Today, Warwick Business School’s Industrial Relations Research Unit will play host to a high-level round table discussion on the controversial draft, Information and Consultation of Employees Regulation at the request of the Department for Trade and Industry.

There's a perception that universities are being run by a combination of internal administrators and the government and I think there's some evidence to justify that perception. If it's to be believed that academics should be involved in university management, then getting younger ones involved seems to be a good start.

I believe that the members of the present Cabinet, like the Conservatives before them, do not understand what universities are for. They want useful universities — ones that are practical, efficient, and focused on business needs.

The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) scored full marks of 24 out of 24 in its subject review in the last week of the Autumn term. PAIS, which had the doubtful honour of being the final department at Warwick to be assessed under the current method of Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) subject review, became the seventh subject at the University to achieve a maximum score across all of the six aspects of provision.