| Description | Correspondence and memoranda of Maryon Tysoe, Honorary Editor of the British Psychological Society membership magazine 'The Psychologist'. Mostly although not all letters out copies sent to Stephen White, Assistant Editor. Some correspondence between White and Mary Boyle, Chairman of The Psychologist Policy Committee
Includes proposed articles and commissions; refereeing of outstanding submitted papers; redesign, 'State of the Art' feature, special issues, 'Personal Space' articles, publishing presidential lectures and award addresses; appointments as Associate Editors; membership of the Psychologist Policy Committee PPC; Lighter Side articles; unpublished research, copyright; extra advertising; proofs process; using The Psychologist to respond to attacks on the professional; PPC terms of reference; manuscript tracking database; PPC feedback on layout and design; dropping 'On the Air' column; scheduling and planning of issues; expansion of pages and increase in colour; conference reporting; use of APA reference style, obituaries; publication of Fellowship photographs; profiles of 'the great and good who are about to retire'; subsystems [member network] special issues; braille; awards notifications; auction for outside cover advertisements, Callahan Techniques Thought Field Therapy advertising; US Presidential scandal; notes for contributors and scheduling of articles
See also
BPS/001/12/02/09/01/12 The Psychologist Policy Committee PPC Papers 1998 |
| 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;
Assistant Editor Stephen White 1995-2001; 2001-2018 Peter Dillon-Hooper
Editor Maryon Tysoe 1997-2000, Jon Sutton 2000-date[2018]
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
Honorary Editors The Bulletin Mary Boyle and Ray Bull1981-1987
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
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.
Chairman of Psychologist Editorial Committee Graham Davey 1990-1992; Hugh Foot 1992-1995
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 |
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