Membership news

February 2019

What do organisational psychologists do? How do they add value to organisations and their people? In October 2018, the APS College of Organisational Psychologists recognised seven projects, acknowledging outstanding achievements in the practical application of psychology in the workplace...

February 2019

The new Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) accreditation standards which were approved in late 2017 became effective from 1 January 2019.As the final quarter of the APS financial year commences (after 11 February 2019), now is a good time to encourage a colleague to...

February 2019

The evolution of the Australian Psychological Society from a small group of academics to a force for good across Australian life has been recorded in The Power of Minds, an illustrated history now available. More than 3000 past and present members who contributed as Council or committee...

February 2019

Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of AustraliaProfessor Jennifer McIntosh MAPS was recognised for significant service to medicine, particularly child developmental psychology.Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General DivisionMr David Chong MAPS was recognised for service...

February 2019 | Dr Helen Lindner FAPS

The APS is committed to promoting and providing training to ensure a high standard of psychology supervision in Australia, and has now implemented the Psychology Board of Australia (the Board) 2019 Guidelines for supervisor training providers.APS programsThe APS Institute is a Board-approved...

February 2019

The APS confers a range of awards and prizes each year to honour outstanding achievements in psychology. The recipients of the 2018 APS awards are profiled.

December 2018

Each year the APS recognises members who have made an outstanding contribution to the APS and to the advancement of psychological knowledge or practice by electing them as Fellows of the Society. Eleven members were elected as Fellows in 2018.Gail CorriganGail has been an APS member since...

December 2018

APS member and clinical psychologist Jill Giese recently won the Victorian Premier’s History Award for a book illuminating the world of Victoria’s colonial lunatic asylums. The young colony, grappling with alarming rates of insanity, embarked on a grand project to cure lunacy with an...