Mark Holah

BPS Annual Conference 2011

October 25, 2010

The 2011 British Psychological Society Annual Conference will be held at the Marriott Hotel, Glasgow on 4-6 May 2011. The British Psychological Society Annual Conference celebrates the 110th Anniversary of the Society. Focusing on the past, present and future of the science, the BPS will showcase how psychology has influenced our lives; present the work [...]

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Hodder Education

October 19, 2010

Hodder are asking teachers to join their Teacher Team so that they can act on your ideas thoughts and opinions about their resources and support that you might need. If you join you (or your school or college) will get some discounts: •    10% off all Hodder Education resources, including Philip Allan, throughout the year [...]

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Changes to OCR G543 – Options in Applied Psychology

October 7, 2010

OCR has announced that there will be two changes to the assessment of unit G543 – Options in Applied Psychology and that these changes will come into effect for the January 2011 examination series. There have been many criticisms of the demands of this A2 options paper and OCR has responded to these points.  These [...]

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The Psychologist free for all

October 3, 2010

The September issue of The Psychologist, the monthly magazine of the British Psychological Society, is a student special that is free for all in digital form.  Visit http://tinyurl.com/bpsgift2010, and also see http://issuu.com/thepsychologist/docs/1010 for a preview of the October issue. There are articles about what is expected from undergraduate psychologists, myths and realities about careers in [...]

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British Psychological Society (BPS) Lectures for A level Students

September 30, 2010

Psychology 4 Students The BPS has announced that they are to offer two interesting one day events in Nottingham and London for psychology students.   The cost is £15 which includes a packed lunch and one free tutor place per ten student bookings. Nottingham Lectures: 17 November 2010 Lectures will include. Mark Griffiths, Professor of Gambling [...]

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Oxford University Press

September 19, 2010

Folens psychology resources, such as the excellent Companion, Exploring and Angles texts, are now part of Oxford University Press. Therefore to see all of what were the Folens texts go to the OUP page here and the new address for what was the Folens Online Companion is oxfordschoolblogs.co.uk/psychcompanion/blog

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THE INDIVIDUAL IN A SOCIAL WORLD Essays and experiments Stanley Milgram

September 19, 2010

Pinter and Martin have released the 3rd edition of Stanley Milgram’s seminal collection of essays The Individual in a Social World. This third, expanded edition of The Individual in a Social World combines articles that appeared in both of the earlier editions as well as previously uncollected material. Pinter & Martin is an independent publishing [...]

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Exam dates for May/June GCE AS/A2 2011

August 31, 2010

AS – May 25th 2011 Wednesday am WJEC    PY1    (1h 15m) OCR    G541   (1h 00m) Edexcel    Unit 1 (1h 20m) AQA (A)  PSYA1 (1h 30m) AQA (B)  PSYB2  (1h 30m) AS – June 7th 2011 Tuesday pm AQA (A)  PSYA1 (1h 30m) AQA (B)  PSB2  (1h 30m) Edexcel    Unit 2 (1h 40m) OCR    G542  (2h [...]

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Exam dates for January/February GCE AS/A2 2011

August 24, 2010

AS -   January 12th 2011  Wednesday am Edexcel Unit 1 (1h 20m) AQA (A)  PSYA1 (1h 30m) WJEC PY1 (1 h 15m) OCR G541 (1h 00m) AQA (B)  PSYB1 (1h 30m) AS -  January 19th 2011 Wednesday am AQA (A) PSYA2 (1h 30m) WJEC PY2 (1 h 45m) OCR G542 (2h 00m) AQA (B) PSYB2 [...]

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Who am I?

August 19, 2010

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Human Genome Project the Science Museum is hosting a wonderfully interactive gallery named “Who am I?” The Gallery will make for a great visit for psychology students visiting London and is certainly the best museum of interactive psychology currently available in the UK. Students of psychology (especially AS [...]

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