President's note

October 2011

Professor Simon Crowe FAPSThe APS is sometimes mistakenly referred to as an exclusively practitioner-focused Society. Whilst the initiatives associated with Medicare rebating of services provided by psychology practitioners and the consequential effects that this has had on the activities of the...

August 2011 | Professor Simon Crowe

Growing successI am sure that many members of the APS are now aware that our Society is the largest professional organisation for psychologists in Australia, representing over 20,000 members, with a sustained growth in membership of more than 1,000 members per year for each of the past five years...

June 2011 | Professor Simon Crowe

The APS gets serious about reconciliationBy now most members will be familiar with the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA), which was founded under the auspices of the APS three years ago. Glenn Williams has now taken over the reins as Chair of AIPA from APS Fellow Pat Dudgeon ...

April 2011 | Professor Simon Crowe

Over the early part of this year, two important Federal Government announcements regarding the tertiary education sector were made, each with far reaching implications for teaching and research in psychology in Australia.The first of these was the announcement of the results of the Excellence in...

February 2011 | Professor Simon Crowe

One of the great benefits of a learned society such as ours is that it is not only possible for us to contribute to the professional needs and support of our membership, but also to contribute to the development and expansion of the knowledge base that underlies our discipline. One of the best...