Wonderful as always to take our @strandgroup.bsky.social 'London: Governing the Global City' class to the Guildhall to discuss the ancient City of London's role in London, the UK and the world. Not sure whose bright idea was it to take a class pic in the crypt... 💡😬

Employability - serving civil service and @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies student @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Tom gives our students a masterclass on the civil service fast stream application process

Case study week on the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Expert advisers @nickmacpherson.bsky.social @officialedballs.bsky.social prep students before they re-enact the day UK left the ERM in Sep 1992, a historic and chaotic 24 hours

Delighted to welcome a new cohort of MA Government Studies students to ‘The History of the Civil Service’ module @strandgroup.bsky.social Over 10 weeks we examine how the Civil Service has evolved alongside changing role of the state Applications for 2026/27 open www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Douglas Alexander: "Knowledge with purpose is a brilliant description of the course... I wish I had been able to do this in my twenties" Applications for MA Government Studies 2026/27 NOW OPEN: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Watch last week's insightful Strand Group / @policyatkings.bsky.social event with Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander 'in conversation' with our Visiting Professor Catherine MacLeod. thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...

Great that @fletchersimon.bsky.social, political advisor and former Chief of Staff to Mayor Ken Livingstone, could join our London government module for the first time last week. Some serious insights into the mayoralty, alongside some excellent Trafalgar Square Pigeon discussion

Such a fantastic class and case study! I always enjoy the Tony Benn and Dennis Healey impressions.

Case study week on the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Expert advisers @nickmacpherson.bsky.social and @officialedballs.bsky.social help prep students before they re-enact debates over the 1976 IMF crisis

Full house this evening for our event with @strandgroup.bsky.social ✅ Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander is discussing his career and the current geopolitical challenges facing government with Catherine Macleod

Wonderful start to the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - BOE Deputy Governor Sir Dave Ramsden explained the big themes in Treasury history to a mixed class of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social students and Treasury officials.

...and delighted to welcome Natan Doron, Mayoral Head of Policy at the GLA, to talk us through the challenges and opportunities faced by the capital today. Our students getting a crash course into what it's really like to govern one of the world's greatest cities (2/2)

Such a fantastic module.

The MA Government Studies team are delighted to be back in the classroom, teaching our second cohort. The programme goes from strength to strength, with more students than ever before participating in our unique expert-led courses. Watch this space for the applications to open for next year…

EVENT | Douglas Alexander: in conversation The new Secretary of State for Scotland will discuss domestic and geopolitical challenges governments are facing with Catherine Macleod, former Special Adviser to Alistair Darling ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📅 15 Oct, 18:30 📍King's College London

Join us on 15 October at 1830 for an in conversation event with Douglas Alexander the Secretary of State for Scotland. To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con... In partnership with @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

📣 Great to hear my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ recommended in @financialtimes.com podcast by @stephenkb.bsky.social 📕 available now, let me know 💭 amzn.eu/d/0T9SFSA 🎧 episode open.spotify.com/episode/3Q8t... @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

Great to hear Prof @officialedballs.bsky.social describing to ex-Chancellor Kwarteng how history repeats itself in the @strandgroup.bsky.social 'Chancellors and the Treasury' MA class on latest political currency pod. Sign up to join the MA this Autumn 👇🏽 www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

As we come to the end of the academic year, I’d like to share some of the great work done by the Strand Group in 2024-25 with particular reference to the first year of the MA Government Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...

Congratulations to @jonmdavis.bsky.social on the first successful year of the MA Govt Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...

Excellent from @mlclem.bsky.social on the challenges ahead

Delighted to have written for @financialtimes.com on ‘Lessons for delivering change for a restless electorate’ Using research frm my new 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’ ✍️🔗 on.ft.com/3G2AKHG @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Delighted to see ‘The Art of Delivery’ 📕 featured in @samfr.bsky.social hugely popular & insightful Substack ‘Comment Is Freed’ today ✍️ Read & subscribe open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h... 📚 Get your copy, tell me what you 💭 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-ar... @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Grateful to have been able to give Sir Tony Blair my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ It tells the untold story of how his government transformed Britain’s public services Using 600,000 words of Sir Michael Barber’s unpublished diaries plus interviews with Cabinet ministers, SPADs and civil servants

Timely new book by Michelle Clement, ‘The Art of Delivery’ on the Delivery Unit - the big innovation at the heart of what is as it stands the first and only Labour government to be elected to consecutive full terms of office.

Join us on 15 July when Lord Grade, chair @ofcom.bsky.social will give a lecture on 'Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media' To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/lord-g... @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

A great privilege and joy to be at the launch of my colleague and friend Dr @mlclem.bsky.social ’s book ‘The Art of Delivery’ It’s a truly remarkable book by a remarkable historian amzn.eu/d/6Lp832C

📣 PUBLICATION DAY for my new book 🎉 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’ It tells an as yet untold story of how transformative change was actually delivered - how a PM turned rhetoric into reality @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Big thanks @matt-forde.bsky.social offering enthusiastic endorsement of MA Government Studies teaching @strandgroup.bsky.social We chatted about how the MA brings in critical decision makers who were actually in the room to help us understand how government works www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Really interesting obituary of the great Prof Joe Nye: www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie... In 2012 he gave a superb lecture for us - ‘What is Ethical Foreign Policy Leadership?’: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... Events like these are central to our MA Government Studies: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk

A fantastic opportunity to be part of an amazing programme

Great article citing the "What should the UK learn from 'Bidenomics'?" paper co-authored by @officialedballs.bsky.social discussed at Strand Group 74, events arm of MA Government Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/what-s... Sign up to join the MA this autumn 👇🏽 www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Last week, MA Government Studies students had the chance to speak with Sir Tony Blair about his time as Prime Minister and the challenges facing the current government. More about the discussion & the course ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sir-ton... @thestrandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

Huge thank you to Sir Tony Blair for joining us to wrap up our inaugural teaching year MA Government Studies Join us this Autumn - places filling fast: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/ma-governmen...

A superb way to end the teaching year. Fantastic questions from our excellent student cohort.

Fascinating insight from special @strandgroup.bsky.social class w Sir Tony Blair, in @rentouljohn.bsky.social article Shows value of history, TB was responding to student Q about how 🇬🇧Prime Ministers can build effective relationships with 🇺🇸Presidents then & now www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Fantastic analysis. Wonderful to be a part of this great module. Thanks to @gordoncorera.bsky.social . Lovely to be joined by ace PhD researcher @clearys.bsky.social too!

Read @rentouljohn.bsky.social's excellent writeup of our very special final 'Conservative Years, 2010-24' class with Michael Gove here! Sign up to join us in 2025/26: kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Tremendous end to our 'Conservative Years, 2010-24' class: Michael Gove hosting our students for a superb Q&A before @thespectator1828.bsky.social live event at Cadogan Hall A wonderful evening - & superb primary source material for essays! Apply to join us in 2025/26: kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

What an incredible session this was. A huge privilege for our students.

What should the UK & Europe learn from “Bidenomics”? Join us: 18.30 8 April when @briancdeese.bsky.social, Andy Haldane, Baroness Vadera, Martin Wolf & Ed Balls will discuss a new @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social & @harvardkennedy.bsky.social paper Tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/what-s...

Thanks to Munira Mirza, Head of the Policy Unit under Johnson, and Jason Stein, senior adviser to Truss, for joining our 'Conservative Years 2010-24' classes. Our students benefit hugely from this direct access to 'primary sources'! Join us in 2025/56: kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

A real honour to welcome Dame Colette Bowe to the ‘Pivotal Prime Ministerial Decision Making’ case study class. Be a part of our MA Government Studies this Autumn: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/makin...

Thank you to Lord Simon Stevens for a fascinating special guest ‘The New Labour Years’ class on Blair’s public service reform agenda Brilliant opportunity for MA Government Studies students www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr... @rentouljohn.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

Read current student Sharon Adebola on her experience of MA Government Studies here: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/aiming-... Apply to join us for 2025/26 here: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Delighted to announce that I have attained my doctorate for a thesis entitled 'The Road to 1997: Bank of England Operational Independence in Historical Perspective' Thanks to @kingsbschool.bsky.social @officialedballs.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @jonmdavis.bsky.social for their support

We are extremely proud of the newly-minted Dr Chetun Patel. A PhD is huge undertaking and Chetun's project makes an important and original contribution to our understanding of the history of HM Treasury & the Bank of England.

What a great case study session. So many insights and some contemporary parallels. Massive thanks to Lawry.

Join us on 28 May for @mlclem.bsky.social's book launch - 'The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain's Public Services' Dr Clement will be in conversation with Sir Michael Barber. Tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/book-l...