PPE News and Events
Warwick PPE Student Finalist for Future Business Leader of the Year Award
Warwick PPE student Arman Uddin has been named as a finalist for the Future Business Leader of the Year in the TARGETJobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards.
Arman is one of ten undergraduates from across the UK who have made the top 10 for The Future Business Leader of the Year Award 2019 in partnership with Procter and Gamble. The winner will receive a summer internship or a full-time job with Procter and Gamble. In addition, they will also enjoy a trip to P&G’s European HQ in Switzerland, where they will meet European and global leaders.
Congratulations to Arman, and we wish him all the best for the final in the coming days!
World-leading economists to assemble at Warwick for annual conference
The University of Warwick Economics Department is this year’s host for the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference. The RES is one of the oldest economic associations in the world, founded in 1890 to promote the study of economic science.
Warwick Team Wins National Economics Debating Competition Two Years In A Row
On the 28th February, the team of Ashish Ramuni (PPE), Jeremy Chen (Economics), Greg Tucker (Economics) and Shermeen Saud (PPE) won The Economics Debate, organised by UCL and the Institute of Economic Affairs. Debating in favour of the motion that “Open borders do not add sufficient value to the economy” in the main chamber at City Hall in London, Warwick beat the UCL team in the Grand Final to remain champions for the second year in a row. The team impressed a panel of judges composing of Dr Steven Davies, Head of Education at the IEA, Dr Helen Jenkins, Managing Partner at Oxera, and Dr Douglas Lippoldt, Chief Trade Economist at HSBC.
Expert Comment: Brexit: Is May running out of time?
Professor Abhinay Muthoo from the department of Economics at the University of Warwick, the Dean of Warwick in London and Co-Director of the Warwick Policy Lab comments on Brexit. As Brexit backstop talks resume, can May secure the changes she wants with time running out?
Warwick experts explore what economic policy should look like after Brexit
Opinion formers and policy experts welcomed Which way now? Economic policy after a decade of upheaval, a new report from the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), launched on 12 February 2019 with a panel debate at the University of Warwick.