Other News
Sir Robert Worcester to speak on elections
On Wednesday 11 January, Sir Robert Worcester, founder of , will be speaking on US and UK elections as part of the PAIS seminar series.
The seminar will take place in room S0.18 in the Social Sciences building at 4.00pm; refreshments will be available from 3.30.
Sir Robert is the chairman of the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary in 2015 Committee. He is also Visiting Professor of Government and a former Governor of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Honorary Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, where he is Chancellor, and Honorary Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick University.
EDGAR GRAHAM BOOK PRIZE 2012
The Department of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies invites submissions for the Edgar Graham Book Prize 2012.
This academic prize was established in 1984 to commemorate Edgar Graham who at the time of his death in 1983 had been Governor of the School for seven years. Edgar Graham's own book, The Modern Plantation in the Third World, was published posthumously by Croom Helm (1984). The prize of £1000 is awarded for a work of original scholarship on development in Asia and Africa.
Authored and co-authored books published between 2010 and 2012 are eligible for the Prize. Please submit 2 copies to the following address:
Brita Pouget, Prize Administrator
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh St. Russell Sq.
London WC1H 0XG
(bp@soas.ac.uk)
You may include reviews with your submission.
The closing date is July 1st, 2012.
Professor Naila Kabeer, Chair
Edgar Graham Book Prize
Wyn Grant appointed Chair of new Warwick Commission subject
Wyn Grant has been appointed as Chair of a new Warwick Commission on the subject of Elected Mayors and City Leadership. Further information is available on the announcement about the new Commission is available here.
Wyn has already begun to publicise the work of the Commission and it looks like it will attract considerable attention in the academic and policy spheres. More information will be available as the Commission gathers pace.
PAIS extends its congratulations to Wyn for being selected for this role. It is another reflection of Wyn’s standing as a scholar and continued dynamism post-retirement. It is also a reflection of the quality of PAIS in the third commission to be headed up by a member of the Department.
Attendance policy available online
The PAIS attendance monitoring points policy is now available online.
Students should familiarise themselves with this policy by accessing it through the relevant Handbook:
Staff may access the document as above; it is also posted on the Handbooks & Guidelines page of the Staff Intranet.
Nick Vaughan-Williams secures ESRC grant
Dear All,
Nick Vaughan-Williams has brought me news of success in obtaining an ESRC Small Grant.
The project is entitled 'Public Perceptions of Threat in Britain: Security in anAge of Austerity'. Nick obtained the funding Dan Steven at Exeter. It is 12 month project, funded at £99k, with a 50-50 split between Warwick and Exeter. Nick has given me a summary of the project which I have pasted below.
We should extend special congratulations to Nick as this is one of the last awards in this scheme before its closing down. Apparently this made the competition particularly tough this time.
I think Nick would also like to stress that he feels one of the contributory factors to the success was that the proposal was carefully scrutinised by the PAIS Research Committee beforehand, and this provided lots of constructive feedback on how to get the application in the best shape possible. So the process does really work.
Well done to Nick.
Chris Hughes
Head of Department