and style guide; display advertising 1990-1999; role and relationship with the Director of Publications [Ingrid Lunt]; advice of the Standing Committee on Equal Opportunities SCPEO on use of the term 'patient', centenary; review of logo, quality of photographs; proposed SCPEO column; Student Writer competition, word count and manuscript progress report; process for appointing new editor
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| 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. |
| Stephen White Director of Information's file. Assistant Editor of The Psychologist |
| Copies of The Psychologist are available in Senate House Library. |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/12/03/08/03/13 The Psychologist Correspondence 1999
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| RelatedRecord | BPS/001/12/03/08/03/13 |
| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| AdminHistory | The Psychologist is the in-house magazine for members of the British Psychological Society. The first issue was January 1988 - it was a successor to the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society [previously Quarterly Bulletin of the British Psychological Society] 1948-1987.
Managing Editor Elizabeth Mapstone 1987-1993;
Honorary Editors The Bulletin Mary Boyle and Ray Bull 1981-1987
Honorary Editors Glynis Breakwell and Graham Davey 1987-92. From this point onwards there was only one Honorary Editor
Honorary Editor Hugh Foot 1992-1997 [from this point onwards there was a paid Editor]
Editor Maryon Tysoe 1997-2000, Jon Sutton 2000-date [2018]
Assistant Editor Stephen White 1995-1998; Peter Dillon-Hooper 2001-2018 [Dillon-Hooper was sub-editor 1998-200]
1. The Editorial Sub-Committee was a SubCommittee of the Standing Committee on Communications until December 1989. It acted as a policy making body on all issues regarding The Psychologist; act as an adviser to the Managing Editor and the Honorary Editors; act as a 'reviewer' of past issues of 'The Psychologist'
Chairman of Editorial SubCommittee Mary Boyle 1987, Glynis Breakwell June 1988 - January 1990
2. The Psychologist Editorial Committee succeeded the Editorial Sub-Committee and reported to Council. Assistant Editors were responsible for ideas and some copy for features, reviews, art work etc. There was also a team of Associate Editors who were responsible for generating and reviewing academic articles. The differentiation between academic and feature articles was gradually blurred.
Chairman of Psychologist Editorial Committee Graham Davey 1990-1992; Hugh Foot 1992-1995
The Assistant Editors became Associate Editors in 1995 after the review of the Committee in 1993-1994 and a staff member Stephen White became the sole Assistant Editor. The PEC lost its editorial function and its name changed to reflect this.
3. The Psychologist Policy Committee PPC May 1995-date [2018] replaced the Psychologist Editorial Committee PEC
Chairman Hugh Foot 1995-1997; Mary Boyle 1997-2000
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| 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. |