(The attachment is in the shared folder at the bottom of the blog under "Wits MACC")
Dear Friends and Colleagues
Applications for the Master of Arts in Community-Based Counselling Psychology (MACC) Programme at Wits are open and I would like to request that you consider distributing this mail to students and potential applicants who may be interested in applying for a programme of this nature. The attached poster provides a brief synopsis of the programme and the selection dates, but prospective applicants are also encouraged to peruse the MACC website at the link below:
http://www.wits.ac.za/academic/humanities/umthombo/psychology/vcop/macc-v-cop-home/7421/macc_v_cop_home.html
For those of you at other institutions who may run similar programmes, we are of course very happy to reciprocate and to distribute similar emails from your departments to our students and to place posters on our notice boards.
Please feel free to distribute as widely as possible.
Many thanks in advance.
Best,
Prof. Garth Stevens (Co-Assistant Dean: Humanities Graduate Studies)
Associate Professor/Clinical Psychologist
Department of Psychology
School of Human & Community Development
University of the Witwatersrand
Friday, 11 May 2012
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Community Engagement Symposium 2012
As it says in the title, this is an announcement of the 2012 Community Engagement Symposium. If you scroll down to the bottom of the blog you will find the forms and PDF announcement within a folder of the same name.
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Call out for submissions to special issue of Asylum magazine 'Anti-capitalism and mental health
http://www.asylumonline.net/call.htm
Deadline – Monday 30th April
Please email submissions to editors@asylumonline.net
We are planning a special issue of Asylum Magazine for September 2012 that will explore the issue of 'anti-capitalism and mental health'.
This is a call out for contributions on this theme! If we want to make mental health services more democratic is it necessary to take a look at the economic and political system in which they are situated?
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Conference Call ENRGHI
Calling all early career researchers in health or health care within a
social, geographical or environmental context...
On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, I would like to inform
you of the:
16th Annual Conference of Emerging and New Research in Geographies of
Health and Impairment(ENRGHI)
10th-11th September 2012, University College London (with Queen Mary,
University of London), UK.
http://enrghi2012.wordpress.com/call-for-abstracts/
social, geographical or environmental context...
On behalf of the Conference Organising Committee, I would like to inform
you of the:
16th Annual Conference of Emerging and New Research in Geographies of
Health and Impairment(ENRGHI)
10th-11th September 2012, University College London (with Queen Mary,
University of London), UK.
http://enrghi2012.wordpress.com/call-for-abstracts/
Friday, 16 March 2012
Call for Papers Special Issue on Community Engagement
Journal Of Psychology In Africa
South of the Sahara, the Caribbean and Afro-Latin America
CALL FOR PAPERS
SPECIAL ISSUE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The Journal of Psychology in Africa (JPA) is a peer-reviewed journal. The objective of the journal is to provide a publication source for psychological research in Africa and the African diaspora, and a forum for better dissemination and utilisation in the context of development.
This Call for Papers announces a Special Issue of the JPA, which will focus on community engagement in Africa and the African diaspora. The scope of the Special Issue encompasses all aspects of community engagement theory and practice. The Special Issue provides an opportunity to promote and demonstrate emerging scholarship and innovative applications in the field, particularly as they relate to African, African-American, Asian, Caribbean, and Hispanic-Latino realities and contexts.
Original research papers (6000-8000 words), brief reports (1500-3000 words), book reviews, commentaries, case analyses and announcements are sought, both invited and contributed. Sample themes include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Community engagement theory and concepts
- Critical evaluation of community engagement theory and practice
- Generative approaches to community engagement
- Community engagement methodologies
- Community engagement applications
- Community training and capacitation
- Community engagement as discourse and praxis
Language: Manuscripts will be accepted for publication in English.
Acceptance of Paper: Papers are accepted for publication provided these are submitted solely to the JPA, and are subjected to blind peer review and editorial revision. Papers will be scrutinized and commented on by at least two independent expert referees or associate editors, as well as by an editor.
Author Guidelines: Further information and guidelines for authors can be obtained from: https://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/journals/details/25/Journal_of_Psychology_in_Africa
Submission: The deadline for submission of manuscripts is 15 May, 2012, and early submissions are encouraged. Prospective authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically to Guest Editor, Journal of Psychology in Africa: Professor Mohamed Seedat, Institute for Social & Health Sciences, University of South Africa, Email: Milovm@unisa.ac.za
The anticipated publication date is September 2012.
Editor in Chief: Professor Elias Mpofu, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 1825 AUSTRALIA
Published by the Australian Academic Press, The Journal of Psychology in Africa is accredited by the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) and ISI.
It is abstracted by Psychological Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Call for Papers Special Issue on Community Engagement
CALL FOR PAPERS
SPECIAL ISSUE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The Journal of Psychology in Africa (JPA) is a peer-reviewed journal. The objective of the journal is to provide a publication source for psychological research in Africa and the African diaspora, and a forum for better dissemination and utilisation in the context of development.
This Call for Papers announces a Special Issue of the JPA, which will focus on community engagement in Africa and the African diaspora. The scope of the Special Issue encompasses all aspects of community engagement theory and practice. The Special Issue provides an opportunity to promote and demonstrate emerging scholarship and innovative applications in the field, particularly as they relate to African, African-American, Asian, Caribbean, and Hispanic-Latino realities and contexts.
- Community engagement theory and concepts
- Critical evaluation of community engagement theory and practice
- Generative approaches to community engagement
- Community engagement methodologies
- Community engagement applications
- Community training and capacitation
- Community engagement as discourse and praxis
Language: Manuscripts will be accepted for publication in English.
Acceptance of Paper: Papers are accepted for publication provided these are submitted solely to the JPA, and are subjected to blind peer review and editorial revision. Papers will be scrutinized and commented on by at least two independent expert referees or associate editors, as well as by an editor.
Author Guidelines: Further information and guidelines for authors can be obtained from: https://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/journals/details/25/Journal_of_Psychology_in_Africa
Submission: The deadline for submission of manuscripts is 6 April, 2012, and early submissions are encouraged. Prospective authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically to Guest Editor, Journal of Psychology in Africa, Mohamed Seedat, Institute for Social & Health Sciences, University of South Africa, Email: Milovm@unisa.ac.za
The anticipated publication date is September 2012.
Editor in Chief: Professor Elias Mpofu, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 1825 AUSTRALIA
Published by the Australian Academic Press, The Journal of Psychology in Africa is accredited by the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) and ISI.
It is abstracted by Psychological Abstracts and Sociological Abstracts.
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