New mentoring initiative aims to help early career researchers in psychology boost their reviewing skills
A new mentoring initiative launched by the BPS and publishers Wiley aims to help early career researchers build their reviewing skills.
28 July 2022
The Early Career Researcher (ECR) Reviewer Mentoring Programme will provide ECRs with the opportunity to train as a peer reviewer under the guidance of an experienced mentor on one of six journals in the BPS portfolio.
It aims to help ECRs build reviewing skills and support their career development, enriching their research knowledge and capabilities.
In turn, this will support the field of psychology research as a new generation of reviewers develop expertise.
The programme also plays an important role in the BPS's commitment to support ECR researchers and promote diversity and equitable opportunities in psychology.
Debra Malpass, BPS Director of Knowledge and Insight, said:
"I am delighted to announce this important new initiative with our journal publishing partner, Wiley. I encourage early career researchers in the fields covered by the journals in the scheme to apply. The scheme offers initial training in best practice in peer review and on-going, one-to-one support from an experienced mentor."
If you are interested in applying then complete an online form, (via the links below), and forward it to the BPS journal most appropriate to your subject expertise. The journals taking part are:
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology
- British Journal of Health Psychology
- British Journal of Social Psychology
- Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
- Legal and Criminological Psychology
- Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice
For further details about the programme, visit the website.