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PhD student interviewed by vijanaFM on food security in Tanzania
Second year PhD student Marika Mura was recently interviewed on 11 February by vijanaFM, a blog for visual, audio, and written content by the youth and for the youth in East Africa, about her PhD research on food security and farmers’ perspectives in rural Tanzania.
Prof Chris Hughes featured in BBC News article on China-Japan tensions
Prof Chris Hughes, Head of Department, was recently featured in a 8 February BBC News article entitled 'Viewpoints: How serious are China-Japan tensions?' Below is an excerpt from the piece:
The problems of the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party in trying to maintain one party rule in the face of pluralist pressures are well known. Japan is a democracy so does not face quite the same pressures, but there is a similar sense of the bankruptcy of the legitimacy and competency of the governing elites, and all of this is set against a difficult economic climate.
Warwick Retired Staff Association Bursaries
Applications are invited for the 2013-14 Warwick Retired Staff Association Bursaries which aim to support creative and cultural extra-curricular activities by Warwick students. Awards are intended to cover a wide range of activities including Science, Medical, Social Science and Arts-based projects, including both the performing and creative arts.
A sum of £1000 will be available and a small number of awards, not necessarily of the same value, will be offered to the chosen applicants. In recent years a range of projects have been supported.
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Dr Nicola Pratt interviewed on Egypt by Jamaica Speaks radio
Dr Nicola Pratt, Associate Professor in International Politics of the Middle East, participated in a debate on 31 January on Jamaica Speaks radio over the causes of the current violence in Egypt, the implications for President Morsi and the possible political solutions.
Warwick staff participate in workshop on China's growing presence in Africa in Beijing
Dr Franklyn Lisk and Prof Shaun Breslin were recently highlighted in a 31 January article by Cocorioko pre-event and a 4 February article in The Torchlight post-event on their recent workshop held in the embassy of Sierra Leone in Beijing, China.
The workshop, entitled 'Re-Thinking Development Assistance In A Changing Global Order: China's Growing Presence In Africa', was an informal brainstorming session aimed at ensuring a policy-oriented trilateral engagement to collectively analyze and elaborate on optimizing mutual benefits from Sino-Africa relation with particular focus on Forum On China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). It was also a way of presenting the Makona River Free Zone Development Initiative – which is a joint sub-regional initiative of the three countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia – as a case study in terms of exploring feasible ways to move the Agenda within the broader framework of China-Africa development cooperation and showcasing the Mano River Union as a good example of sub-regional integration and cooperation that can potentially benefit from the support of an external partner, the PRC, amongst other objectives.