Jon Davis
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Prof of Government Education, OBE, PhD, Director @thestrandgroup @kingscollegelon ⚒️ ‘Who is this diamond geezer?’
London
Joined March 2012
Lovely to be invited on @DArcyTiP BOOKtalk to discuss @JohnRentoul & my new book 'Heroes or Villains?: The Blair Government Reconsidered' https://t.co/sigcFnOiVG
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...While my other fellow visiting prof Dave Ramsden voted to cut
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Welcome innovation of MPC members setting out their reasons for interest rate votes. My fellow visiting prof at @KingsCollegeLon Clare Lombardelli voted to hold... https://t.co/4I3yyUZ1pn
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We were trilled to have @edballs attend our #GetTheNationLearning Awards yesterday to receive our Lifelong Learning Ambassador Award. This morning he discussed what the award means to him on Good Morning Britain.
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Wonderful as always to take our @thestrandgroup 'London: Governing the Global City' class to the Guildhall to discuss the ancient @cityoflondon's role in London, the UK and the world. Not sure whose bright idea was it to take a class pic in the crypt... 💡😬
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Employability - serving civil service and @thestrandgroup MA Government Studies student @KingsCollegeLon Tom gives our students a masterclass on the civil service fast stream @faststreamuk application process
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Insightful session with Munira Mirza, former Deputy Mayor to Boris Johnson discussing the limits and the possibilities of London’s mayoralty for our @thestrandgroup London government module.
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Delighted to welcome a new cohort of MA Government Studies students to ‘The History of the Civil Service’ module @thestrandgroup Over 10 wks we examine how the Civil Service has evolved alongside changing role of the state Applications for 2026/27 open https://t.co/3Ymhb1uZ0G
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Douglas Alexander: "Knowledge with purpose is a brilliant description of the course... I wish I had been able to do this in my twenties" Applications for MA Government Studies 2026/27 NOW OPEN:
kcl.ac.uk
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.
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Watch last week's insightful Strand Group event with Secretary of State for Scotland @D_G_Alexander 'in conversation' with our Visiting Professor Catherine MacLeod. https://t.co/fY3ThHyYyE
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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...
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Great that @fletchersimon, 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
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Today we remember the 144 lives - including 116 children - lost in the Aberfan disaster 59 years ago. My thoughts are with the families, survivors and community who continue to feel the effects of this terrible tragedy.
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My latest column, on how this year's economics Nobel contains a warning for the US, over its diminishing appetite for both enlightened reason and creative destruction,
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The Trump administration has been fixated, predictably enough, on the Nobel Peace Prize. But his more far-sighted officials would be wise to pay some attention to the Economics Prize, which was...
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Maurice Glasman giving the inaugural Frank Field Memorial Lecture on ‘Courage, Contribution and Covenant’ in the glorious Toynbee Hall
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New Secretary of State for Scotland, @D_G_Alexander is demonstrating a rare ability in politics to inspire future civil servants and effectively set out solutions to overcome some of the biggest challenges affecting the UK political system at tonight’s @thestrandgroup meeting.
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Thanks to @policyatkings & @thestrandgroup for facilitating such an interesting exchange this evening at @KingsCollegeLon.
New Secretary of State for Scotland, @D_G_Alexander is demonstrating a rare ability in politics to inspire future civil servants and effectively set out solutions to overcome some of the biggest challenges affecting the UK political system at tonight’s @thestrandgroup meeting.
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Made up to have SoS Scotland @D_G_Alexander address @policyatkings & @thestrandgroup network & MA Government Studies students expertly chaired by our Visiting Professor Catherine MacLeod
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Discussing how to handle a sterling/bond/market crisis in our Treasury class at King’s…
Case study week on the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @thestrandgroup MA Government Studies - Expert advisers @nickmacpherson2 @edballs @Mario_Pisani help prep students before they re-enact debates over the 1976 IMF crisis
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Case study week on the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @thestrandgroup MA Government Studies - Expert advisers @nickmacpherson2 @edballs @Mario_Pisani help prep students before they re-enact debates over the 1976 IMF crisis
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Wonderful start to the 'Chancellors and the Treasury' module on @thestrandgroup MA Government Studies - BOE Deputy Governor Sir Dave Ramsden explained the big themes in Treasury history to a mixed class of @KingsCollegeLon students and @hmtreasury officials.
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