This innovative module, in partnership with the Cabinet Office, focuses on the evolution of the British Civil Service and how its role has developed alongside the changing role of the state. World wars, the creation of the welfare state, as well as technological, economic and societal change has carved new functions and expectations of what government is there to do.
A new academic year is a time of great anticipation for us at the Strand Group. It's always a pleasure to lay out to the new students what we've been planning over the summer months to make their experience truly memorable - and often unique.ย
Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield and Dr James Jinks launched their new book, The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945, at a Strand Group event at Kingโs College London on Monday 9 November.
To launch Ian Beesley's book, 'The Official History of the Cabinet Secretaries', the current Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood was joined by four of his predecessors, Lord Wilson, Lord Turnbull, Lord Armstrong and Lord Butler.
Sir Nicholas Macpherson, the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and one of several newly appointed Visiting Professors at Kingโs College London delivered a timely lecture on โThe Treasury and the Unionโ on 19 January 2015.