Cambridge University SPS Society
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The Cambridge University Social and Political Sciences Society ("The SPS Society") is an academic and social society of Cambridge University[1][2]
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[edit] History
The SPS Society was formed in 2005 by Erlend Svestad, a Psychology graduate. Since that time the Society has been a prominent feature of the Cambridge academic and social scene. In the Summer of 2007, after failed attempts to elect a new committee, Alys Donnelly negotiated a new team to take up where the previous committee had left off, and the Society is once again operating and expanding.
[edit] Speaker Events
The SPS Society has had notable successes in inviting prominent academics to speak to students on a range of issues. In the year 2005-2006, the Society organised a seminar series at the University with three prominent academics[3]
- Dr David Runciman from the Department of Politics
- Professor Geoffrey Hawthorne from the Department of Politics
- Professor Michael Jaeckel from the University of Trier, Germany
The Society also invited and arranged a highly-popular Speaker series in 2005-2006 consisting of[4]
- Professor Anthony Giddens, leading Sociologist and author of the influential "Third Way" politics.
- Professor John Goldthorpe, a leading social theorist.
- Professor Quentin Skinner, one of the world's leading historians.
- Professor David Held.
[edit] Academic Contributions
The SPS Society also launched academic initiatives to improve research at the department of Social and Politicial Sciences and encourage students to publish their works.[5]
[edit] Social Events
The SPS Society historically held weekly pub meets, regular Formal Halls and a black tie annual dinner. The new committee in 2007 continued the Formal Hall series and has organised Cocktail Nights. They also undertook a pioneering project to become one of the first Cambridge University Societies to utilise an on-line payment system.[6]
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- ^ Home
- ^ Cambridge University Students' Union (CUSU) ยป Societies Directory - Societies at Cambridge University
- ^ Faculty Of Social And
- ^ Faculty Of Social And
- ^ SPS Society enriches postgraduate students' experiences at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Social and Political Science - Postgraduate Studentships .co.uk
- ^ What We Do
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