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Congratulations to all graduands receiving their degrees this week!

The Politics and International Studies ceremony takes place in the Butterworth Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, at 3pm on Tuesday July 15th, everyone needs to be seated by 2.30pm for the ceremony. Please click here to see the full schedule.

We are hosting a graduation reception before the ceremony, from 12pm-1.30pm, for our graduating students, guests and staff. Please come along and join us for canapés and a glass of sparkling wine or Pimms!

There will be a photographer taking photos of the event and our Head of Department, Chris Hughes, will be saying a few words of congratulations. The event is taking place in Chancellors Suite, Rootes Building.

Get involved and send us your photos

We'd love to hear from you all throughout the day too. Please send any memories of your time here in PAIS or photos of the day to us. You can do this on Twitter by mentioning us @PAISWarwick, tagging us in photos on Facebook or sending us an email.

You can also out what your fellow graduates are saying through the University's main Twitter account and join the conversation using the #warwickgrad hashtag.

Congratulations again and we hope you all have a fantastic graduation day!

Dr Trevor McCrisken, Associate Professor of US Politics and International Studies, has written an article on the recent findings of the BASIC Trident Commission for The Conversation.

Click here to read Dr McCrisken's article, titled 'Trident report just the start of the debate on UK nuclear future.'

Warwick-Monash Alliance seed funding of about £20,000 has been awarded to Profs Tom Sorell (PAIS, Warwick) and Michael Selgelid (Monash) to develop research projects on health security ethics. The collaboration will bring together Monash’s Centre for Human Bioethics and PAIS’s Interdisciplinary Ethics Research Group for meetings to work on the conceptualization of phenomena as diverse as terrorist attacks using biological agents and public health emergencies and the ethical risks they pose. Monash is working toward official recognition of their biomedical ethics centre by the World Health Organization (WHO). Eventually the collaboration may serve as a platform for research relevant to WHO that employs IERG’s growing expertise in security ethics and extends it into the health sciences.

Professor Christopher Hughes, Head of Department, was recently quoted in an article appearing on 1 July 2014 in Defense News entitled 'Japan Loosens Guidelines for Defensive Operations'. Below is an excerpt from the piece:

Japan military expert Christopher Hughes, a professor of international politics and Japanese studies at the University of Warwick, said the reinterpretation amounts to a “very important turning point for the start of radical change in Japan’s security policy.” He called the decision an important “breach” of the principle of Japan not getting involved in military conflict, that may lead to further changes in interpretation later.

On Thursday 26th June, the Warwick University Students' Union held the annual Societies Awards ceremony in the Butterworth Hall, honouring extra-curricular achievements throughout the year.

The Warwick PPE Society won the "Society of the Year" award, beating 250 other societies, including 30 fellow nominees.

Established in 2004, the Warwick PPE Society is a dynamic student run entity that hosts a range of events related to Philosophy, Politics and Economics. They aim to bring together anyone with an interest in the economic and social world around us into one diverse and active society.

They released the following statement to celebrate their victory: "We're massively proud to be able to announce that Warwick PPE has won the title of the best society at Warwick of 250 societies and 30 nominees. A huge thank you to all who have contributed and supported us in anything we've done. Founded 10 years ago and now officially the best on campus. We can't thank you enough - this award is for you!"

http://warwickppesociety.com/
https://www.warwicksu.com/societies/ppe/
https://www.facebook.com/WarwickPPESociety
https://twitter.com/WarwickPPE