The BPS is currently running a survey of all members to get your views on our current member network structure, and how it might better serve your needs following the current member network review.

We are interested in hearing from you whichever network you are a part of - or if you aren't currently a member of any. We want to know what is working, what isn't and what changes we can make to enhance your membership.

The survey is open until 8 April, and will only take a few minutes to complete. Have your say and help us to continue building a psychological community which delivers for you.

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Between April 2019 and March 2020, 4% of people (just over 2.5 million) experienced stalking in the UK.

It is estimated that in their lifetime around one in five women and one in 10 men have been the victim of stalking.

These statistics show the tip of an iceberg and demonstrate that stalking is not rare!

Find out more about National Stalking Awareness Week.

The DFP and the BPS commissioned this short film starring members of the DFP. That  looks at the career path of a Forensic psychologist and the achievements of forensic psychology.
 

• Watch What is Forensic Psychology?

The DFP committee continually review the Divisional strategy and have identified five core strategic aims for the next three years.  This is not about writing another plan, but it is about consolidating our achievements over the past several years and trying to place the Division (and our members) in a position to meet current and future challenges and opportunities.  To this end, the current strategic plan seeks to focus on: communication with members and external stakeholders; engaging with our members to support mutual learning; developing skills amongst our membership in order to enhance practice and service delivery; collaborating and engaging with our stakeholders to inform policy and practice; and disseminating knowledge pertaining to forensic psychology amongst members and wider forensic psychology community.  

DFP Strategic Priorities

The strategic plan should be owned by all members of the Division and as Chair, I invite you to link in with the Committee to share ideas or to support some of the board’s projects and initiatives.  Likewise, I ask you to become active participants, using the opportunities that you have in your own professional lives to help support and further these strategic aims whether this be by showcasing your work at conferences, publishing articles, informing government, organisations or policy, or sharing good practice from your own field relating to service delivery.  

Together we can further the field of forensic psychology and champion the discipline in the UK and internationally and hopefully this update to the Divisional strategic plan provides the impetus for this.

• Download DFP Strategy Document (members only) (please note you must be signed-in to access the following material)

Dr Neil Gredecki (PhD) CPsychol, AFBPsS

Forensic and Registered Psychologist
DFP Chair

The DFP would to thank all the nominations for all the awards this year. This has been an extremely competitive year and unfortunately, some have not been successful.  

The DFP would like to congratulate all the recipients of the 2019 awards:

• DFP Student Prize for Excellence in Forensic Psychology 2019 - Veronica Warn
• DFP Excellence in Forensic Psychology Practice or Research - Early Career Award 2019 - Tamsin Higgs
• DFP Excellence in Forensic Psychology Practice Award 2019 - Claire Bainbridge
• DFP Lifetime Contribution to Forensic Psychology 2019 - Theresa Gannon
• DFP Excellence in Forensic Psychology Research Award 2019 - Kevin Browne

The presentations of the awards will took place at the 2019 DFP Conference.

The DFP recently undertook a survey of the membership in order to support the DFP Committee to shape divisional priorities and to gather feedback on the Division as a whole. The member survey is an important tool for gathering information and to enable the Committee to understand the membership and the wider needs of those working within the field. The document below summarises the key findings from the survey. These findings will be used to help the Committee to inform the action plan against the current divisional strategy document and associated strategic aims.

• DFP Member Survey Summary (member only) (please note you will need to be signed-in to access this file)

Grants of £1,500 - £3,500 are available to support Member Networks to convene a symposium at an international conference.  This Research Board initiative is designed to help showcase UK psychology to international audiences.  This Scheme allows the Division to increase its presence at international conferences.
 
The May round is now open and the full criteria and an application form can be downloaded at the link below:

• International Conference Symposium - Application and further informatio

The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Monday 4 May 2020.  

It is important to note that all applications needs to be supported by the DFP Chair and as such should be sent to the DFP Chair for review by Friday 24th April.

The applications should be sent to Neil Gredecki - Chair of the DFP.