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Following the launch of the US-led investigation into the alleged corruption at Fifa, Dr David Webber was approached by a number of media agencies across the world for his analysis of the allegations, and Sepp Blatter's position as president of football's global governing body.

As well as featuring on local radio stations, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire and BBC WM, David has also appeared live on Scottish ITV, Euronews, Al Jazeera, CNN, Business News Network (Canada), Sky Sports News, and France 24. His comments on the crisis at Fifa have also been picked up by Reuters UK and the Press Association, and been published in the print editions of Bloomberg, the Daily Express, Today (Singapore) and the Washington Post.

David's original press statements, sent out from the Warwick Newsroom, can be found here:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/expertcomment/corruption_arrests_could/
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/expertcomment/147the_future_of/
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/expertcomment/football_reform_must

PAIS has moved to 5th in The Guardian University League Table 2016 for Politics, up from 7th in 2015.

The Guardian table is based to a large extent on student satisfaction, employability, entry tariffs and departmental spend on each student. PAIS scored 10 out of 10 on spend per student, with only a few other institutions able to match this in the top ten.

You can view the league tables for Politics here: http://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2015/may/25/university-guide-2016-league-table-for-politics

The University as a whole has risen to 6th from 9th.

Well done to everyone in PAIS for this very good rise, which again confirms our consistency across every research and teaching league table as a top five department.

The national Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) is run by the University in conjunction with the Higher Education Academy. Your participation in this survey is greatly valued and will contribute to the continuous enhancement of postgraduate research degree provision at Warwick.

Fill in the survey online before the 18th June and receive £5 Eating at Warwick Credit.

You'll also be in with the chance of winning an iPad Air from PAIS and £250 in Amazon vouchers in a university-wide draw.

For more information, and to fill in the survey, please see: warwick.ac.uk/ptes

PAIS academic Keith Hyams has been awarded the inaugural Marc Sanders Prize in Political Philosophy. This is a prestigious essay competition open to researchers within 15 years of completion of their PhD, run by the leading journal Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy. Keith will present his paper at the Oxford Studies workshop in Syracuse in September.

More details here: http://bit.ly/1F4tSxf&#8203

Congratulations to PAIS PhD candidate Lisa Soares, who has recently been informed by the Government of Jamaica that she is 2015's recipient of the Governor-General's Achievement Award for Diaspora (USA) in the 18-35 category. This award is given under the Governor-General's Programme for Excellence scheme.

The Governor-General's Jamaica Diaspora Award for Excellence was created in 2008 and forms part of the Governor-General's Achievement Awards Scheme Programme, which has been in existence since 1991. The award is presented biennially to Jamaicans living in the United Kingdom, USA or Canada, who have demonstrated active and significant service towards the development of their community of residence, and to the development of Jamaica.

The award will be officially conferred on June 16th in Jamaica.