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College News
Date: 5 March 2004
Public lecture: Measuring the Mind: Beatrice Edgell, Pioneer Woman Psychologist
of Bedford College
An inaugural lecture Measuring the Mind: Beatrice Edgell, Pioneer Woman Psychologist of Bedford College, by Professor Liz Valentine, will take place at Royal Holloway, University of London, in the Main Lecture Theatre on Monday 15 March at 5.30 p.m.
The lecture will discuss Beatrice Edgell's contributions to British psychology, focusing on the reasons for her success, at a time of when access to education for women was limited. Edgell established one of the first psychology laboratories in Britain, and trained a number of women who later played a prominent role in the development of scientific and professional psychology. She also made significant theoretical and empirical contributions to psychological research.
After graduating with a PhD from UCL in 1968, Professor Valentine joined Bedford College as a Lecturer in Psychology. She became Senior Lecturer in 1992, Reader in 1997 and Professor of Psychology in 2003. She moved to Royal Holloway & Bedford New College in 1985 as a result of Bedford's merger with Royal Holloway. Professor Valentine's main research interests lie in philosophical and historical psychology, the psychology of music and memory.
ENDS
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Assistant Press & Communications Officer
01784 414480
victoria.cousins@rhul.ac.uk
Christine Long
Press & PR Officer
01784 443967
christine.long@rhul.ac.uk
