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May 15, 2017

Celebrating 25 years of the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice with a FREE anniversary article

In celebration of the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice’s 25th anniversary, editors Rod Hick and Gill Main reflect on the achievements of the journal and release a selection of articles free to download for the remainder of 2017. Read more on our blog
Celebrating 25 years of the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice with a FREE anniversary article

Apr 26, 2017

Academic Work, Fast and Slow

Should academics strive to be ‘fast’ or ‘slow’? Helen Kara, author of Research and evaluation for busy students and practitioners, argues that there is not one, clear answer. Read more on our blog
Academic Work, Fast and Slow

Mar 23, 2017

Bristol University Press editorial announcements

Bristol University Press is pleased to announce new appointments that will drive the publisher’s expansion into new and emerging subject areas. Stephen Wenham and Paul Stevens, both formerly of Palgrave Macmillan, will be joining BUP as of early April to lead the new commissioning in politics and international relations, and economics, business and management, respectively. Keep reading
Bristol University Press editorial announcements

Feb 16, 2017

Open access: A publisher’s perspective

Julia Mortimer, Assistant Director of Policy Press/University of Bristol Press, explores the benefits, opportunities and challenges of open access (OA), one of the most significant publishing developments since the invention of the printing press. Read more on our blog
Open access: A publisher’s perspective

Feb 13, 2017

Use Kudos to maximise and measure the impact of your research

Kudos helps you maximise and measure the impact of your research and allows authors to manage the promotion of all their publications across different forms of social media and email, and provides a range of article level metrics (including altmetrics, citations, and downloads) – all in a single place. Read more on our blog
Use Kudos to maximise and measure the impact of your research

Jan 26, 2017

Transforming post-industrial cities: Anne Power on the impact of her book

In our second post on impact for Academic Book Week, Anne Power talks about how her book, Cities for a small continent has had international impact, uncovering the hope and opportunity to be found in ‘post-industrial’ cities. Read more on our blog
Transforming post-industrial cities: Anne Power on the impact of her book

Jan 23, 2017

Telling the truth about Baby P: Ray Jones on the impact of his book

As part of our focus on impact for Academic Book Week, author Ray Jones talks about the terrible and tragic death of Peter Connelly, the devastating fallout for the social work profession, and how his book, The Story of Baby P, has made a difference. Read more on our blog
Telling the truth about Baby P: Ray Jones on the impact of his book

Jan 20, 2017

Embracing the changes in academic publishing

In a challenging political climate, the place of university presses and academic freedom can be expected to take on special significance. Read an interview with Alison Shaw, Director of Policy Press and University of Bristol Press, about the launch of our new university press. Read more in Publishing Perspectives
Embracing the changes in academic publishing

Dec 14, 2016

'The Future of Social Justice' event, Monday 5 December

In our Future of Social Justice event held last week in association with the Bristol Festival of Ideas, over 800 audience members heard Danny Dorling, Owen Jones, Kayleigh Garthwaite and Melissa Benn speak about the most significant successes, challenges and opportunities for social justice. Keep reading
'The Future of Social Justice' event, Monday 5 December

Dec 2, 2016

First Carol Weiss Prize Seminar held

A seminar celebrating the first Evidence & Policy Carol Weiss prize winner Will Allen (COMPAS, University of Oxford) was held at the University of Oxford on Wednesday 30th November. Keep reading
First Carol Weiss Prize Seminar held

Nov 28, 2016

Free download: Brexit and working class politics

To mark the timely publication of the ebook of The rise of the right by Simon Winlow, Steve Hall and James Treadwell, we are offering the postscript to the book - Brexit and working class politics - FREE on our website. Keep reading
Free download: Brexit and working class politics

Nov 28, 2016

Come and work with us!

We are looking for two Senior Commissioning Editors/Publishers and a Commissioning Editor to join the University of Bristol Press team. Keep reading

Nov 25, 2016

Charity pie night for Unseen

Policy Press recently hosted a charity pie night, raising money for our charity for 2016, Unseen UK. Keep reading
Charity pie night for Unseen

Nov 24, 2016

Nominations for the Peter Townsend Prize 2017 now open

The Peter Townsend Prize, worth £2,000, is awarded biennially in for outstanding work with policy relevance on a topic to which Townsend made a major contribution. Keep reading

Nov 14, 2016

Celebrating #ARNOVA16

Download free articles on this year’s conference theme from Voluntary Sector Review Keep reading
Celebrating #ARNOVA16

Oct 19, 2016

Neon nails to support Unseen UK's #letsnailit campaign

Policy Press staff have painted their nails neon this week in support of Unseen UK's Anti Slavery Day 'Let's Nail It' campaign. Keep reading
Neon nails to support Unseen UK's #letsnailit campaign

Oct 19, 2016

Rethinking sustainable cities launches at UN HABITAT III

David Simon's book, Rethinking sustainable cities: Accessible, green and fair, launched at UN HABITAT 3 in Quito this week. Keep reading
Rethinking sustainable cities launches at UN HABITAT III

Oct 13, 2016

Policy Press and the University of Bristol Announce New Publishing Venture

Policy Press, IPG/Frankfurt Book Fair Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year 2016, together with the University of Bristol, one of the most popular universities in the UK, are proud to announce the creation of the University of Bristol Press. Keep reading
Policy Press and the University of Bristol Announce New Publishing Venture

Oct 10, 2016

Series launch: Class and inequality: Rethinking community development in the age of austerity

The new Rethinking Community Development series will be launched at an event at Goldsmiths, University of London, on Wednesday 9 November. The seminar will look at how a critical understanding of class can better enable practitioners to negotiate this contested space in the interests of communities of place, interest or identity. Keep reading
Series launch: Class and inequality: Rethinking community development in the age of austerity

Oct 7, 2016

Why do you want to be published? Open Access and making a difference

In this guest blog post about the publication of her book ‘Being a scholar in the digital era‘ with Jessie Daniels, Polly Thistlethwaite reflects on why she believes information should be able to be widely accessed and shows how publishers can help to make this happen. Keep reading
Why do you want to be published? Open Access and making a difference