On Thursday 9 May 2013, PSA Chair Professor Charlie Jeffery gave a lecture with Sir Stephen Laws (McKay Commission) on the West Lothian question, at the renowned UCL’s Constitution Unit.
In the context of devolution, roughly half of all Acts of Parliament apply to only part of...
The House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee calls on Parliament and Government to work together to develop agreed standards for making good legislation.
Last week the four UK national academies jointly submitted a letter to Sir John O'Reilly (Director General for Knowledge and Innovation at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills) in response to his consultation on government strategic priorities for science and research funding....
In today’s era of fiscal...
Teaching and Learning Politics and International Relations in the UK and Beyond: Challenges, Opportunities, Innovation
On 2 January 2013, Higher Education Minister David Willetts delivered an upbeat account of the higher education sector in England (Independent 2/1/2013...
Registration: ctsj@qub.ac.uk by 2 August.
Your email should give your: (i) position (e.g. PhD student), (ii) institutional affiliation (if any), (iii) one sentence indicating the general topic of your research, and (iv) the workshop you would...
The British Politics Group of American Political Science Association in cooperation with the American Politics Group of the PSA has organized a one-day conference to explore the unique challenges facing democracies today. Democracies are experiencing an unprecedented wave of experimentation in...
JOINT COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY TO TAKE EVIDENCE ON THE UK AND NATO– MONDAY 20 MAY
The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy will take oral evidence from:
► Professor Mike Clarke, Director General, RUSI
► Sir Stewart Eldon, former...
The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee will publish its First Report of Session 2013-14, Ensuring standards in the quality of legislation (HC 85), on Monday 20 May 2013.
Embargoed copies of the report will be available to witnesses and members of the press from 11.00...