Tom Watson appointed Honorary Professor of School of Politics and International Relations

The School of Politics and International Relations is delighted to announce that Tom Watson has been appointed as Honorary Professor at the School.

Tom Watson was MP for West Bromwich East from 2001 to 2019. During the last Labour government, he was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence and later Minister for Digital Engagement and Civil Service Issues. He was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 2015 and served as Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport under Jeremy Corbyn.

Since stepping down from front line politics at the 2019 general election he has become Chair of UK Music and President of Counter Culture LLM.

During his tenures as an Honorary Professor, he will be sharing his experience as a frontline politician with undergraduates on our second year British Party Politics module and giving advice to both undergraduate and postgraduate dissertation students.  

Please join us in giving Tom Watson a warm welcome to the School!