Political Studies Association

04/09/2026

*PSA EVENT*
🖥️ Growing Up Digital: Young People & Technology Workshop
📆 16 September, London
Organised by the Technology, Internet and Policy Group (TIP) and the Media and Politics Group (MPG).
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Join the Technology, Internet and Policy Group (TIP) and the Media and Politics Group (MPG) for a day-long workshop exploring how young people interact with social media and the wider digital environment. Taking place on Wednesday 16 September 2026 at Coram’s Lecture Hall in London, the event will...

04/09/2026

*PSA TLN Annual Conference 2026*
Day 2 of this year's & Network conference at Glasgow, includes panels on Ai, alternative pedagogies and a collaborative workshop with ASPIRE network on crafting your teaching & scholarship career narrative.
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PSA Teaching & Learning Network Annual Conference 2026: ‘teaching amid chaos’ 3 – 4 September 2026 University of Glasgow, the Adam Smith Building Please see the TLN Conference Programme here. Keynote speaker: Dr Donna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of Tuition Programme, The Op...

03/09/2026

PSA Teaching & Learning Annual Conference
A great first conference day at University of Glasgow, including keynote from Dr Donna Smith, Open University, SoTL speed-dating, and conference dinner incoming!
Looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow.

03/09/2026

*PSA Journal Prizes*
🏆️ We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s John Peterson Prize for the best article published in the PSA’s British Journal of Politics and International Relations in 2025.
🌟 Congratulations to Chris Butler, Marta Miori, and Rob Ford for their article: “Inside the ‘secret garden’: Candidate selection at the 2019 UK general election”
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We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s John Peterson Prize for the best article published in 2025 in the PSA’s British Journal of Politics and International Relations. The winning article is “Inside the ‘secret garden’: Candidate selection at the 2019 UK general election”...

03/09/2026

*PSA EVENT*
📢 Contemporary Statecraft In British Politics
📆 16 September, University of Birmingham
Organised by the PSA Political Leadership Specialist Group, in partnership with the University of Birmingham’s British Politics Research Group, this one-day workshop explores the value of the Statecraft framework for analysing contemporary British politics.
Free to attend but places limited.
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On behalf of the Political Leadership Specialist Group, in partnership with the University of Birmingham’s British Politics Research Group, we would like to highlight the upcoming one-day academic workshop on the value of the Statecraft framework for analysing British politics in the contemporary ...

03/09/2026

*PSA Opportunity* We're hiring!

Join the PSA team as Membership & Programmes Officer (mat cover)
We are looking for an organised and experienced membership officer to join our small, dynamic team.

This is a rewarding and varied role at heart of the PSA’s membership and programmes. The successful candidate will be the primary contact for our members, overseeing membership registrations and renewals, responding to enquiries, maintaining membership records and shaping a positive membership experience.

The Membership and Programmes Officer also supports the PSA’s Specialist Groups and our member networks for Early Career Researchers and Teaching & Learning academics.

You will support a range of PSA annual programmes and events, including our prizes, member initiatives and our popular Annual Conference, which in 2027 will be taking place at the University of Hull from 22–24 March. Alongside other members of the team, you will play an active role in event planning, preparation and delivery.

Full Job description and person spec details online.
Application deadline 25 September
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Membership & Programmes Officer (Maternity Cover) About Us: The Political Studies Association (PSA) exists to develop and promote the study and teaching of politics and related disciplines. Founded in 1950, we are the leading association and learned society in our field in the United Kingdom, with a...

03/09/2026

*PSA TLN Annual Conference 2026*
Today we are looking forward to day 1 of this year's TLN Annual Conference, 'teaching amid chaos' taking place at the University of Glasgow, with a fantastic line up of speakers, panels and discussions.

PSA Teaching & Learning Network Annual Conference 2026: ‘teaching amid chaos’ 3 – 4 September 2026 University of Glasgow, the Adam Smith Building Please see the TLN Conference Programme here. Keynote speaker: Dr Donna Smith, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of Tuition Programme, The Op...

17/08/2026

*APSA - PSA Partnership Award*
The American Political Science Association (APSA) and PSA are delighted to announce the 2026 winner of this award which celebrates outstanding and innovative cross-national scholarly partnerships.
Congratulations to Lisel Hintz (John Hopkins University), Feyda Sayan-Cengiz (Manisa Celal Bayar University), Madonna Kalousian (King’s College London), and Devrim Yavuz (Lehman College) for their Academic Solidarity Online Writing Support Group and its accompanying blueprint published in PS: Political Science & Politics.
Full details and links to the published work

13/08/2026

On we would like to congratulate all students who've achieved the grades they needed to continue their studies at university!

If a or degree is something you are thinking about, here's some useful information about what to expect and what type of graduate careers and opportunities might follow.

If you didn’t get the grades you hoped for, do not fear! Contact your chosen universities to discuss your options, and check out the wide range of courses available to you through the clearing system. Not everything goes to plan, and sometimes that becomes the best plan!

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13/08/2026

*What can you do with a Politics & International Relations Degree?*
and are popular and rewarding subjects to study, on their own or in combination with other subjects.

What makes studying Politics & IR so great? In short, politics IS everything. And so those drawn to understanding and dealing with the most pressing and important questions of our world are therefore also drawn to studying Politics. From democracy to dictatorship and local councils to international organisations, the study of Politics examines how power is obtained, kept, lost, mobilised, divided, used, and abused.

Politics degrees are relevant, enjoyable, and useful. Typically, Politics and IR graduates outearn national averages. Politics & IR graduates have a strong set of skills which make them sought after with a range of employers, often leading to them earning above average salaries compared to non-graduates and other graduates.

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By Michelle Doyle Wildman, PSA Chief Executive What can you do with a Politics & IR Degree? Politics Degrees are relevant, enjoyable, and useful. Recent analysis by the British Academy – New report uncovers popularity of Politics and International Relations degrees, with graduates outearning natio...