I chose to study PPE at Warwick because of the international reputation of each department in its own right and the specific efforts made to integrate these approaches, the Warwick “Bridge Model”. Unlike other PPE courses, Warwick’s PPE programme focuses on the link between the three subjects, especially through the final year interdisciplinary PPE modules and the option to write a PPE dissertation. Furthermore, Warwick offers different PPE pathways and the possibility to specialise, this degree can lead to either a BA or a BSc.

Although a campus university, Warwick is only a quick bus ride away from Coventry and Leamington Spa, where most students end up living after first year. There is a strong community spirit, and students have access to many shops, restaurants, pubs and clubs.

With so many societies and sports clubs, Warwick offers hundreds of opportunities to get involved and meet people. Being involved in the PPE Society has definitely been a highlight of my university career. It has taught me invaluable skills but has also been an opportunity to form long-lasting friendships with other members. The society organises many different events throughout the year, from our Speaker series to socials to careers and networking events. What’s more, we also support academic learning with a mentoring scheme, revision classes and online module reviews.

To sum up, I would recommend Warwick PPE to anyone who wants to learn more about those three ever-relevant subjects, in a vibrant and exciting environment.

Join us to celebrate 10 years of PPE at Warwick.

Monday 20^th April 2015, 6pm

PLT, Science Concourse, University of Warwick

To celebrate, the PPE programme and the PPE Society will be hosting speakers from civil service, finance, banking, business, academia and politics who will be offering their perspectives on their degree and where it has taken them.

We hope that you will join us to find out where the programme and its alumni are now and share your interest in PPE with offer holders, current students, alumni and staff.

The National Student Survey (NSS) 2015 is now open for final year undergraduate students to have their say on their teaching and learning experience during their time at University. The NSS is the primary measure of the satisfaction of finalist students in the UK and the results are published nationally so that performance in teaching and learning can be evaluated and compared across university departments and programmes.

The survey gives students the opportunity to reflect on their experiences over their time at Warwick and to score the Programme and University against a number of criteria. The NSS closes on Thursday 30 April 2015.

Here are some of the ways in how we have acted on NSS and other feedback: Understand what our students value in their teaching and learning experiences

- Improving speed at which your assessment feedback is returned, within the University 20-day deadline

- Improvements to the system for monitoring the quality of assessment feedback provided to you

- Introducing a more comprehensive induction programme to support studetn through those key first days and weeks.

Make your voice heard!

The PPE Programme wants to hear from as many students as possible; last year the response rate of Warwick PPE students was 74%. This year, we are keen to exceed this to ensure the final views expressed through the survey are representative.

Complete the National Student Survey now

This year, if together with Economics achieve 75%, all final year students will be entered into a prize draw to win one of 8 Summer Party tickets, and if we exceed 83% all of the final year students will be entered into a prize draw to win one of 4 iPads. This is in addition to the central University scheme whereby all students completing the NSS will be eligible for a £5 voucher for Warwick Food and Drink.

Monday 2^nd March: Christian List

’Free Will in a Deterministic World?

7:00 pm, Social Sciences , S0.13

Warwick PPE Society, in association with Warwick Philosophy Society is proud to announce Christian List, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, will be speaking on his latest published research.

Science, especially the idea that everything in the universe is physically determined, is often thought to challenge the notion that we, humans, have free will and are capable of choosing our own actions. The aim of this talk is to argue that there is room for free will in a world governed by the laws of physics.

Christian List’s interests are very broad, contributing in areas from social choice theory to philosophy of mind, and he is a Fellow of the British Academy.

The talk will be based on Christian’s paper Free Will, Determinism and the Possibility of Doing Otherwise, recently published in the Nous journal.

Not only highly relevant to numerous modules such as Ideas of Freedom, this promises to be one of the most thought-provoking talks of the year, coming from one of the most interdisciplinary minds at the cutting edge of global research!

We would like to congratulate all three departments from PPE for their excellent results in the REF 2014.

The recent national research evaluation exercise (the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, REF placed all three PPE Departments among the top Departments in the UK. The Department of Philosophy was rated 1^st in the UK for research output, the Department of Political and International Studies ranked 1^st for Research Environment, and the Department of Economics had 96% of its research rated World Leading or Internationally Excellent.