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Updated 27 Dec 2011
Careers talk on Forensic and Eucational Psychology
19 Jan 2012
Talk by Dr Lyndsey Moon
12 March 2012
Tabernacle St (BPS London Office)
Careers talk on Neuro and Health psychology
29 March 2012
University Central London
Post Graduate Symposium
24 April 2012
All day workshop with opportunities for presenting research work.
This event provided an opportunity for postgraduate students to present their research findings to a wider psychologist audience and to meet like-minded researchers in the London and Home Counties area.
Research presentations - Groups, Violence and bystander behaviour: Understanding pro-social and anti-social behaviours in public places
1st December 2011
Dr Mark Levine, Porfessor of Social Psychology, University of Exeter
We are awaiting the slides from this talk.
Postgraduate Workshop on presentations
18 November 2011
Workshop on giving presentations of research work to an academic audience.
Research presentations
Association between childhood trauma and antisocial personality disorder, aggression and violent crime among adult males with severe mental illness.
Aggressive behaviour and criminal convictions among male inpatients with severe mental illness: attempting to explain ethnic differences
12 October 2011
Dr Matt Bruce
Careers in Clinical and Counselling Psychology
The psychology of the eyewitness: staged violence, ethics and technology
Dr Graham Pike, The Open University
Tuesday 24th May 2011
Presentation not available for distribution
Career paths talk - Careers in Occupational Psychology and Sport and Health Psychology
Postgraduate Symposium
19 April at BPS London Office
A day symposium where PG students presented their work to other students and a team of academics, receiving feedback on their research and presentation.
Psychology for All Conference
26 March 2011
The London and Home Counties Branch held a Psychology For All conference on 26th March 2011. The conference objective was to inform and promote psychology to the general public. 450 people attended a very stimulating and informative day, with keynote talks from the BPS President, Gerry Mulhern, Professor Richard Wiseman and Geoffrey Beattie.
General Talk - Left cradling bias
Dr Brenda Todd
16th March 2011 at BPS London Offices
General Talk - Psychology in the CyberWorld: how technology can both help and hinder working effectively with clients both on and off-line.
Jacqueline Rappoport
22 February 2011 at UCL
Careers Talk - Careers in Health and Neuropsychology
Dr Anna Davies and Sophie Cleanthous.
16 February 2011 at UCL.
Research Talk - Virtual reality, digital media, social networking sites and Psychology
Dr Jonathan Freeman
15 February 2011 at BPS London.
Slots of fun - the psychology of gambling addiction
Prof Mark Griffiths
Careers talk - Careers in Forensic and Educational Psychology
12 January 2011
Special evening event - Why is not clinical psychology a public facing profession?
Professor Tanya Byron
8 December 2010
The talk highlighted the importance of greater transparency from the profession to the public in terms of our skills and what we do, challenging the profession to take ownership of our skill set in a robust and public manner using the media, rather than allowing those without our training and codes of ethics and conduct to set the agenda instead.
Post Graduate workshop - Presenting with Panache
Dr Sean Cameron; Dr Karen Powell-Williams; Dr Alan Heath
19 November 2010 - half day workshop
Designed to improve communication of psychology research findings and encourage postgraduates to present and publish their research, promoting psychology as an evidenced discipline.
General talk - The mysteries of sex
Dr John Green
16 November 2010
The speaker explored the mysteries of human sex, including attraction amd multiple partners, to challenge assumptions about what we think we knew about sex.
Special evening event - The brain of the future
Baroness Greenfield
8 November 2010
The talk considered the future for the immature brain, where sensory, immediate experiences are preferred to the cognitive and planning and its consequences are ignored.
Branch prize for undergraduates
October 2010
The Branch offered a prize to undergraduate psychology students studying at an institution in the branch catchment area. This was a poster competition for students who completed their second year of study in 2010.
Career Talks - Career paths in Clinical and Counselling Psychology
23 September 2010
AGM
Dr Zenobia Nadirshaw
12 July 2010
A race against time for applied psychology.
Culture, race and mental health
1 July 2010
Professor Martin Orrell
Dementia: can psychology make a difference?
14 June 2010
Dementia is one of the biggest challenges ahead for the UK’s ageing population. New research was presented on a programme that was developed in line with service users and carers, and cost-effectiveness critical for an evidence-based cash-strapped NHS. Based upon these developments, an improved way of treating dementia using psychological approaches was described.
Protective issues for violence
Dr Simone Ullrich
7 June 2010
The presentation was on a study aimed to investigate the protective effects of factors hypothesized to reduce violent re-offending, giving more positive outcomes.
Paranoia: the 21st century fear
Dr Daniel Freeman
19 May 2010 New research on paranoia was presented and illustrations of how to improve cognitive therapy were described.
Careers in Counselling & Clinical Psychology
Dr Anne-Marie Doyle, Consultant Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Professor Pam James, Liverpool John Moores University.
Thursday 22 April 2010
Postgraduate Research Symposium.
Professor Constantine Sedikes, University of Southampton
Thursday 18 March 2010
A one day symposium for postgraduate students studying in London. Ten students presented details of their on-going research to an audience of fellow researchers. Keynote speakers: Dr Sean Cameron (Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology UCL), and Professor Alex Linley(Director - Centre of Applied Positive Psychology)
Dr Lauren Stewart, Goldsmiths: "When all the songs sound the same: Insights into the musical brain."
"The need for self-enhancement as an explanation for religiosity.
Sexual incentives,desires and temptations
Monday 15 February 2010
Prof Fred Toates, The Open University: Professor Toates discussed models of sexual behaviour, examining biological, cognitive and cultural explanations.
Hypnosis,Hallucinations and the Hemispheres
Monday 1 February 2010
Dr Peter Naish,The Open University
Dr Naish outlined the historical changes in our conception of hypnosis. He examined recent research and explored the development of models for understanding the process.
Careers in Sports and Exercise Psychology
Thursday 21 January 2010
Dr Sarah Edmunds University of Westminster
Dr Edmunds outlined the nature of the field, qualifications ; routes to chartership; training; typical employers and details of professional bodies and organisations.
Careers in Occupational Psychology
Elizabeth Moon, Occupational Psychologist with The Royal Navy Elizabeth Moon outlined details of training programmes, entry requirements, typical employers of occupational psychologists, career development and the role of the BPS DOP. See www.bps.org.uk/dopBe careful what you wish for. What sort of altruism do we want more of in the world?
Monday 7 December 2009
Dr Tom Farsides,Sussex University
Dr Tom Farsides 's main research interest is within the psychology of altruism and helping behaviour.His work has focused on factors that facilitate or inhibit positive-other regard as manifest for example in activism, campaigning, charitable giving, citizenship, compassion, consideration, courageous resistance, courtesy,volunteering and a host of other prosocial behaviours.
Please contact Dr Farsides for a copy of slides for his talk.
Public Engagement and Developmental Psychology: Making Impacts
Monday 23 November 2009
John Oates, The Open University
John Oates was an author of the "Development Matters" element of DCSF Early Years Foundation Stage. He talked about his work in establishing the EU-funded Sure Start programme "Biztos Kezdet" across Hungary, based on the EYFS. John recently led a project producing a developmental journal for children with additional needs, and is also involved in provision of health visiting support for mothers with young infants.
Psychological approaches to the study of wine
Thursday 25 June 2009
Dr Miles Thomas, University of East London.
Dr Thomas discussed some psychological approaches to the study of wine.
Topics included the socio-cultural relevance of wine, health and epidemiological issues, sensory and cognitive research.
Please contact Dr Thomas for further details and information about the talk.
The importance of of asking HOW in the study of learning and development
Monday 8 June 2009
Professor Denis Mareschal,Birkbeck College, London University
Professor Mareschal described his research which has focused on exploring the mechanisms and processes that underlie human infant learning and development. He discussed various computer models and simulations and their usefulness in explaining empirical data, helping to build a body of theory in this area.
People,money,power and Darwin: Why psychology can explain the financial crisis when nothing else can
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Kim Stephenson C.Psychol.ACII,Dip PFS
Stephenson Consulting
Kim Stephenson, a psychologist and accountant with extensive professional experience in the financial sector,argued that the puzzling behaviour of financial directors and banking executives can be usefully examined using the perspective of evolutionary psychology.
What is the price of consumer culture? Psychological effects of 'body perfect' and 'material good lfe' ideals
Thursday 7 May, 2009
Dr Helgar Dittmar, Univerity of Sussex.
Helgar Dittmar's research is concerned with the psychological effects of consumer society on individuals.Her talk focused upon media influences on body dissatisfaction, materialism and dysfunctional buying behaviour.This work is summarised in her 2008 book: Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being, (European Monographs in Social Psychology)
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