Jon Davis
@jonmdavis.bsky.social
Professor of Government, King’s College London. OBE. ⚒️
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Employability - serving civil service and @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies student @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Tom gives our students a masterclass on the civil service fast stream application process
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Employability - serving civil service and @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies student @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Tom gives our students a masterclass on the civil service fast stream application process
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Delighted to welcome a new cohort of MA Government Studies students to ‘The History of the Civil Service’ module @strandgroup.bsky.social
Over 10 weeks we examine how the Civil Service has evolved alongside changing role of the state
Applications for 2026/27 open
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Over 10 weeks we examine how the Civil Service has evolved alongside changing role of the state
Applications for 2026/27 open
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Delighted to welcome a new cohort of MA Government Studies students to ‘The History of the Civil Service’ module @strandgroup.bsky.social
Over 10 weeks we examine how the Civil Service has evolved alongside changing role of the state
Applications for 2026/27 open
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Over 10 weeks we examine how the Civil Service has evolved alongside changing role of the state
Applications for 2026/27 open
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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"the civil service in the United Kingdom... easily bears comparison with the finest minds you'll meet in corporate law, or investment, or anywhere else"
Douglas Alexander MP recently joined us and @strandgroup.bsky.social to discuss his life and career
📺 Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCD...
Douglas Alexander MP recently joined us and @strandgroup.bsky.social to discuss his life and career
📺 Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCD...
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"the civil service in the United Kingdom... easily bears comparison with the finest minds you'll meet in corporate law, or investment, or anywhere else"
Douglas Alexander MP recently joined us and @strandgroup.bsky.social to discuss his life and career
📺 Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCD...
Douglas Alexander MP recently joined us and @strandgroup.bsky.social to discuss his life and career
📺 Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCD...
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Great that @fletchersimon.bsky.social, 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
Some serious insights into the mayoralty, alongside some excellent Trafalgar Square Pigeon discussion
October 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Great that @fletchersimon.bsky.social, 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
Some serious insights into the mayoralty, alongside some excellent Trafalgar Square Pigeon discussion
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Watch last week's insightful Strand Group / @policyatkings.bsky.social event with Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander 'in conversation' with our Visiting Professor Catherine MacLeod.
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...
In Conversation with Douglas Alexander MP - The Strand Group
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 comp...
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Watch last week's insightful Strand Group / @policyatkings.bsky.social event with Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander 'in conversation' with our Visiting Professor Catherine MacLeod.
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...
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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: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Applications for MA Government Studies 2026/27 NOW OPEN: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Government Studies | King's College London
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.
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Applications for MA Government Studies 2026/27 NOW OPEN: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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The MA Government Studies team are delighted to be back in the classroom, teaching our second cohort. The programme goes from strength to strength, with more students than ever before participating in our unique expert-led courses.
Watch this space for the applications to open for next year…
Watch this space for the applications to open for next year…
October 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The MA Government Studies team are delighted to be back in the classroom, teaching our second cohort. The programme goes from strength to strength, with more students than ever before participating in our unique expert-led courses.
Watch this space for the applications to open for next year…
Watch this space for the applications to open for next year…
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EVENT | Douglas Alexander: in conversation
The new Secretary of State for Scotland will discuss domestic and geopolitical challenges governments are facing with Catherine Macleod, former Special Adviser to Alistair Darling
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📅 15 Oct, 18:30
📍King's College London
The new Secretary of State for Scotland will discuss domestic and geopolitical challenges governments are facing with Catherine Macleod, former Special Adviser to Alistair Darling
➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 15 Oct, 18:30
📍King's College London
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
EVENT | Douglas Alexander: in conversation
The new Secretary of State for Scotland will discuss domestic and geopolitical challenges governments are facing with Catherine Macleod, former Special Adviser to Alistair Darling
➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 15 Oct, 18:30
📍King's College London
The new Secretary of State for Scotland will discuss domestic and geopolitical challenges governments are facing with Catherine Macleod, former Special Adviser to Alistair Darling
➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📅 15 Oct, 18:30
📍King's College London
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Join us on 15 October at 1830 for an in conversation event with Douglas Alexander the Secretary of State for Scotland.
To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...
In partnership with @policyatkings.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...
In partnership with @policyatkings.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
In Conversation with Douglas Alexander MP - The Strand Group
The seventy-eighth Strand Group event will take place on 15 October where Douglas Alexander, the Secretary of State for Scotland, will discuss the challenges and complexities governments are navigatin...
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Join us on 15 October at 1830 for an in conversation event with Douglas Alexander the Secretary of State for Scotland.
To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...
In partnership with @policyatkings.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
To apply for tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...
In partnership with @policyatkings.bsky.social
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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📣 Great to hear my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ recommended in @financialtimes.com podcast by @stephenkb.bsky.social
📕 available now, let me know 💭 amzn.eu/d/0T9SFSA
🎧 episode open.spotify.com/episode/3Q8t...
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
📕 available now, let me know 💭 amzn.eu/d/0T9SFSA
🎧 episode open.spotify.com/episode/3Q8t...
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
📣 Great to hear my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ recommended in @financialtimes.com podcast by @stephenkb.bsky.social
📕 available now, let me know 💭 amzn.eu/d/0T9SFSA
🎧 episode open.spotify.com/episode/3Q8t...
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
📕 available now, let me know 💭 amzn.eu/d/0T9SFSA
🎧 episode open.spotify.com/episode/3Q8t...
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Delighted to share insights from my 📕 The Art of Delivery with @danbloom1.bsky.social for his deep dive @politico.eu piece on PM Starmer’s No10 machinery of govt changes
📰 www.politico.eu/article/keir...
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
📰 www.politico.eu/article/keir...
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Keir Starmer wants to fix Britain. He’s still working out how.
As Britain’s prime minister embarks on another No. 10 revamp, some officials are questioning the structures he created to show “delivery” to the public.
www.politico.eu
September 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Delighted to share insights from my 📕 The Art of Delivery with @danbloom1.bsky.social for his deep dive @politico.eu piece on PM Starmer’s No10 machinery of govt changes
📰 www.politico.eu/article/keir...
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
📰 www.politico.eu/article/keir...
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social @strandgroup.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Great to hear Prof @officialedballs.bsky.social describing to ex-Chancellor Kwarteng how history repeats itself in the @strandgroup.bsky.social 'Chancellors and the Treasury' MA class on latest political currency pod.
Sign up to join the MA this Autumn 👇🏽
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Sign up to join the MA this Autumn 👇🏽
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
August 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Great to hear Prof @officialedballs.bsky.social describing to ex-Chancellor Kwarteng how history repeats itself in the @strandgroup.bsky.social 'Chancellors and the Treasury' MA class on latest political currency pod.
Sign up to join the MA this Autumn 👇🏽
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Sign up to join the MA this Autumn 👇🏽
www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...
As we come to the end of the academic year, I’d like to share some of the great work done by the Strand Group in 2024-25 with particular reference to the first year of the MA Government Studies
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Director’s Blog July 2025 - The Strand Group
Professor Jon Davis OBE
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As we come to the end of the academic year, I’d like to share some of the great work done by the Strand Group in 2024-25 with particular reference to the first year of the MA Government Studies
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...
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Congratulations to @jonmdavis.bsky.social on the first successful year of the MA Govt Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...
Director’s Blog July 2025 - The Strand Group
Professor Jon Davis OBE
thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk
July 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Congratulations to @jonmdavis.bsky.social on the first successful year of the MA Govt Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...
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Lord Grade, Chair @ofcom.bsky.social begins @strandgroup.bsky.social lecture on Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media
‘Without good regulation markets risk running wild. … Good regulation means being fit for the times.’
‘Modern regulators must do three things:
Engage, Enable, Evolve.’
‘Without good regulation markets risk running wild. … Good regulation means being fit for the times.’
‘Modern regulators must do three things:
Engage, Enable, Evolve.’
July 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Lord Grade, Chair @ofcom.bsky.social begins @strandgroup.bsky.social lecture on Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media
‘Without good regulation markets risk running wild. … Good regulation means being fit for the times.’
‘Modern regulators must do three things:
Engage, Enable, Evolve.’
‘Without good regulation markets risk running wild. … Good regulation means being fit for the times.’
‘Modern regulators must do three things:
Engage, Enable, Evolve.’
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Lord Grade on the clearly documented harms to children from online platforms “I don’t know how the tech leaders sleep at night. Maybe they just count the clicks” - key lecture at @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
July 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Lord Grade on the clearly documented harms to children from online platforms “I don’t know how the tech leaders sleep at night. Maybe they just count the clicks” - key lecture at @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Delighted to read this excellent review of my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ by Lord Francis Maude @politicshome.bsky.social
‘Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms.’
‘Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms.’
July 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Delighted to read this excellent review of my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ by Lord Francis Maude @politicshome.bsky.social
‘Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms.’
‘Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms.’
Great to talk to Caroline Wyatt on Labour governments & the trade unions (from 16:10)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
PM - President Trump announces higher tariffs on the EU and Mexico - BBC Sounds
The EU warns it will take 'all necessary steps' to safeguard its interests.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Great to talk to Caroline Wyatt on Labour governments & the trade unions (from 16:10)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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☀️ Tonight, our Summer Reception - kicking off with @bobbyduffy.bsky.social setting the scene and celebrating another year of progress
July 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
☀️ Tonight, our Summer Reception - kicking off with @bobbyduffy.bsky.social setting the scene and celebrating another year of progress
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… followed by Lord Neil Kinnock reflecting on the urgent importance of truth, fact and objective analysis in an age of ‘tectonic change’, conspiracy, clickbait and lies…
July 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
… followed by Lord Neil Kinnock reflecting on the urgent importance of truth, fact and objective analysis in an age of ‘tectonic change’, conspiracy, clickbait and lies…
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📣 Catch up: Fantastic to see my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ reviewed in @financialtimes.com by @stephenkb.bsky.social
📰 on.ft.com/3G1PoPn
📕 Buy the book and let me know what you think 💭 amzn.eu/d/615RqYr
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
📰 on.ft.com/3G1PoPn
📕 Buy the book and let me know what you think 💭 amzn.eu/d/615RqYr
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📣 Catch up: Fantastic to see my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ reviewed in @financialtimes.com by @stephenkb.bsky.social
📰 on.ft.com/3G1PoPn
📕 Buy the book and let me know what you think 💭 amzn.eu/d/615RqYr
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
📰 on.ft.com/3G1PoPn
📕 Buy the book and let me know what you think 💭 amzn.eu/d/615RqYr
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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Delighted to have written for @financialtimes.com on ‘Lessons for delivering change for a restless electorate’
Using research frm my new 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’
✍️🔗 on.ft.com/3G2AKHG
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
Using research frm my new 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’
✍️🔗 on.ft.com/3G2AKHG
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Delighted to have written for @financialtimes.com on ‘Lessons for delivering change for a restless electorate’
Using research frm my new 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’
✍️🔗 on.ft.com/3G2AKHG
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
Using research frm my new 📕 ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services’
✍️🔗 on.ft.com/3G2AKHG
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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📣 1 MONTH since THE ART OF DELIVERY PUBLISHED 🎉
Great reviews in 📰, BBC Radio 4 & 5 + biggest politics podcasts🎥
📕 in hands of decision-makers who can use to inform how to deliver now 🎯
Many ppl ✍️ have said hw fascinating & insightful they’ve found it. Thank you
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
Great reviews in 📰, BBC Radio 4 & 5 + biggest politics podcasts🎥
📕 in hands of decision-makers who can use to inform how to deliver now 🎯
Many ppl ✍️ have said hw fascinating & insightful they’ve found it. Thank you
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
📣 1 MONTH since THE ART OF DELIVERY PUBLISHED 🎉
Great reviews in 📰, BBC Radio 4 & 5 + biggest politics podcasts🎥
📕 in hands of decision-makers who can use to inform how to deliver now 🎯
Many ppl ✍️ have said hw fascinating & insightful they’ve found it. Thank you
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
Great reviews in 📰, BBC Radio 4 & 5 + biggest politics podcasts🎥
📕 in hands of decision-makers who can use to inform how to deliver now 🎯
Many ppl ✍️ have said hw fascinating & insightful they’ve found it. Thank you
@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social