Thank you to all of our students, recent graduates, and academic and administrative colleagues for our excellent results in the 2016 National Student Survey (NSS).

Every year finalists complete the NSS across the UK and it is a key component of league tables published in the media.

We are delighted to announce that in the 2016 NSS we have achieved an overall satisfaction rating of 92 per cent, above the sector average and an increase of 9 per cent. All contributing departments also scored highly, with PAIS topping the University and the Russell group tables for overall student satisfaction. Warwick as a whole has risen by 1 per cent to 88 per cent.

We are looking forward to working with our great team of staff and students to further enhance the PPE student experience and to discuss results in detail at our Student Staff Liaison Committees.

To all of our current and incoming students: have a great rest of summer and see you in October for the start of what promises to be an exciting year.

Philosophy pre-registration will open after the module fair on Tuesday 10th May 2016 and will close on Friday 27th May 2016. Please follow the link to register your choice of Philosophy modules: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/undergraduate/modules/2016-17

Economics pre-registration will open on Thursday 5th May 2016 and will close on Friday 27th May 2016. Please follow the link to register your choice of Economics modules: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/current/ug/resources/modules/registration

Thank you to all the finalists who have given their feedback on their PPE degree. We are so happy you are letting us know what is best about the degree and how we can work together to ensure its continued development.

To celebrate meeting our targets for response rate, we have given out 4 prizes, an iPad Air 2 and 3 £50 iTunes vouchers.

Congratulations to our winners: Joshua Abey, Harry Amos, Rosalind Mulley and Julien Wond Ten Yuen.

The Departments of Economics, PaIS and Philosophy will be holding their options/modules fairs in the coming weeks. The dates are as listed:

PaIS module fair: Wednesday 2nd March 2016 in PaIS Common Room
2nd Year modules 1.00 - 3.00 pm
3rd Year modules 3.00 - 5.00 pm

Philosophy module fair:
Tuesday 10th May 2016 at 2.00 - 4.00 pm in H0.52

Congratulations to Tobias Nowacki, final-year BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics student who has been Highly Commended in The Undergraduate Awards and therefore identified as an outstanding academic at the international level.

This year, the Awards received 5,117 submissions from students in 255 universities across 39 countries.

Tobias's paper "Why do some countries democratise while others do not? A comparison of Poland and Hungary" was in the top 10% of submissions in the Politics and International Relations Category, as assessed by a panel of academics from around the world.