| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/4/02/05/14 |
| Title | BPS Scientific Affairs Board and PSY-PAG [Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group] 1978-1990 |
| Date | 1978-1990 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Physical Description | Some rust marks |
| Description | Correspondence and reports concerning the funding of the Psychology Postgraduate Conference and Postgraduate Affairs Group by the British Psychological Society Scientific Affairs Board SAB. A postgraduate conference representative attended SAB meetings.
Includes ;
3-5 April 1979 Sheffield programme, report and abstracts, funding proposal by (Charles Antaki, Jim McCloskey and Colin Potts agreed Sep 1978)
1-3 April 1980 Lancaster programme, budget, funding proposal, report
14-16 April 1981 Durham programme, abstracts, report, funding application
14-16 April 1982 Kent abstracts, report, funding proposal
6 - 8 April 1983 St Andrews funding proposal, report of motion against SSRC funding changes
10-13 April 1984 Nottingham abstracts, programme, report, funding proposal, correspondence concerning publishing abstracts, BPS stand, SAB representatives
16-19 April 1985 Bedford College, London funding proposal, information staff; report of the foundation of the PSYPAG
23-26 April 1986 Hull funding proposal for PAG and conference, board representation; proposed Scottish PAG conference
1988 conference cancelled
15 April 1989 Leeds funding proposal
21 April 1990 PSY-PAG funding |
| 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. |
| File of Colin Newman BPS Scientific and Professional Secretary |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/4/02/02 BPS Scientific Affairs Board Papers
BPS/001/4/02/05/09 BPS Scientific Affairs Board and Psychologists on Research Councils 1985-1991
BPS/001/4/02/05/02 BPS Scientific Affairs Board Correspondence concerning ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) 1984-1992 |
| RelatedRecord | BPS/001/4/02/05/09 |
| BPS/001/4/02/05/02 |
| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Psychological research |
| AdminHistory | In the spring of 1978 a survey was conducted of the postgraduate students in psychology departments throughout the country. The aim was determine whether there was any interest on the part of postgraduates in a conference where they could talk about research ideas and get to know other postgraduates in a fairly informal setting. The aim was to have an annual conference organised by postgraduate students themselves. Funding was procured from the Experimental Psychology Society and the BPS Scientific Affairs Board and the first conference was held at the University of Sheffield 3-5 April 1979 where there was 100 attendees and 36 papers presented with the President of the BPS Philip Levy addressing the conference.
During the 1983 a motion was passed that the SSRC should rescind its plans to abolish the quota system of allocation of post graduate training awards and install a competition based system. From 1984 abstracts of the conference were published in the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society. During the 1985 conference at Bedford College - the organising committee became the Postgraduate Affairs Group PSY PAG with an aim to meet four times a year and to provide a forum for postgraduate affairs. The first meeting was held 25 May 1985 at UCL.
A newsletter was founded c. 1991 which was printed and distributed by the British Psychological Society.
In July 2021 Psypag became part of the British Psychological Socuety and was renamed Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group. |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| 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. |