New PhD studentship open for UK students eligible for home tuition fees, funded by the NIHR SSCR for 3 years. Application closing date: Friday 17th April📅 See the link to find out more and apply ⬇️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQT267/p...
Congratulations to Lucy Series (@thesmallplaces.bsky.social)
whose book 'The Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of Institutions' has been awarded the prestigious 2025 #PeterTownsend Prize by @britishacademy.bsky.social
www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/news/202...
Researchers from the Universities of Namibia and Bristol team up with @perivoliarc.bsky.social to transform waste into learning resources for under-funded communities.
Read more: tinyurl.com/npjh8dnj
Social Policy ranked 4th in @thetimes.com Good University Guide 2026 🏆
The subject scored 93% against measures including teaching quality, research quality and student experience.
Many congratulations to our staff and students for making this possible 🎉
Can public policy be set by technical experts alone without involving 'people' and the local knowledge they hold?
Dr Palma Carvajal from @uob-policystudies.bsky.social explores this question in relation to Chile in a new article in @criticalpolicy.bsky.social.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Congratulations to @fuchssandhya.bsky.social - Lecturer in Criminology at SPS - who's been awarded the James Busuttil Prize for human rights scholarship from the Royal Asiatic Society for her book:
📖 Fragile Hope - Seeking Justice for Hate Crimes in India
Read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/yucswxvv
Dr Oliver Russell, 1936-2025
We are saddened to share the news that Dr Oliver Russell -
co-founder and first director of @bristoluni.bsky.social's renowned Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies - died on 25 July.
His colleagues offer a remembrance.
www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
How the UK’s anti-slavery system harms the children it claims to protect.
New blog from MSc Public Policy alumna, Lucia Messent - winner of the @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social the annual Border Criminologies Dissertation Prize
tinyurl.com/ydtkbzyn
A new research project funded by Defra aims to help tackle violence against women and girls.
The study, led by academics at SPS, will explore the interconnection between the abuse of animals by domestic abuse perpetrators and domestic abuse-related homicide-suicide.
➡️ bristol.ac.uk/sps/news/202...
Many congratulations to our amazing students from the Class of 2025 who celebrated their graduation at Priory Road gardens last week🎉🥳
We wish you all the very best. Keep in touch! #BristolGrad
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