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The BPS says that politicians should come from the widest variety of backgrounds possible to improve public trust.
Responding to the UK Supreme Court judgment on women and sex in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, Dr Roman Raczka, BPS President, said: We acknowledge the Supreme Court's ...
The Practice Board Awards recognise exemplary psychologists who have made outstanding contributions in their field. This year, the awards celebrate three psychologists who have made a huge impact in ...
The British Psychological Society (BPS) has welcomed a new mental health and wellbeing strategy centred on early intervention and prevention.
"AI offers many benefits to society, but it should not replace the human support essential to mental health care. Instead, tools like chatbots should be used to complement existing services which help ...
For the fourth year, the BPS will march in Pride in London in support of equality, diversity and inclusion. This year the theme of BPS participation is Unity, and the society is asking parade ...
The BPS is delighted to announce that Dr Abigail Fiske is the winner of the Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology 2024.
The BPS continues to be concerned that jurors who are exposed to distressing evidence in court, sometimes over several months, are particularly at risk. Jurors can potentially go without psychological ...
Testing is one of the first things we should be doing when we are trying to commit information to memory. A century of cognitive research has shown that when it comes to retaining the information for ...
To support the Member Network in contributing to the Society's strategic plan and achieve the objectives set out by the society and to be the 'voice' of the Member Network. To assist the committee in ...
Conviction rates for rape in the UK remain comparatively low; despite increases, fewer than 3 in 100 rapes recorded by police between October 2023 and September 2024 actually resulted in someone being ...