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The University of Warwick’s contribution to Universities Week at the National History Museum is a research project from PAIS' Professor Richard Aldrich and Dr Chris Moran. The discussion is about the Future of Intelligence and Intelligence Agencies.

This is an opportunity to explore a hot topic in the news and understand the implications for our everyday lives. The project includes interaction with artifacts from the real and fictional world of intelligence, borrowed from the International Spy Museum in DC, as well as video and audio recordings with real spies, including Tony Mendez of ‘Argo’ fame. And an opportunity to explore important societal questions with two leading and well-published experts on British and American intelligence.

It will be one of 3 projects featured at the Natural History Museum (Darwin Centre) on the evening of Wednesday 11 June (6-10pm), during a Researchers’ Café – a drop-in café environment where visitors will be encouraged to have a drink and join university researchers to discuss some of the burning social issues of our time.

This event is part of a week of activity from 9–13 June at the Natural History Museum, and throughout the country from 9–15 June. Find out more information about Universities Week 2014 online.

PAIS are delighted that we have moved up from 8th to 7th in the latest Guardian League Table. This is a reflection of all the hard work of our brilliant students and staff as we strive to improve our teaching and the overall student experience.

Thank you to everyone for all your help and support. We have achieved excellence across a range of indicators. In particular, we have gained high scores on 'spend per student' and 'value added' (comparing students' individual degree results with their entry requirements, to show how our students have worked to progress and how effective our teaching is).

We also remain one of the leaders in the Russell Group in terms of employability. Our strategic ambition, as the ever stronger reputation of our research and teaching continues to influence the league tables over the next few years, is to maintain our position as a Top 5 Politics department in the UK and internationally.

The department achieved an 87% response rate in The National Student Survey (NSS) - our highest ever total! We also achieved the fourth highest response rate in the University.

Many thanks to all our finalists who took the time to complete the survey!

All students are asked to participate in the Student Barometer summer wave 2014, a global survey of student experience run by the independent research organisation, i-graduate.

The survey takes just 10 minutes to complete, giving you the opportunity to have your say and be in with a chance of winning a £1,000 cash prize or one of five £100 Amazon vouchers in a free prize draw.

You will receive an email to your Warwick email account from the Vice-Chancellor inviting you to take part.

The deadline for completing the survey is Friday 27 June 2014. Your response will shape the student experience at Warwick for years to come by helping the University to:

• Understand your needs better
• Tailor what is delivered to meet your needs
• Evaluate any changes that have been made to check that student needs have been met

For further information: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/news/intnews2/student_barometer_2014

Professor Shaun Breslin's article "Why Russia and China are united by more than pipeline politics" has been published on Euractiv.com

Professor Breslin argues the recent multi-billion euro deal to pipe gas from Russia to China signals shifting geopolitical and climate hedge bets more than it does a new anti-Western alliance.

To view the article, please click the link below:

http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/why-russia-and-china-are-united-more-pipeline-politics-302525