May is a month of celebration for us as we publish the first books and journals under the Bristol University Press brand. Keep reading

To mark its tenth anniversary in 2015, Evidence & Policy launched a prize in memory of Professor Carol Weiss, the journal’s first North American Editor and a pioneer in the field. Keep reading

Congratulations to Beth Breeze who has been awarded the 2018 AFP/Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising and Philanthropy! Keep reading

Ann Oakley’s book Women peace and welfare was launched last night at St George’s Church Bloomsbury. Keep reading

Join John Kendall for the launch of his new book 'Regulating Police Detention: Voices from behind closed doors' on Tuesday 13 March 2018 at 6pm. Keep reading

March 8 sees both the publication of Ann Oakley’s Women, peace and welfare and International Women’s Day. In the book, Ann tells the inspirational untold stories of women who’s work and vision of a more humane way of living have influenced social reform and welfare. Read more on our blog

Jan Deckers, contributor to Justice and fairness in the city, talks about the UCU strikes, currently underway. Read more on our blog

We are delighted to announce that Dr Katherine Smith and Dr Mark Pearson are joining the Evidence & Policy team as the Journal’s new Editors-in-Chief from January 2018. Keep reading

Congratulations to Shirley Hill, and her book Inequality and African-American Health, for being named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice! Keep reading

Bristol University Press and Policy Press are delighted to announce the inclusion of its CEO, Alison Shaw in the top 100 most influential people in the book trade 2017. Keep reading

Policy Press is delighted to announce that the following journals have been accepted onto the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI): Keep reading

Judith Orr, author of Abortion wars, recently spoke at a one-day event hosted by Abortion Rights to celebrate the 50th birthday of the 1967 Abortion Act. Keep reading

Sam Royston launched his new book Broken benefits with a roundtable discussion in parliament discussing the flaws of social security and the changes needed to build a better system for the future. Keep reading

Sharon Wright and Peter Dwyer, researching the impacts of Universal Credit since 2013 as part of the collaborative ESRC Welfare Conditionality project, reflect on their recent experience of contributing to the Universal Credit debate, to argue that impact activities can be most meaningful if they are aimed at making a difference that really matters. Read more on our blog

We are delighted to announce that Professor Carl Milofsky will be joining the editorial team of Voluntary Sector Review (VSR) as Co-Editor from January 2018. Keep reading

Professor Marianne Hester OBE, Chair in Gender, Violence and International Policy at the University of Bristol and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Gender-Based Violence has been awarded the title of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Keep reading

Kayleigh Garthwaite has won this year's British Academy Peter Townsend Prize for 'Hunger pains: life inside foodbank Britain'. Keep reading

Nicky Stanley, Ingrid Palmary and Khatidja Chantler, editors of the special issue of Families, Relationships and Societies, detail the content of the issue and explain why examining both differing and shared experience of violence and abuse is essential. Read more on our blog

Rob Macmillan, Nick Acheson and Bernard Harris, editors of the international Voluntary Sector Review journal, present 8 tips for submitting a strong paper. Read more on our blog

We're excited to announce, Jo Greig, previously international marketing director and western European sales director at Macmillan Education, is joining us as the sales and marketing director. Keep reading