Jon Davis
@JonDavis73
Prof of Government Education, OBE, PhD, Director @thestrandgroup @kingscollegelon ⚒️ ‘Who is this diamond geezer?’
Lovely to be invited on @DArcyTiP BOOKtalk to discuss @JohnRentoul & my new book 'Heroes or Villains?: The Blair Government Reconsidered' bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
6/6 We are delighted to share that applications for the MA Government Studies 2025-26 are up! But there are still last-minute places available for this Autumn - 25 August the deadline - join us! thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…
5/6 Elite networking – not just for the elite 186 free to attend Strand Group (& precursor) events over 20+ years - now with added MA Government Studies guests thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…
4/6 We are delighted that Deloitte joins AWS, Workday & the City of London Corporation in supporting us As @adwooldridge wrote for Bloomberg ‘The Strand Group emphasizes the importance of recruiting leaders from a broader spectrum of backgrounds’ thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…
3/6 As @adwooldridge wrote for Bloomberg ‘The Strand Group at King’s College London focuses on training future leaders in the art of government’ with Sir Dave Ramsden, Ed Balls, Lord Gove and many, many others thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…
2/6 Fantastic guest practitioners in the classroom & No10! thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…
1/6 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/dire…
Congratulations to @JonDavis73 on the first successful year of the MA Govt Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…
An extraordinary first year of our MA Government Studies @thestrandgroup @policyatkings A joy to teach our fantastic cohort of students, alongside excellent colleagues and practitioners @KingsCollegeLon
1/6 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/dire…
What a first year it’s been. Can’t wait for the second!
1/6 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/dire…
Shame he was written out of subsequent seasons. The writers felt his absence by writing in Dorothy for 'Yes, Prime Minister'.
Lord Marlesford embraced technology but my goodness I had never seen a desk so piled high with papers. A charming man. RIP
Nice obituary of Lord Marlesford (Mark Schreiber). I interviewed him for my PhD/book ‘Prime Ministers & Whitehall 1960-74’. As a high profile special adviser to Heath in opposition & then in government, he was in effect the real life Frank Weisel thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/…
Nice obituary of Lord Marlesford (Mark Schreiber). I interviewed him for my PhD/book ‘Prime Ministers & Whitehall 1960-74’. As a high profile special adviser to Heath in opposition & then in government, he was in effect the real life Frank Weisel thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/…
I started an argument between Lords Lamont, Butler and Howard at a Thatcher book launch – from the Commons Confidential newsletter