2014/15 Inaugural Lecture

Monday 20th October: Gerard Lyons

The Consolations of Economics: How We Will All Benefit from the New World Order

7:00 pm, Mathematics and Statistics, MS.02

Dr Gerard Lyons is one of the most accessible and successful macroeconomic analysts and forecasters, having been Chief Economist and Group Head of Global Research at Standard Chartered and now currently the Mayor of London’s Chief Economic Advisor. Speaking regularly at events such as the World Economic Forum in Davos, Gerard is a respected figure in UK, European, US and particularly emerging market economic policy debates, having been named as one of the most influential analysts of the global economy by The Times Newspaper.

Gerard Lyons was one of only two UK economists to predict an imminent recession in August 2008, forecasting a fall of 1.6 per cent against the consensus of a 0.9 per cent rise. Now, with the effects of the global financial crisis still ringing, he is one of the most upbeat forecasters for global growth, as outlined in his recent book The Consolations of Economics. In this inaugural lecture to kick off the PPE Speaker Series for the new academic year, Gerard will argue that it’s not a problem that the West’s share of the economic cake will reduce – because that cake is about to get much, much bigger.

Come along to MS.02 on the 20th October to see if you agree! Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Free pizza and refreshments will be provided at the reception immediately after the talk, as well as an opportunity to buy The Consolations of Economics and have it personally signed by Gerard.

Hitesh Pankhania is about to undertake a yearlong cycling journey, raising money for the children’s and young people’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent.

Hitesh, along with his cousin Vivek Jadav, will be cycling from Indonesia to London and covering approximately 14,000 miles as part of their ‘The World on Wheels’ charity cycle.

During his time at The University of Warwick, Hitesh studied Politics Philosophy and Economics and said that he “had a great time, but think it’s time to do something a little different before entering the world of work.”

Upon hearing of the fundraising endeavour, Professor Abhinay Muthoo, Head of Department of Economics and Co-director of Warwick Policy Lab said “I am so very impressed by the effort involved in this fantastic fundraising task and what an experience Hitesh will have. Good luck to the both of them and the Department and I will be following their progress.”

If you would like to support both Hitesh and Vivek and help raise money for CLIC Sargent, please visit their JustGiving fundraising page.

You can also keep up to date with their progress by visiting the The World on Wheels website and following them on Twitter and Facebook.

Congratulations to everyone graduating from PPE on Saturday 19th July 2014!

Graduation will take place at 3pm in Butterworth Hall.

The Department of Economics will also be holding a Graduation Reception including PPE students, which will take place after the degree ceremony at 5pm in the Rootes Learning Grid for graduands and their guests. Here we will be holding a prize-giving ceremony, as well as enjoying drinks, nibbles and music.

If you are graduating on Saturday and have not already done so, please register your attendance at our Graduation Reception here.

Congratulations to the winners of this year's PPE Examiners' Prizes on their outstanding academic achievements:

Final Year - Steven Wood

Second Year - Elettra Ardissino and Virginia Minni

CONGRATULATIONS to the PPE Society for winning Society of the Year at this year's Warwick SocsAwards 2014.

On Thursday 26th June, the Warwick University Students' Union held the annual Societies Awards ceremony in the Butterworth Hall, honouring extra-curricular achievements throughout the year.

The Warwick PPE Society won the "Society of the Year" award, beating 250 other societies, including 30 fellow nominees.

Established in 2004, the Warwick PPE Society is a dynamic student run entity that hosts a range of events related to Philosophy, Politics and Economics. They aim to bring together anyone with an interest in the economic and social world around us into one diverse and active society.

They released the following statement to celebrate their victory: "We're massively proud to be able to announce that Warwick PPE has won the title of the best society at Warwick of 250 societies and 30 nominees. A huge thank you to all who have contributed and supported us in anything we've done. Founded 10 years ago and now officially the best on campus. We can't thank you enough - this award is for you!"

Thank you to the 2013-14 Exec team for all their hard work:

President - James Elliott

Vice-President and Treasurer - Sean Markowicz

Head Talks Coordinator - Lewis Gudgeon

Forum Coordinator - Ollie May

Secretary - Pascale Dorey

Events Secretary - Laura Jeffery

Social Secretary - Johnny Kho

Tour Secretary - Jon Hiscock

Marketing and Communications Secretary - Luisa Cerca

Charity Secretary - Edward Woodford