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Matthew Flinders writes a feature article in The Times

Matthew Flinders wrote an article for The Times titled Act smart: don’t burn quangos, reform them, published on the 10 December 2009.

Matthew Flinders has been awarded the W.J.Mackenzie Prize for the Best Book published in 2008

Matthew Flinders has been awarded the W.J.Mackenzie Prize by the Political Studies Association for the best book published in Political Science in 2008. This is the fifth time in the past seven years that scholars at the Department of Politics have won this award.

Matthew Flinders's book discussed in the Financial Times

An article published in the Financial Times discusses the impact of Matthew Flinders's recent book on Delegated Governance

Dr D Richards at the Ditchley foundation

Dave Richards to participate on Ditchley Foundation Conference

Dave Richards participated in a conference organised by the Ditchley Foundation on the theme of 'Managing the Machinery of Government in Periods of Change', 5-7 November 2009 chaired by Sir John Major KGCH. The conference report is available to download here:

Ditchley Foundation Conference Report

Department ranked 3rd in Times League Table

The Department was ranked third in The Times Good University Guide 2010 rankings for Politics departments.

Simon Bulmer interviewed on BBC Radio 4

On a recent edition of BBC Radio 4's The Westminster Hour, Professor Simon Bulmer talked about how a future Conservative government would deal with the EU.

Fliss Matthews wins Leverhulme Fellowship

Fliss Matthews has been awarded a 2-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship working with Matt Flinders

Asa Cusack wins Commonwealth Award

Asa Cusack has been awarded a Round Table Commonwealth Award to conduct research in Jamaica

Congratulations to our Undergraduate Prize winners

Congratulations to Steven Corbett, Lukas Goltermann, Christopher Swoffer, Victoria Hamblin, Emilie Boman, Samuel Morecroft, Matthew Smith, Paul Tobin, Marc Geddes and Emma Smith who have all been awarded undergraduate prizes for 2008-09.

Adam White gives key speech at Security Industry Authority's Annual Conference

Dr Adam White delivered a speech at the Security Industry Authority's Annual Conference in May. The speech can be downloaded here.

Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching

Dr Garrett Brown has received a Senate Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. The award is given in recognition of excellence in teaching, enhancement of students' learning experience, encouragement of and promotion of good practice and raising the status of teaching and learning as a scholarly activity. This is the third such award won by members of the Department over the past two years.

Andrew Geddes presented his report on Migration as Foreign Policy

Professor Andrew Geddes presented his report on Migration as Foreign Policy: The External Dimension of EU Migration and Asylum policy to the Swedish Immigration Minister, Tobias Billström, at the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies at a seminar in Stockholm on Tuesday 20 April. The paper is available for download.

Andrew Geddes and Alex Balch publish GLA Report

Professor Andrew Geddes and ESRC post-doctoral fellow Dr Alex Balch, with Dr Sam Scott (Dept of Geography, University of Liverpool), have published their 2009 evaluation of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority. The report evaluates the GLA's effectiveness, analyses temporary, casual and agency work and associated issues such as worker exploitation and use of migrant labour.

Dave Richards has been appointed special advisor

Dr David Richards has been appointed as the Special Adviser on a forthcoming House of Lords Constitution Committee Inquiry into the role of the Cabinet Office. The Inquiry will meet between April-July2009 to consider aspects of the work of the Cabinet Office, including the evolving role of the Cabinet Secretary and the extent to which the changes in the role of the Cabinet Office have led to any change in its constitutional position at the `centre of government´.

Colin Hay wins Richard Rose Prize

Professor Colin Hay has been awarded the Richard Rose Prize from the Political Studies Association. This prize is awarded to a younger scholar who has made a distinctive contribution to the study of British politics.

Matt Sleat awarded funds for research project

Dr Matt Sleat has been awarded £11,340 from the White Rose Consortium to fund a joint research project with political philosophers from the Universities of York and Leeds entitled ‘Liberal Realism: Political Theory in an Age of Insecurity’.

30th Anniversary of the 'Winter of Discontent'

On 22nd January Colin Hay presented a paper at the British Academy in an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the 'Winter of Discontent'. The session was chaired by Lord Riddell, with Lords Baker, Lea and Lipsey as commentators. A copy of Colin Hay's paper is available for download.

RAE 2008 ranks the Department No.1 in the UK

The results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirm the Department's status as a world class centre for the study of politics. The assessment ranked the department first equal for overall performance amongst all politics departments in the UK, with 75% of research graded in the top 4* (world leading) and 3* (internationally excellent) categories.

Grand Opening of our new Graduate School

Professor Robert Keohane, the eminent American political scientist and theorist of international institutionalism, opened our new Graduate School on Wednesday 22 October, 2008