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Postgraduate News

Expression of Interest: SPA Executive Committee PGR/ECR Lead

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

The SPA is inviting expressions of interest from PGRs to join the Executive Committee to support the PGR and ECR portfolio. This is a great […]

News: 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 […]

SPA Annual Conference 2026: Hope In Dark Times: Resistance and Radical Change

December 16, 2025 S-P-A-Administrator 0

The Social Policy Association is pleased to announce that Liverpool will host the 2026 annual conference, taking place from Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd July. […]

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Call for expressions of interest: The current and future state of social policy teaching

January 27, 2016 S-P-A-Administrator 0

In 2011 the SPA undertook a survey of social policy teaching in UK Higher Education Institutions. The survey asked about the current (2011) position of […]

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Employability Soundbites

July 20, 2015 SpaAdministrator 0

Social Policy Association Executive members give their thoughts on how to enhance your employability as an aspiring student of social policy. Nick Ellison: What key things […]

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‘Troubled Families’ SPA seminars

June 8, 2015 SpaAdministrator 0

The SPA provided funding to two postgraduate students to develop three seminars relating to the UK government’s Troubled Families Programme in the lead up to […]

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EDAC-ESPAnet Summer School on Social Policies and Social Outcomes

December 11, 2014 SpaUser 0

EDAC-ESPAnet Summer School 2015: PhDs, Post-Docs & Early Career Researchers The Role of Social Policies in Cross-national and Longitudinal Differences in Levels and Distributions of […]

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CfP: SPA PhD Workshop on “Austerity, Welfare and Citizenship”

November 4, 2014 SpaUser 0

Friday 16th January 2015, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds The current design and delivery of welfare configures citizenship in such a […]

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The Student’s Companion to Social Policy Website – NOW LIVE

May 11, 2014 SpaAdministrator 0

The Student’s Companion to Social Policy Website – NOW LIVE

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Meet the Editors and Publisher, July 2013

July 22, 2013 SpaAdministrator 0

The panel session Meet the Editors and Publisher is now available to view on YouTube. This meeting took place during the Social Policy Association’s Annual […]

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