You are about to start your journey as a PhD student this fall. Congratulations! It must feel like you now have all the time in the world to turn that research proposal you submitted with your application into reality. So, how do you make the most of that experience?

Måns Nilsson, current Executive Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, has been appointed to the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) reports the SEI, bringing his extensive experience in public administration and governance to the important role.

The academic year has finished, the weather is good, half the department is on holiday, and the next academic year seems an age away. But the summer is a deceptively important period, both for recruiters on the one hand, and candidates on the other.