Join Chambers Student to learn how COVID-19 has affected the legal profession, and how to adapt to these changes.

Adom Getachew, Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination, Introduction

'Disability, Mental Health and Inclusion'

Facilitator: Eileen John

Please contact Giulia Lorenzi for further information (giulia.lorenzi@warwick.ac.uk)

You are warmly invited to our next Philosophy Balloon Debate. What is a balloon debate, you ask? Some philosophical folk are trapped on a sinking hot air balloon. To stay afloat, they need to drop weight. Staff and students from Philosophy will answer questions to determine who stays and who goes. Featuring:

Barney Walker on David Hume

David James on Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Guy Longworth on Gottlob Frege

Diarmuid Costello on Marcel Duchamp (WILD CARD)

Jae Hetterley on Edith Stein (PGR)

Toby Tremlett on Simone de Beauvoir (UG)

This is a Philosophy community event co-organised with PhilSoc. Everyone is welcome – UGs, PGTs, PGRs, and all staff. Please contact David Bather Woods for further information.

Join CLAW for the next event in their 'Radical Mooting Series: Critical Discussions'! Dr Tara Mulqueen will be discussing Warwick Law in the Community and Public Legal Education.

In partnership with the Bank of England, Discover Economics and the Warwick Economics Summit, we are delighted to invite you to a free, interactive event for 16-18 year old students and their teachers.

Date: Wednesday 3 February 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Location: Online (MS Teams)

The Introduction to Economics event aims to provide 16-18 year old students and their teachers with an exciting opportunity to discover more about economics as a subject, experience an interactive taster lecture delivered by the Department of Economics and hear from current undergraduate student what it's like to study economics at university. There will also be chance to hear from economists about the wide-ranging work they do and the possible career opportunities open to economists.

Students will also be able to gain useful advice and guidance on how to apply for university, including how to draft a personal statement as well as having the opportunity to ask question to an Admissions Tutor.

*Attendees of this event will also be eligible to attend the Warwick Economic Summit for free on 5-7 February 2021. Tickets are limited therefore please secure your place now and use the code WESBOE1618. More information can be found here.

Programme

Register Now

Registration has been extended until Monday, 1 February 2021 at 11am.

Those who registered between 29 January -1 February will receive an email from us on Tuesday 2 February with a link to the event which will be hosted on MS Teams.

If you have any queries about this event, please email economics.admissions@warwick.ac.uk Please note that this event is being recorded so that we can provide you with access to the recording if you are unable to attend it. Please also note that we are running other events of this kind this term and we will provide details of them on our homepage with an online registration form.

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The Department of Economics is pleased to announce a guest lecture by a former student of the Department – Elina Ribakova, as part of the 360 Guest Lecture Series 2020/21 for this academic year.

Professor Caroline Elliott will introduce the speaker and chair the Q&A session at the end of the lecture.

In pursuit of national economic security

Date: Wednesday 3 February, 5-6pm (UK Time)
Location: Microsoft Teams

This event is for staff and students only and registration is required in order to attend. We hope to see many of you there.

About the speaker

Elina is Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute of International Finance in Washington. She directs the IIF’s economic research on global emerging markets.

Elina was previously a visiting fellow at Bruegel, where her research focused on financial markets, emerging markets and central banks. Prior to that, she held senior level roles in economic research at a diverse set of financial institutions, most recently with Deutsche Bank in London as Head of EEMEA Research, as well as leadership positions in other international financial institutions.

Elina also taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the Stockholm School of Economics and given guest lectures at the London School of Economics, New Economic School in Moscow and Chicago Booth in London. Ms Ribakova began her career as an economist at IMF headquarters in Washington D.C.

Elina graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics, funded by a Swedish Government Scholarship.

Elina, a Chevening Scholar, received her Master’s in Economics, University of Warwick in 1999 and was awarded the Shiv Nath Prize for outstanding contribution to research in economics.

Registration

Please register below and we will email you the link to join the event. Registration will close at 2pm UK time on the day of the event.

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COVID-19 Vaccine with Dr Sharifah Sekalala.

This event will be hosted every other week and students are welcome to suggest topics they would like to discuss in future sessions.

'Transgressive Resistance and Biopolitics'

Guest Speaker: Guilel Treiber (KU Leuven)