Dr Michelle Clement
Lecturer and Researcher in Residence at No.10 Downing Street
Dr Clement is a Lecturer on reform and delivery in government and Researcher in Residence at No.10 Downing Street.
Dr Clement completed her PhD on ‘The Art of Delivery: Sir Michael Barber and the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit 2001 to 2005’. The PhD is the first academic study of the PMDU with access to Barber’s unpublished diaries from the period.
As Researcher in Residence at No.10 Downing Street, Dr Clement examines the history of No.10 and the role of Prime Minister. Dr Clement provides historical briefings focusing on how former Prime Ministers have utilised the centre of government to deliver their agendas.
Formerly Dr Clement worked at the British Academy as a Policy Adviser and at Queen Mary, University of London as Strategic Partnerships Coordinator (Tech City) where she worked closely with government, academia, digital and creative industries to facilitate collaboration.
Dr Clement’s research focuses on British government and public service reform – how Prime Ministers and Cabinet craft policy programmes and create effective mechanisms to deliver.
Dr Michelle Clement teaches two modules on the MA Government Studies:
- New Labour Years: The Blair Brown Revolution
- The History of The Civil Service: Evolution of the Machinery of Government
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This PhD thesis examines how the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, a seemingly common-sense mechanism created by Sir Michael Barber in 2001 and led by him through to 2005, proved to be quietly transformative. The Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit was set up to monitor and accelerate the delivery of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s public service reform priorities. This research was conducted using Michael Barber’s private, unpublished, handwritten diaries from his time in government as well as interviews with key Cabinet ministers, civil servants and special advisers.
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, celebrates her Platinum Jubilee this week. Festivities will be held across the country to mark the Queen’s incredible 70 years on the throne. During the last seven decades, fourteen individuals from Winston Churchill to current Prime Minister Boris Johnson have ‘kissed hands’ with the Queen and thus become prime minister.
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This blog gives insights into the history of government – its development, its departments and some of the roles and people involved
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core module
30% of the final mark comes from a primary source research project. It can be a true history dissertation advised by one of the academic staff, or an up-to-date research project informed by historical analysis.
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optional module
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.
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core module
These two modules, run in partnership with No. 10 Downing Street, examine how British Prime Ministers governed in the years 1945 – to the present day.
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News story
Students on the MA Government Studies course heard from former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair during their final class.
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News story
How the MA in Government Studies partners with institutions
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The insider’s view of how government really works
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Podcast
In this special episode of the Strand Group podcast, Sir Tony Blair answered our students’ questions on liberal intervention, the history of the Labour Party, how to deliver in government & more. With expert analysis from Dr Michelle Clement and John Rentoul.
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