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      Fulfilling Black Children’s Lives - Dr Mamie Phipps Clark

      To celebrate this year’s Black History Month, the History of Psychology Centre will be releasing a series of weekly blogs highlighting the lives of pioneering Black psychologists.

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      The Association of Black Psychologists - a dynamic UK organisation working in Black Psychology

      The Association of Black Psychologists was formed as a national organisation, by over 200 black psychologists in various academic public industrial and government programmes.

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      They taught integrity: the lives of Francis Sumner and Inez Beverley Prosser

      To celebrate Black History Month, the History of Psychology Centre will be releasing a series of weekly blogs highlighting the lives of pioneering Black psychologists.

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      Bame Augustine Nsamenang: an extraordinary thinker in global psychology

      For the last of our Black History Month blogs, we feature the author of 'Human Development in Cultural Context: A Third World Perspective', Bame Augustine Nsamenang (1951-2018).

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      Fresh perspectives on Racism, Colonialism and Psychology: the Writings of Dr Kwame Owusu-Bempah (1945-2017)

      This week, we focus on the research and writing of another campaigning Black psychologist, Kwame Owusu-Bempah.

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      Reflections on EDI issues in trauma informed approaches - a blog for South Asian Cultural Heritage Month

      By Dr. Sidrah Muntaha, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and DCP Lead for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.

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      Reclaiming narratives

      Educators have a key role to play in highlighting Black people’s achievements, past and present, year-round, argues Dr Denise Miller, a member of the BPS’s Division of Educational and Child Psychology.

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      Black and Asian Applied Psychologists Fund

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      Hear it from us

      For the month of February, which is LGBT+ History Month, leave aside the moral panics and listen to us tell our own stories, says Rob Agnew, a member of the BPS Sexualities Section.

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      Challenging the history of psychology PhD underway

      Jack Duggan, who began work this month on researching the forgotten stories of psychology’s hidden histories, wants to work in collaboration with the BPS to help the discipline to grow and improve.

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      Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world

      Dr Melernie Meheux is a senior child and adolescent educational psychologist at UCL, a certified play therapist and academic tutor, and co- chair elect of the DECP.

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      A personal reflection on the Birth Trauma Inquiry Report

      Dr Camilla Rosan reflects on the recently published Birth Trauma Inquiry report after attending the launch event in Westminster on Monday evening.

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        • Tony Black 1931-2021

          11 May 2021

          An appreciation from John Hall, Penny Spinks, Kevin Howells and Derek Perkins.

          • Brain

        • Looking Back: The explosion of sensory history

          07 October 2010

          Mark M. Smith on when ‘looking’ back makes less sense.

          • History and philosophy

        • Human Library reveals hidden lives

          12 October 2016

          Ella Rhodes reports.

          • Social and behavioural
        • Lateesha Osbourne

          ‘They talked about having two versions of themselves’

          26 May 2022

          Researcher Dr Lateesha Osbourne (University of Bath) spoke to Ella Rhodes about her PhD research, exploring Black students’ experiences at a higher education institution in the south of England.

          • Race, ethnicity and culture
          • Social and behavioural

        • Forum, June 2010

          18 June 2010

          Giving voice to the voiceless; black women in the UK; politics; and more.

          • BPS updates
        • Sophie O’Reilly, British Psychological Society Archives Manager

          ‘What drew me to the BPS archive was that I could see its potential’

          08 February 2023

          British Psychological Society Archives Manager Sophie O’Reilly spoke to Ella Rhodes about the past, present, and future of the Society’s fascinating historical collections.

          • BPS updates

        • One on one... with Jeune Guishard-Pine

          04 October 2010

          One challenge? 'To truly believe in something…'

          • Race, ethnicity and culture

        • The Psychologist... what's in a name?

          01 February 2008

          Julie Perks with some insights from the history of a different ‘Psychologist’ magazine. Has popular psychology changed?Plus 'A hotbed of intelligence': Ian J. Deary and Martin Lawn reconstruct a 'Scottish School of Educational Research' 1925-1950.

          • History and philosophy

        • Advancing BME psychology

          08 September 2017

          Glen Jankowski, Sarah Gillborn and Rowan Sandle write.

          • Race, ethnicity and culture
        • A collection of newspapers

          In brief from the BPS, December 2023

          03 November 2023

          Updates from the BPS.

          • BPS updates
        • Readers recommend

          Readers recommend…

          02 July 2025

          Whether you’re browsing in the airport or scrolling from your sofa, the summer months are always a good time to re-jig your reading pile. We asked our members for their favourite books – new and classics…

          • Books and reading
        • Cecil Rhodes statue at Oriel College

          Is psychology racist?

          04 April 2025

          Phil Banyard, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, thinks it is; and we seek your views.

          • Careers and professional development
          • Race, ethnicity and culture
          • Teaching and learning