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Two PPE Graduates Win OSCAs

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 11:17:57 GMT

We are delighted to announce that two 2023 PPE graduates have won Outstanding Student Contribution Awards (OSCAs) at this year’s graduation ceremony.

The OSCAs recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of Warwick's students. They not only excel academically, but also find the time to campaign for good causes, fundraise, start small business, and work with local charities.

Find out more about the work Bethan Smith and Kieran Barry won their OSCAs for.

PPE Graduate Success in the Global Undergraduate Awards 2021

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:14:28 GMT

We are delighted to announce that a PPE graduate was the Global Winner in the Economics category at the Global Undergraduate Summit.

The Global Undergraduate Awards is an international academic awards programme that recognises originality, innovation, and excellence at the undergraduate level. The Economics category was won by Warwick PPE graduate Beatriz Sasse.

Beatriz’s submission was her dissertation on “The limited impact of a drinking-and-driving law reform on traffic accident hospitalisations: quasi-experimental evidence from Brazil”. Her supervisor was Professor Kobi Glazer who is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Warwick.

Warwick PPE Graduate Receives Student Social Mobility Award

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 09:33:34 GMT

Warwick PPE graduate Vikram Khosla received an upReach Ten award at the 2020/21 Student Social Mobility Awards.

The upReach Ten are the ten students across the whole of the UK who, in the opinion of the judges, were most likely to achieve outstanding personal or career success.

Commenting on his award, Vikram said:

“It was a complete surprise to me! I’d been shortlisted for two of the other awards which I didn’t win on the day. Then at the end they announced the upReach Ten awards and I was delighted to receive this one as it encapsulates both my volunteering and mentoring work and my commitment to doing well in my own career.”

Congratulations to Vikram!

Warwick PPE win SSLC of the Year

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:22:00 GMT

We are delighted to announce that the PPE Staff Student Liaison Committee won ‘SSLC of the year’ at the Student Voice and Impact Awards last week.

The awards aim to recognise and celebrate students who advocate and create change for the student experience. Warwick SU praised the PPE SSLC for the work they consistently do to represent the voices of students, especially those of joint honours students, despite the additional challenges they have faced this year due to the pandemic. The Students Union recognised how incredibly hard the SSLC have worked to maintain a strong online presence, which is down to the dedicated and passionate committee.

We are incredibly proud of the SSLC and all their hard work. Congratulations to everyone involved!

See the winners and watch the livestream recordings here!

PPE Student wins OSCA

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 09:26:53 GMT

Congratulations to Mads Hoefer on his Outstanding Student Contribution Award (OSCA) win.

Mads has been part of the student-led society Enactus. In his final year at Warwick, Mads took charge of Enactus as Vice President, making it the most entrepreneurial society of the year 2019 across all societies within the United Kingdom, awarded by Bright Network UK.

He started his own venture to solve a problem close to his heart, animal extinction. Animals Move sells sustainable t-shirts of which every single one helps to save a species from extinction, namely the black rhino, sea turtle and sloth. To progress this endeavour, Mads built international partnerships with local organisations in South America, Australia and Africa, selling shirts in over 10 countries.

Find out more about the other OSCA 2020 winners.

PPE Graduation 2019

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:56:00 GMT

Congratulations to all our Final Year PPE students who graduated from the University on Thursday 18 July 2019. Before their Graduation ceremony graduates, along with their family and friends, were invited to join academic and administrative staff from PPE to celebrate their graduation success and achievements for a celebratory lunch, drinks and prize-giving in Panorama, Rootes Building.

Warwick Team Wins National Economics Debating Competition Two Years In A Row

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:10:00 GMT

On the 28th February, the team of Ashish Ramuni (PPE), Jeremy Chen (Economics), Greg Tucker (Economics) and Shermeen Saud (PPE) won The Economics Debate, organised by UCL and the Institute of Economic Affairs. Debating in favour of the motion that “Open borders do not add sufficient value to the economy” in the main chamber at City Hall in London, Warwick beat the UCL team in the Grand Final to remain champions for the second year in a row. The team impressed a panel of judges composing of Dr Steven Davies, Head of Education at the IEA, Dr Helen Jenkins, Managing Partner at Oxera, and Dr Douglas Lippoldt, Chief Trade Economist at HSBC.

PPE Student Reaches IAES Competition 'Best Undergraduate Paper' Final

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:58:00 GMT

Congratulations to PPE finalist Paul Noller who was one of four finalists at this year's International Atlantic Economic Society’s 14th annual Best Undergraduate Paper Competition (IAES).

The International Atlantic Economic Society invites students from across the globe to compete in the IAES annual Best Undergraduate Paper Award (BUPA) competition. The competition recognises and rewards outstanding research conducted by undergraduate students. Each year, four finalists are selected to present their research in person.

Paul presented on Evaluating the Credibility of the European Bank Bail-in Commitment and has been invited to have a 800 word abstract of his paper published in the Atlantic Economic Journal.

Speaking about his experience to Warwick Economics, Paul said:

Attending and presenting my research at the IAES conference was a most rewarding and fascinating experience. Moreover, having my paper published in the Atlantic Economic Journal is my greatest academic achievement so far, which I hope will be a road towards having a genuine impact on the literature in my field. My gratitude goes to the IAES for considering my work worthy of such a distinct audience and the Warwick Economics department for their unwavering support of my project and application to the IAES.

Outstanding Student Contribution Award to PPE student Volunteer

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 09:48:00 GMT

Congratulations to Philosophy, Politics and Economics student Hasan Suida who was awarded with the University’s Outstanding Student Contribution Award (OSCA) at his graduation.

Summer Graduation 2018

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 09:29:00 GMT

A huge congratulations to all of our finalists graduating on 24th July 2018. Their success will be celebrated in Warwick Arts Centre with a celbratory lunch for friends and family in Chancellor's after the event.

Prize Winners

A number of students will receive award in recognition of their work:

Examiner's Prize (2017/18):

Tamay Besiroglu (Best Performance in Research in Applied Economics)
Hamza Ebrahim (PPE Programme Prize)
Tamás Hontvári (PPE Programme Prize)
Avani Lal (PPE Programme Prize)
Mateusz Ja Maksymiuk (Best Performance in Research in Applied Economics, PPE Programme Prize)
Amy Siriyatorn (PPE Programme Prize)
Lizzie Stubbs (The Peggy Ford Memorial Prize)

PPE Photo on Graduation Day

A class photo will be taken straight after the ceremony on the Piazza. You can view examples and order from Penguin Photography.