A message from the PSA Chair

DOI10.1177/0032321718821257
AuthorAngelia Wilson
Published date01 February 2019
Date01 February 2019
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2019, Vol. 67(1) 3
A message from the PSA Chair
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Dear reader,
Happy 2019! As Chair of the Political Studies Association, I’m delighted to share with
you some fantastic news of activities for those with a wide-ranging interest in politics.
The PSA had an eventful 2018! We have purchased new offices in Camden, London.
It has meeting rooms for up to 25 people that can be rented by members (at a low rate) or
non-members (at competitive London prices) – see website for details of how to rent! In
addition, with a couple of extra desks, we welcome any members travelling through
London and in need of free wifi and a coffee for a couple hours.
At our Annual Awards Dinner in November, we launched the ‘Diverse Voices PSA
Doctoral Scholarship Fund’. We will spend the next year raising money to enable us to
support PhD students from diverse backgrounds to embark on political studies doctoral
research. We are excited about the potential impact this will have in facilitating inclusion
and diversity across the profession. Please consider supporting our efforts – whether you
can give £5k or run 5k – you can help us increase the diverse voices teaching and research-
ing political studies.
The scholarship fund is just one of our recent efforts to reach out to a wider community
of scholars and students of politics. Our recent changes to the membership structure enable
us to offer membership to schools for only £25. This allows 10 teachers to be PSA mem-
bers and access benefits such as teacher training events, A-level student events, and a large
range of...

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