This #TrusteesWeek we celebrate the PSA trustees and recognise the difference they make to our charity.💙 buff.ly/qC1d7TZ @drdonnasmith.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @profnjallen.bsky.social @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social @rosegann.bsky.social @stefwolff.bsky.social @teachpolitics.bsky.social

A reminder to all, that our AGM takes place at 5pm today. Everyone is welcome, and all committee positions are open for election. Sign up here - events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f504f6...

OU PIPs kick off with inspiring ‘Welcome Week’ event As part of this year’s Open University Welcome Week, the newly formed Politics, International Relations and Policy Society (PIPs) held its first event with Matt Staples, Head of the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies (SSGS) and Dr…

Tonight at 6:30. We are really looking forward to it

Join us on 30th September - 6.30pm - 7.30pm, joined with Matt Staples and Dr. Edward Wastnidge will be sharing how the Open University’s teaching, research, and wider engagement in politics and international relations connect with the aims of our new society Join: www.oustudents.com/ents/event/2...

Interested in undergrad IR? Check out this thread of @openuniversity.bsky.social links, including sign up details for our new module D228, a new @ouopenlearn.bsky.social course, our IR degree, and two informative videos #StudyIR #OpenUniversity @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

Congrats to @drdonnasmith.bsky.social 😀👇

Delighted to have won the @journalpolitics.bsky.social best learning and teaching article! Details below, and original article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com @uofglasgow.bsky.social @oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

Sign up for the MA below! @openuniversity.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the #German #Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social have launched an #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students ➡️

Our MA in International Relations (IR) is open for registration! Over the next few days we’ll share info on what the course looks like & the kind of things you’ll be study in D818 – Part 1 of the MA @mybisa.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @ou-gcsj.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

Session takes place on: Thurs 17 July, 1pm. In Teams. Link to register: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e8...

FAO @openuniversity.bsky.social students! Drop-in session: D228: Exploring international relations: actors, issues, perspectives Planning to register on D228 or have done so already and want to know more? Pop into our drop-in session with Prof. Agnes Czajka. [Link in next post]

🚨Report by @drdonnasmith.bsky.social & Dan Taylor with @policywise.bsky.social out now! "Engaging the disengaged: a guide for policymakers & campaigners" explores practical ways to engage disengaged groups in democracy. 🔗Read here: fass.open.ac.uk/sites/fass.o... @openuniversity.bsky.social

*PSA OPPORTUNITY* - Seeking new members to join PSA #EarlyCareer Network Committee @psaecn.bsky.social‬ 🚨 Expressions of interested invited by 7 July. ➡️ Full details online. buff.ly/5Q6gMjn #MondayMotivation #PoliticalStudies #Pollitics #InternationalRelations

If you’re interested in reporting migration and you’re a journalist, studying journalism, or you just want to learn what basic information journalists should know to report about migration well in the UK you can enrol in the free course here: skillsacademy.nctj.com/course/view....

Nice new publication by our deputy director Rob McNeil and the brilliant @drdonnasmith.bsky.social looking at the importance of specialist training for journalists on contentious policy issues like migration - it leans heavily on the free training programme we developed for @nctj.bsky.social

NEW PUBLICATION! ‘Developing specialised online journalistic training in contentious policy issues, such as migration' in Journalism Education: journalism-education.org/wp-content/u... Written with Rob McNeil from @migobs.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oupolitics.bsky.social

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Delighted to be appointed the new @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Honorary Secretary! Looking forward to getting started with my fantastic fellow trustees. @oupolitics.bsky.social

Event: Reimagining Disengagement. 3rd June, 12:00–1:30pm www.policywise.org.uk/node/736 Join social commentator/author Darren McGarvey, @drdonnasmith.bsky.social & Dr Dan Taylor from @oupolitics.bsky.social for a thought-provoking conversation on what disengagement means & how we can respond to it.

Apathy or anger - what's really driving political disengagement in Britain? Join Darren McGarvey, @drdonnasmith.bsky.social and Dan Taylor to explore new Open University research on engaging the disengaged. Tues 3 June 12 noon Free, all welcome Sign-up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9cf613...

4 years of working with these lovely people @oupolitics.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social

Today! 👇 Sign up details below:

A few photos of our @oupolitics.bsky.social research retreat. How lucky to be part of such a great department with fantastic colleagues. Thanks to @simonusherwood.bsky.social for organising.

Check out my Wise in 5 briefing written for @policywise.bsky.social Should the voting age be lowered to 16 and 17? www.policywise.org.uk/news/policyw... @oupolitics.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Enjoying our @oupolitics.bsky.social research retreat at beautiful Chicheley Hall. Even though the peacock woke me up with it's 'singing'.

Representing @oupolitics.bsky.social at #PSA25 And not just at the drinks reception, to be clear @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Throwback to #PSA25 with @oupolitics.bsky.social colleagues @simonusherwood.bsky.social and @filippoboni.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Looking forward to discussing progress today on a staff-student partnership project running atm. Been thinking a lot recently about the impacts that this work can have for student partners and so wanted to share this great piece by @drdonnasmith.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

A great #PSA25 including the conference dinner at the magnificent Birmingham Town Hall. It was an honour to help present the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Founding Fellows with their awards.

Great to meet up with Joe Baldwin from Bridgend College and Unloc to discuss a Changemakers Academy for Wales. Delighted my Changemakers research could feed into this discussion: fass.open.ac.uk/research/pro... @oupolitics.bsky.social @cerithrhys.bsky.social

Very pleased to be reappointed as a Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) Fellow for another three years! Thanks University of London 🙌

Great to see Lee Waters MS mention my Changemakers research in @seneddwales.bsky.social today, noting "A report... by the Open University said the Curriculum for Wales would benefit from more specific focus on political education & active citizenship" @oupolitics.bsky.social

Great to be on #PoliticsWales last weekend, discussing my 'Changemakers' research on young people’s participation in democracy @oupolitics.bsky.social You can watch on BBC Iplayer from min 19: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Delighted the Changemakers website and report has been published this week! Check out what young people in Wales understand about politics and making change, our policy recommendations, and the website we created that helps Welsh citizens to make change! www5.open.ac.uk/wales/en/new...