| Description | Material relating to central governing bodies, committees and functions of the British Psychological Society.
Series descriptions are also available as follows:
BPS/001/1 Minutes Vol I 1901-1921
BPS/001/2 Minutes Vol II 1922-1936
BPS/001/3 Central Council, General and Scientific Meetings, AGMs, Annual Reports, Constitution 1904-1984 and
BPS/001/4 Boards - Professional Affairs Board PAB and Scientific Affairs Board SAB 1969-1998
BPS/001/5 Examinations 1966-1992
BPS/001/6 Events 1960-2017
BPS/001/7 Finance, I.T. and Premises 1928-1990
BPS/001/8 Organisation, Staffing and Planning 1966-1999
BPS/001/9 Membership and Subscriptions 1925-2009
BPS/001/10 Education and Training
BPS/001/11 Press, Policy and Communications 1956-2003 [this area is currently being catalogued and more items likely to be added during 2017]
BPS/001/12 Publications and Publishing 1930 -2001 [this area is currently being catalogued and more items likely to be added during 2017]
BPS/001/13 External Relations [awaiting cataloguing]
BPS/001/14 Working Parties 1967-2008 [temporary numbering as this section is likely to be recatalogued in the future
BPS/001/15 Miscellaneous [Temporary numbering as this section is likely to be recatalogued in the future]
BPS/001/16 BPS Scrapbooks 1946-1974
BPS/001/17 BPS Awards - mostly awaiting transfer
BPS/001/19 BPS Library and Heritage Collections 1925-1987
BPS/001/20 BPS Psychological Testing Centre - mostly awaiting transfer
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| AdminHistory | ADMINISTRATIVE (2003) CONTEXT
Organisation and Governance
The supreme body of the Society is the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of members which is held during the Society's Annual Conference. The AGM formally receives and ratifies the Society's Annual Report, including the Accounts; it also formally ratifies the election of Honorary Officers and members directly elected to the Society's main Boards.
Under the AGM is the Board of Trustees, (until 2002 this role was taken by the BPS Council). This body has both an executive function and ensures that the Society complies and conforms to the terms of its Royal Charter and its status under law as a charitable body. Some members of the Board of Trustees are directly elected by the Society's Representative Council.
The Society has six main Boards with specific delegated responsibility. They are:
Membership and Professional Training Board (MPTB) [later Membership & Standards Board MSB]
Professional Conduct Board (PCB - formerly known as the Disciplinary Board)
Publications and Communications Board (P&CB)
Professional Education Board (PEB) [later Education & Public Engagement Board ]
Professional Practice Board (PPB)
Research Board (RB)
The Chair of each of these six Boards is a member of the Board of Trustees.
Each Board is empowered to set up sub committees and working parties as required.
The Society also has a series of subsystems or networks called Branches, Divisions, Sections and Special Groups. All of these formally report to one or other of the above six Boards.
All the formally constituted bodies within the Society are made up of Society members; the only exception to this is the Professional Conduct Board, whose members are drawn from other bodies with Royal Charters.
Short History prepared by Dr. Geoff Bunn, BPS Research Fellow at the Science Museum. Administrative context is available at the BPS website www.bps.org.uk |
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