| Description | Minutes, agendas and papers of the British Psychological Society Psychologist Policy Committee PPC [for the Society in-house Journal 'The Psychologist'] includes
27 January 2000 Psychologist Policy Committee Minutes, agenda and papers includes appointment of David Clark-Carter as Centenary Associate Editor; book review consultants panel, The Psychologist on the web; relationships with the Director of Publications, updating of Society logo, recruitment of new Editor - full time member of staff; terms of reference; associate editor vacancies; assigning of copyright; use of APA style guide for references; procedures for artices on awards and lectures; guidelines for Media Watch; equal opportunities; book review procedure; word count; advertising report; costs, review of recent issues and submitted manuscript status.
25 May 2000 Psychologist Policy Committee Minutes, agenda and papers includes relationship with Publications and Communications Board; review of the Psychologist; evidence requested for Soul Therapy advertisement; Associate Editor vacancies, 'Head to Head' debate features; Committee membership; book review procedures, word count and submitted manuscript status.
12 October 2000 Psychologist Policy Committee Minutes, agenda only includes psychologist on the web, committee membership, Associate Editor vacancies, book review procedure, review of The Psychologist; proposed research digest; proposed International Associate Editor.
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| 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 [2019]
Assistant Editor Stephen White 1995-1998; Peter Dillon-Hooper 2001-2018 [Dillon-Hooper was sub-editor 1998-2000]; Annie Brookman-Byrne [2019-]
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 1995-2010] replaced the Psychologist Editorial Committee PEC. Renamed
Chairman Hugh Foot 1995-1997; Mary Boyle 1997-2000; Graham Powell 2000-2004; Paul Redford 2004-2010; David Lavallee 2010
4. The Psychologist & Digest Policy Committee PDPC 2011-
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