The Warwick Economics Department is delighted to announce that three of our PhD students have been awarded One-Year Junior Fellowships from the Royal Economic Society.

Warwick Business School now has more Academic Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) than any other business school in the UK.

More than 100 students attended the Warwick Institute of Education’s first postgraduate student conference.

Professor Bob Jackson has become only the 12^threcipient of the prestigious William Rainey Harper Award from the Religious Education Association.

Global University Summit 2013, hosted by the University of Warwick in London, is due to take place on 28-30 May. Confirmed speakers at the Summit include Sir Richard Lambert, Professor Lord Robert Skidelsky and Sir Michael Barber.

The University of Warwick will host the first UK International Baccalaureate World Student Conference in August 2013, entitled Utopian Visions: employing the Arts for Social and Political Change. This will be an exciting and stimulating opportunity for students to explore how music, dance, theatre, film, the visual arts, performance and media can be used to commentate on, understand and challenge society and politics. Students will also be able to explore how learning and knowledge can be accessed and improved through creative activity.

Applications are now open for two part-time PhD research scholarships in the area of gifted education, offered by the International Gateway for Gifted Youth (IGGY) and Warwick Institute of Education (WIE).

The Big Lottery is funding Addaction and its research partner, the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) at the University of Warwick, to conduct a research project, Breaking the Cycle Through Social Investment.

Community takes the centre-stage on Sunday 24 June as the Warwick Student Arts Festival (WSAF) 2012 opens with collaborative works, bringing the local areas of Coventry and Leamington together with the student body through performance, competition and family-friendly entertainment.

A national event is being held at the University of Warwick later this month to mark the 10 year anniversary of its Early Years Foundation Degree.

Researchers from the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) and Warwick Medical School have been commissioned to evaluate a new trial of free parenting classes in the UK.

Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced that the proposed Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) Academy for Young Engineers has been approved under the government’s academies programme.