Delighted to announce a limited number of studentships for our prestigious MA Government Studies, starting in September 2026

To apply: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/student...

Delighted to share a new video for the MA Government Studies with our wonderful student feedback - applications for Autumn 2026 now open: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Delighted to share a new video for the MA Government Studies with our wonderful student feedback - applications for Autumn 2026 now open: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

"if we were to cast aside our mainstream politics... then a gap would open up, and that gap may not be filled by other democrats"

💬 Sir John Major delivering the 2026 Attlee Foundation Lecture this week, hosted by @strandgroup.bsky.social & The Attlee Foundation

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=euE1...

"Populists are careless of the strife they cause. They trade on grievance in our society and where ills exist they exaggerate them"

💬 Sir John Major delivering the 2026 Attlee Foundation Lecture yesterday, hosted by @strandgroup.bsky.social & The Attlee Foundation

📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1NL...

We are delighted to announce that @emranmian.bsky.social, Permanent Secretary of DSIT, joins us as Visiting Professor

Applications now open for this Autumn’s MA Government Studies: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

We are delighted to announce that @gordoncorera.bsky.social, the security & intelligence specialist & The Rest is Classified host, joins us as Visiting Professor

Applications open for MA Government Studies: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

We are delighted to announce @suzannahb.bsky.social, Editor-in-Chief of @civilserviceworld.bsky.social, joins us as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow & will be a guest lecturer on our ‘History of the Civil Service’ postgraduate module

MA Government Studies: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Attlee Foundation Lecture delivered by Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH - The Strand Group The Attlee Foundation, in partnership with The Strand Group of King’s College London host the 2026 Attlee Foundation Lecture, to be delivered by Sir John Major on Wednesday 18 March at 1830.

Join us on 18 March when Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH will give the 2026 Attlee Foundation lecture

Apply for places here: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/attlee...

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Great to take our students to Downing St today

MA Government Studies

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Great to have the masterful Professor Sir David Omand at our class on the History of Prime Ministerial and Whitehall Defence, Intelligence and Security Decision Making.

This week students learned about how governments have survived crises in the recent past.

@strandgroup.bsky.social

In Conversation with David Williams - The Strand Group The seventy-ninth Strand Group event, where David Williams, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence from 2021-2025, will be in conversation with Visiting Professor Lord Simon Case, Cabinet Secr...

Join us @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on 26 February when David Williams (Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence 2021-25) will be in conversation with Visiting Professor Lord Case (Cabinet Secretary 2020-24)

Tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...

Great to kick off "Prime Ministerial & Whitehall defence, intelligence and security decision-making", co-taught with Lord Simon Case.

This week’s guest was Professor John Bew, former Chief Foreign Policy Adviser to the PM.

Applications open for MA Government Studies 2026/27 👇
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So pleased to be joined for the first time by ace new teacher and @strandgroup.bsky.social PhD @clearys.bsky.social for our 'Conservative Years, 2010-24' module.

And what better way to kick off than discussing the inner workings of the Coalition with former Deputy Chief of Staff Baroness Fall...

📖 As 2025 draws to an end, check out our year in review, featuring highlights from the work of all the units that make up the Policy Institute: @ukandeu.bsky.social, @schoolforgovt.bsky.social, @strandgroup.bsky.social, @hscwru.bsky.social

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Congrats to Will Stark and Simon Mortimer - winners of the Mayor of London's Essay Prize 2024/5!

2x great essays on @strandgroup.bsky.social's London government module. Grateful to Mayor @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social for taking the time.

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A wonderful climax to the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' @strandgroup.bsky.social module - many thanks to Dr Kwasi Kwarteng who spoke on 'Being Chancellor' during the infamous 2022 mini-budget offering students an unique insider's perspective

Join us in 2026 👇🏽

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Perfect end to our @strandgroup.bsky.social London governance module this year - across to City Hall for an excellent session with Deputy Mayor @howarddawber.bsky.social discussing the mayoralty today.

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Second mover advantage The postman delivers the parcel. The midwife delivers the baby. The highwayman invites us to stand and deliver. In each case, we know what to expect. But when the flustered politician protests that “I...

📣 Delighted to read this review of my 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery’ by Ferdinand Mount in @thetls.bsky.social

✍️ ‘Seldom since Samuel Pepys have the comings and goings in Whitehall been so meticulously recorded...’

www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...

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Huge congratulations to our Visiting Professors Sir Michael Barber and Catherine MacLeod having been raised to the peerage.

Both are wonderful teachers on our MA Government Studies programme: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

@policyatkings.bsky.social

Applications are now open for the @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies programme for the 2026/27 academic year. To find out more or apply 👇🏽

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Financial crisis week in 'Chancellors and the Treasury' @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Govt Studies module - fmr Treasury perm sec Sir Tom Scholar ex SPAD to Alistair Darling, Catherine MacLeod @officialedballs.bsky.social offered unique insights into how British govt managed a global crisis

L-R: Professor Jon Davis, Lord Francis Maude, Dr Michelle Clement, Emilia Braddon

Delighted to welcome Lord Francis Maude to ‘History of the Civil Service’ class to reflect on his experience as a reforming minister in Cameron govt

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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

Insightful session with Munira Mirza, former Deputy Mayor to Boris Johnson - discussing the limits and the possibilities of London’s mayoralty for our @strandgroup.bsky.social London government module.

"the civil service in the United Kingdom... easily bears comparison with the finest minds you'll meet in corporate law, or investment, or anywhere else"

Douglas Alexander MP recently joined us and @strandgroup.bsky.social to discuss his life and career

📺 Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCD...

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...