PAIS > Community engagement
Nationally
Local
Resources for Current Students: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/currentstudents/
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The PAIS department under ‘Careers and Opportunities’ posts a link ‘voluntary work’; after getting the page unlocked, the link turned out to be a document on Non-governmental organisations in the areas of Birmingham, Coventry, Leamington Spa and Oxford.
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Its designed as appoint of reference for students who ‘wish to add to their work portfolio’s by volunteering for NGO’s’ as the opening letter of the document reads.
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They provide the details of 42 NGO’s from the local area.
Academic:
Staff-Student Liason Committee: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/currentstudents/sslc/
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Engagement with each other, different PAIS years and staff through SSLC.
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- ‘for students and staff to meet and discuss matters relating to studying in our department. These include assesment and examinations, curriculum and teaching, student support, the library, IT and E-learning provisions, Academic Resources, Careers provision and all other things related to the department.’
- There is a list of contact details, for all members of the committee on this page as well. There are thus representatives that the student body can talk to staff through.
Virtually:
Links to a twitter page: http://twitter.com/WarwickPAIS
Internationally
Foreign Study
There are three routes in which students can study abroad and thereby engage in international communities.
PAIS US-Exchange:http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/staff/mccrisken/georgetown
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PAIS department send at least one student every year to study in America at either Georgetown University or the University of California.
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This exchange is open to first year students studying Politics; Politics with International Studies; History and Politics; Economics and PAIS; Politics and Sociology; or Politics, Philosophy & Economics (PPE).
The Hong Kong Exchange:http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/currentstudents/cityu/
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Students on the Politics and Politics and International Studies degree programmes can apply to spend terms 2 and 3 of the second year in the Department of Public and Social Administration
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There is also evidence of the experiences of students studying on the exchange.
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The Hong Kong Experience:http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/currentstudents/cityu/experience
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This page has a picture of HK city, its taken at night.
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There are then three accounts from students in word documents. An extract from one of them is below:
The first thing one experiences in visiting Asia’s world city is the vastness of it. The
buzzing metropolis is a stark contrast to the small, quintessentially English town of
Leamington Spa, filled with students and older people. Coming to Hong Kong from
the University of Warwick enabled an appreciation of a different way of life.
Study in Europe:http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/currentstudents/erasmus
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Politics and Politics with International Studies students may change to a degree with an Intercalated Year and study in Europe through the ERASMUS scheme.
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Countries available to study in are France, Germany, Austria and Italy.
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This opportunity is only available to those students who are competent in the appropriate language.