We have helped organise careers events for undergraduate students at the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England, as well as sponsoring a prize at the South West Undergraduate Conference (hosted by the University of Exeter). The committee continues to help and support Branch members, respond to enquiries from the public and respond to consultations. We have promoted the Branch and the Society at several events to raise awareness and increase membership of the Society.
Committee members Chris Kent, Chair Leonie Christian, Secretary and Treasurer Jane Humphreys, Vice Chair Lynne Ingram, CPD Officer Gill Gustar, Newsletter Editor and Press Officer Chris Dack Co-CPD Officer Rachel Manning, Website Manager David Llewellyn, Ordinary Member Helen Taylor, Ordinary Member Barry Cripps, Ordinary Member Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas, Postgraduate Representative Claudia Dougall, Undergraduate Representative (outgoing) Anna Price, Undergraduate Representative (incoming)
Conclusion We look to consolidate our activities and increase the number of events offered in the coming year. The challenges faced by the new committee last year should ease, with Members getting used to their roles. I would like to thank all the committee members for their time and effort in relaunching the Branch and look forward to working with them in the coming year continuing to represent psychologists and psychology in the South West. Chris Kent, Chair
Welsh Branch This year has seen a few changes within our committee and we would like to thank Margaret Everson for providing administrative cover and welcome back Helen Bazley. Our committee has grown and we now have representatives from seven Welsh universities. Over the last year we have delivered a varied series of scientific meetings by the following speakers Professor John Pearce (Animal intelligence), Dr Paul Hutchings (How prejudices influence emotion recognition across races), Vicky Ellam-Dyson (Just how could the use of psychology in executive coaching prevent leadership derailment?), Professor John Seddon (Changing management thinking), Professor Teresa Carla Oliveira (Rationality, cognition and intuition: Is the unconscious logical?), Dr Laura Bunting (Help-seeking behaviour and risk in the context of female fertility), Dr Chris Chambers (Linking the psychology and neuroscience of human attention using transcranial magnetic stimulation) and Dr Paul Thomas (Does complexity guarantee success?). Next year we have, amongst others, Professor Robert Snowden, Professor Graham Hitch and Professor Mike Oaksford speaking. We organised two events over the last few months. Firstly, two members of the Health Professions Council gave talks at City Hall in Cardiff and, secondly, a psychology taster day was conducted at City Hall in Cardiff for around seventy local sixth formers to get an idea of the A N N U A L R E V I E W 2009
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