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Celebrating 20 years of our Masters in Public Policy (MPP)
3 June 2024
We were delighted to be able to mark 20 years of our Masters in Public Policy programme with a celebration event last week (May 30th).
- New citation metrics for Policy & Politics 21 June 2024 We’re delighted to announce that Policy & Politics (P&P) has achieved an impressive result in the 2024 Journal Citation Reports with a 2-year Impact Factor of 4.3.
- New PhD to investigate mental health benefits of surfing 17 June 2024 A new University of Bristol PhD will study the relationship between surfing and mental wellbeing, after a new report found the sport boosts physical and mental health.
- SPS academics nominated for Inspiring and Innovative teaching 6 June 2024 Julian Molina and Francisco Palma Carvajal were both nominated for the Inspiring and Innovative Teaching Award for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law. Julian won the award at yesterday's BILT Teaching Awards Celebration Event.
- Celebrating 20 years of our Masters in Public Policy (MPP) 3 June 2024 We were delighted to be able to mark 20 years of our Masters in Public Policy programme with a celebration event last week (May 30th).
- New Report - Homes for all. Convening a coalition for change. 23 April 2024 SPS Professor Alex Marsh among collaborators delivering new report offering a distinctive intervention in the housing policy debate
- Bristol expert backs bold national bid to save a million children in the UK from poverty 16 April 2024 An ambitious campaign to lift one million children from relative poverty in the UK was launched today – and leading child poverty researcher Professor David Gordon is among the top experts showing his support.
- Report warns that performing arts under threat from future global shocks unless lessons are learned from pandemic 26 March 2024 Live performing arts are facing an existential threat from a range of potential global shocks unless there is significant and sustained investment in resilience planning.
- Prof David Abbott appointed Senior Investigator by National Institute of Health and Care Research 15 March 2024 School for Policy Studies academic has been awarded Senior Investigator status by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
- Social worker inspired into profession by ‘larger than life’ late father-in-law 7 March 2024 A newly-qualified social worker is now helping vulnerable children thanks to her “inspirational” father-in-law, who taught thousands of social workers before his tragic death aged 55.
- Professor Sarah Ayres elected as a Fellow of The Academy of Social Sciences 4 March 2024 Elected for their substantial contributions to social science, this spring’s cohort of Fellows includes Sarah Ayres, Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the School for Policy Studies.