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Attendance policy available online
The PAIS attendance monitoring points policy is now available online.
Students should familiarise themselves with this policy by accessing it through the relevant Handbook:
Staff may access the document as above; it is also posted on the Handbooks & Guidelines page of the Staff Intranet.
EUROPE: A GLOBAL FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH?
A Knowledge Centre interview with Prof Stuart Croft
The GR:EEN project (Global Re-ordering: Evolution through European Networks) is a new study aiming to examine the role that Europe will take in the new global order. Will Europe's history as a global player be an advantage? Will the European economy come under pressure from China as the Chinese economy carries on with its galloping growth? Professor Stuart Croft, Department of Politics and International Studies, explains the GR:EEN project in more detail.
THE HONG KONG CONNECTION
A Knowledge Centre interview with Prof Stuart Croft
The University of Warwick’s Festival of Social Sciences is going international. As part of the University’s strategy to strengthen its international outlook and build upon partner links, academics from the social sciences faculty have a packed, three-day schedule with colleagues in Hong Kong. Here, Professor Stuart Croft, Politics and International Studies, explains the motivation behind the event and what he hopes to achieve.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR EGYPT?
A Knowledge Centre article by Dr Nicola Pratt
On the tenth day of the protests in Egypt, Dr Nicola Pratt argues that the tried and tested methods of the Egyptian regime will fail this time.
DIVISION AND DISCIPLINARITY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
A Knowledge Centre article and video featuring Dr Ben Richardson and Prof Matthew Watson
In this video, Dr Ben Richardson talks to Professor Matthew Watson, both from the Department of Politics and International Studies, about disciplinarity and the use of language in the social sciences. Are language differences linked to an individual's particular discipline? Is interdisciplinarity a feasible aim for the social sciences?