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SPA Career-Launch Research Grants Open [Deadline 27 July 2026]

July 1, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Social Policy Association, Summer 2026 Deadline for applications: 27 July 2026 (Decisions to be communicated by 21 August 2026.) Webinar for prospective applicants: 6 July 2026, 12 noon […]

The Chartered Institute of Housing: Undergraduate Internship Opportunity

June 29, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Job Title: Undergraduate/graduate  Salary: £13.84 per hour Location: Hybrid – Home / CIH office Hours: 150 hours over 4 – 8 weeks The Chartered Institute of Housing is the […]

Vacancy: Journal of Social Policy (JSP) seeks to appoint a Fourth Co-Editor

June 8, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Update: deadline extended to Friday, 12th June 2026 The Journal of Social Policy (JSP) is a highly impactful UK and international journal which is going from strength […]

Chair of Editorial Board, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy: Call for applications

June 8, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Update: deadline extended to 5pm, Friday 19 June 2026. The Social Policy Association (SPA) invites applications for the Chair of the Editorial Board of the […]

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Social Harm Student Essay Competition 2026

May 28, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

The Social Policy Association (SPA) Social Harm Policy Group welcomes submissions from undergraduate and taught masters students currently enrolled at universities worldwide to submit an […]

Blog: Child Food Poverty and The Case for a Universal Free School Meals Policy

May 20, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Arjan Singh (Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Glasgow)  Overview of child food poverty in the UK Child food poverty is defined as “the inability […]

Blog: An ‘Exceptional’ Teaching and Learning Day Conference

May 18, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Ruby Chau Associate Professor of Public and Social Policy, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham The Conference Two-thirds of respondents in the […]

News: Academy of Social Sciences: Call for SPA nominations for new Fellows

May 6, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Deadline for names to SPA: Friday 22 May 2026 at 17.00. The SPA is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). In recent years we have successfully nominated a number of SPA […]

News: Call for Co-editor for the 39th, 40th, and 41st issues of the annual Social Policy Review (SPR).

May 4, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Ahead of the publication of Social Policy Review 38, the editorial board are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 39th, 40th, and […]

Blog: Supply is not a silver bullet: Why we can’t just build our way out of the housing crisis

April 21, 2026 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Author: Steve Iafrati, University of Nottingham Politicians’ obsession with supply-side fixes to the housing crisis could exacerbate inequalities for people at the bottom of the […]

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  • SPA Career-Launch Research Grants Open [Deadline 27 July 2026]
  • The Chartered Institute of Housing: Undergraduate Internship Opportunity
  • Vacancy: Journal of Social Policy (JSP) seeks to appoint a Fourth Co-Editor
  • Chair of Editorial Board, Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy: Call for applications
  • Social Harm Student Essay Competition 2026
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