Sian Cleary

Chuffed to have Sir Simon Gass, former Chair of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee at Visiting Prof Lord Simon Case and I’s class on the History of Defence, Intelligence and Security Decision-Making.

Superb insight on intelligence in UK government decision making on Ukraine and much more!

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...

@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

Delighted to have the inimitable Visiting Prof Sir Kevin Tebbit to talk all things UK Defence at our class on Defence, Intelligence and Security Decision-Making with Visiting Prof Lord Simon Case.

Applications for the 2026/27 academic year now open: lnkd.in/e27J7UHC. @strandgroup.bsky.social

A superb double guest seminar on our 'Conservative Years, 2010-24' class - @davidgauke.bsky.social on Austerity, and Lord Gavin Barwell on the Brexit process.

Contemporary British history at its best!

Applications open for MA Government Studies 2026/27: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Together with Visiting Prof Simon Case and Sir Jonathan Phillips, former Perm Sec of the Northern Ireland Office, this week our students dived into the political, security & diplomatic history behind “The Troubles”.

Applications for 2026/27 are now open!

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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

Delighted to launch the new King’s Contemporary British History x The Strand Group history research seminar. Huge thanks to our first speakers, newly minted PhDs Charlotte Cull and Paul Finer, & to Chair Prof David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social @charlottecull.bsky.social

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...

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
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In Conversation with Douglas Alexander MP - The Strand Group The seventy-eighth Strand Group event, in partnership with the Policy Institute, took place on 15 October when Douglas Alexander, the Secretary of State for Scotland, discussed the challenges and comp...

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.

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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

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

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.

All smiles as we're back underway with our 'London: Governing the Global City' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social
MA Government Studies - Prof Tony Travers delivering his masterful '2000 years of London history in 45 mins' lecture to kick off... (1/2)

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…

Amazing evening of insight for my PhD from Sir Tim Berners-Lee on his original vision for the World Wide Web and hopes for the future of AI

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 👇🏽

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PM - President Trump announces higher tariffs on the EU and Mexico - BBC Sounds The EU warns it will take 'all necessary steps' to safeguard its interests.

Great to talk to Caroline Wyatt on Labour governments & the trade unions (from 16:10)

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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

Fantastic to be on BBC Radio 5 Live @mattchorley.bsky.social show earlier this week w Ryan Wain to talk about my new book ‘The Art of Delivery’

We discussed delivery challenges for government then and now

Listen back 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Pre-order 📕 amzn.eu/d/5t4BmZu

Government Studies The only course of its kind to go beyond teaching theory to apply an in-depth perspective of how the British state is run, taught by those within government.

Mid-career professional looking to better understand how government really works?

MA Government Studies is for you!

🗓️ Fits around work - all in-person teaching/tutorials on Thurs/Fridays
🎯 Choose to study full/part-time, or even one module at a time

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Delighted to announce that we have several studentships to be awarded for this Autumn following last year’s eight winners

MA Government Studies

Deadline for applications 23 May: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/student...

Sir Tony Blair speaks to King's postgraduate students Students on the MA Government Studies course heard from former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair during their final class

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

I was interviewed back in 2011 when Tony Blair first visited the class.

This year’s MA cohort got to question him directly and uncovered fresh insight for their research!

Applications 25/26 👇https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/government-studies

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What an honour to be part of my first teaching panel alongside the wonderful @gordoncorera.bsky.social who gave expert insight on the decision to withdraw Huawei from UK infrastructure. An excellent resource for my PhD research on the History of Digital Policy in partnership with DSIT.

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...