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Oz Hassan has been credited in the oscar nominated, and Sundance Award winning, documentary "The Square" due to his kickstarter support for the documentary.

Directed by Jehane Noujaim (Control Room, Startup.com, Rafea: Solar Mama), the documentary looks at the Egyptian Revolution over a two and a half year period by giving an immersive and on the ground view of events. It transports the viewer into a deeply emotional dramaand personal stories behind the news. It is the inspirational story of young people claiming their rights, struggling through multiple forces, in the fight to create a society of conscience.

The Square is now available on Netflix.

Website: http://thesquarefilm.com

The Ethics of Cyber-Activism Workshop is to be held with the support of the Department of Politics and International Studies and the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Warwick on the 21st February in the DigiLab on the University of Warwick Campus.

Topics to be addressed:

• How best can we define Cyber-activism and relate it to other uses of the web?
• What are the ethical implications of Cyber-activism, and how do these differ from the implications of other forms of political activism?
• In what respects is Cyber-activism a new way of participating in the political and social life of contemporary societies?

For further information, please see the website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/ierg/cyberethics or contact Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo (M.Taddeo@warwick.ac.uk)

If you would like to attend this workshop, please email Mrs. Shona Parsons s.m.parsons@warwick.ac.uk

Would you like to be involved with your student newspaper? The Boar's News section is recruiting new writers to join the team, reporting on all events from Varsity 2014 to the SU elections. Please email news@theboar.org to get involved!

A Journal Article Writing Skills (JAWS) Workshop for PHD students takes place on 23rd May 2014.

This workshop is open to PAIS PhD students who have passed the 1st year annual review, and is an opportunity to present a fully-developed draft paper for journal publication and receive detailed feedback and advice from experienced reviewers.

The JAWS Workshop will be of particular interest to doctoral researchers preparing their first journal article submission.

Places on the workshop are limited, and paper abstracts that do not meet a sufficient standard of academic quality will not be accepted.

Participants must be able to deliver a fully developed draft paper of 8,000-10,000 words by Friday 2nd May 2014.

Papers must be written and formatted for article submission, not cut-and-pasted from a thesis chapter.

Please apply to participate in the workshop by e-mailing André Broome by 5.00pm on Friday 31st January 2014.

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE:

(1) Paper title; (2) 100-word author biography; (3) 300-word abstract

Please click here to view the call for papers

Professor Wyn Grant of PAIS has recently featured in a Warwick Knowledge Centre article on the 'Westminster Bubble.'

"It’s often argued that politicians are disconnected from society because they spend most of their time at Westminster. But is the ‘Westminster Bubble’, or the ‘Westminster village’ as it is sometimes referred to, merely a case of politicians occasionally falling out of touch with voter concerns? Or could it actually be damaging to British politics and society as whole? Professors Wyn Grant and Chris Warhurst offer their perspectives."

To view the article, please follow this link to the Knowledge Centre website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/culture/is-the-westminster-bubble-detrimental-to-british-politics