Sustainability initiative

Interested in sustainability? CityVentures, Better Space and the Sustainability team have come together to bring you the very first Sustainable City Hackathon taking place on the 25th March. The Hackathon will bring staff, students and Islington residents together to find solutions to local sustainability issues through collaboration and entrepreneurship. Interdisciplinary teams will be formed to tackle one of three issues:   Food waste The circular economy […]

Time to Socialise and Celebrate! City Awards and IntPol Society gathering 2 March

It’s time to celebrate and to socialise at City! The Student Union has just launched the 2023 City Awards, with 4 categories to celebrate students, societies and academics at City: cast your vote here! And join the International Politics Student Society gathering on 2 March, 5-6pm, DLG03 to socialise, mingle also with Journalism students and to […]

Student Spotlight

  Is America An Imperial Power? by Grace Gerhart By definition, an imperial power is a country that exerts influence by gaining direct and/or indirect control over other countries through economic, military, or political means. This standard definition leaves room for debate, as “influence” is subjective and whether or not a country is an imperial […]

Laura Bassi Scholarship (MA & PhD students) – deadline 31 March

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed. The scholarships are open to every discipline and the next round of funding will be awarded in Spring 2023: Spring 2023 Application […]

International Politics Society – publishing initiative

International Politics Society – Publishing initiative The International Politics Student Society at City is quite active this year! They are launching a publishing initiative, involving training for students and a section of this blog. More to come soon. If you would like to know the details and get involved contact the President, Yuvraj Jaisinghani, the Publicity […]

BOOK Launch – 4 April – Sexual politics and EU enlargement

on April 4th at 5pm (room tbc) join the launch of a book that brings together multiple dimensions of European politics: Enlargement, Europeanisation and Social Inclusion: Prof. P.Copeland and others will discuss the book of our City colleague Dr Koen Slootmaeckers, Coming In. Sexual Politics and EU Accession in Serbia, (Manchester University Press, 2023)

Study Visit to EU Delegation to UK – 15 March, 3pm

Dr Silvestri will be taking her students of the Political Change in Europe module to visit the EU Diplomatic Mission to the UK. Exceptionally additional spaces are made available for other students. Contact Dr Silvestri for further details. For information on possible vacancies at the EU Delegation in London see this For internships (called Traineeships) […]