Policy & Politics Journal Blog

Sarah Brown,
Journal Manager, Policy & Politics

Policy & Politics is a top ranked international journal based at the School for Policy Studies. It has been publishing leading edge research on public policy and politics for 49 years and is keen to engage with young researchers early in their careers: starting with you! 

So, in collaboration with our teaching staff, we’re delighted to announce two student prizes in 2021 at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Our undergraduate prize will be awarded to the student achieving the highest overall mark on our 2021 ‘Understanding Public Policy’ undergraduate unit. The prize winner will receive a gift voucher and be invited to submit a 500 word blog and a photo for publication on this blog which attracts over 19,000 views each year. 

This year’s prize has now been judged and is being awarded to the student with the highest overall mark for the unit. 

I’m delighted to announce Lara Gordge as our 2021 winner. Congratulations Lara, very well deserved! Watch this space for Lara’s blog coming on 29^th September!

Our postgraduate prize will be awarded to the student achieving the highest overall mark on the unit ‘Power, Politics and the Policy Process’. The prize winner will receive a gift voucher and be invited to submit a 500 word blog and a photo for publication on this blog. 

The prize has now been judged and is being awarded to the student who achieved the highest overall mark for the unit.

I’m delighted to announce that the prize winner for 2021 is Doug Cooley. Congratulations  Doug, very well deserved! Look out for his post on this blog coming on 6^th October!