| Description | Minutes, agendas and papers (not complete) of the British Psychological Society Psychologist Policy Committee PPC [for the Society in-house Journal 'The Psychologist'] includes
30 January 2009 Psychologist Policy Committee minutes, draft minutes, agenda and papers. Includes advertisement for three Committee vacancies, findings of past readership surveys, promotion of The Psychologist online and to students, re-publishing of articles that have appeared in other BPS publications, online access to the magazine for BPS members, limitations of the News blog, challenges of online access in general, lack of participation on web forum, benefits of BPS committee participation, decision for PPC to meet twice annually rather than three times, response to 'Careers' section article profiling Dr Susan Young, a psychologist who assisted Barry George appeal his sentence over the murder of the journalist Jill Dando, authors no longer required to supply photographs as part of submission, potential increase in web-based interactivity, membership survey results, Committee satisfied with recent issues, some concern over sensitivity of recent article on sexual propaganda. Includes letter from Carol Ireland to Jon Sutton regarding the profile feature 'Move over, Cracker' on Dr Susan Young, a letter from Ian Florence, writer of 'Move over, Cracker' article, outlining his brief for the article, a printed copy of the 'Move over, Cracker' article, a spreadsheet of recent article submissions and a 'Display Ad Page Count 1992-2008' document
25 September 2009 Psychologist Policy Committee minutes, draft minutes, agenda and papers. Includes online access to The Psychologist, the digital publishing platform 'Issuu', selling the magazine at Leicester University, agreed that language in correspondence published in the magazine regarding a perceived 'forensic and clinical psychology divide' was inappropriate, reporting of staff redundancies and the policies governing such articles, revised role descriptions of Publications and Communication Board members, agreement to continue carrying military advertisements, amendment to language policy regarding psychiatric conditions, popularity of Research Digest blog and a review of recent issues. Includes Chair of Psychologist Policy Committee role description document, Publication and Communications Board Members role description document, printed correspondence between Professor Jane Louise Ireland and Psychologist Editor Jon Sutton on the controversy around the printed letters entitled 'Forensic Clinical Divide', printed correspondence between Professor Ireland and Lucy Chapman regarding Ireland's appearance on a BBC Horizon programme, spreadsheet of recent article submissions and a 'Display Ad Page Count 1992-2008' document. |
| 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; Graham Powell 2000-2004; Paul Redford 2004-2010; David Lavallee 2010
4. The Psychologist & Digest Policy Committee PDPC 2011-
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