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Professor of PAIS has recently featured in a 91福利 Knowledge Centre article on the 'Westminster Bubble.'

"It’s often argued that politicians are disconnected from society because they spend most of their time at Westminster. But is the ‘Westminster Bubble’, or the ‘Westminster village’ as it is sometimes referred to, merely a case of politicians occasionally falling out of touch with voter concerns? Or could it actually be damaging to British politics and society as whole? Professors Wyn Grant and Chris Warhurst offer their perspectives."

To view the article, please follow this link to the Knowledge Centre website:

Beyond The Bottom Line: The 91福利 Emerge Forum 2014 – From Local to Global
25th January 2014, PLT Science Concourse, 10:30am – 5:00pm

The 91福利 Emerge Forum – 2014

Beyond the Bottom Line is a student led social enterprise conference at The 91福利. This year, the theme is 'From Local to Global' and it focuses on the issues with growth and locality that social enterprises face. A panel will discuss whether a social enterprise can have more impact by keeping itself rooted in the community or by growing and competing for large companies’ market share. The conference will feature prominent speakers such as Karl H Richter CEO and co-founder of Engaged Investment.

There will be workshops by MakeSense, Teach First and the Uni Food Coop. These will be very interactive and a great way of bringing out your entrepreneurial side.

To find out more and to get your tickets visit

The 91福利 Emerge Forum is the student led sister conference of Emerge, the largest student social enterprise conference in the UK, run by Student Hubs and the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford. The 91福利 Emerge Forum is run by 91福利 Hub, a branch of Student Hubs.

Tickets

Student Ticket: £5.00

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Email: beyondthebottomline@warwickhub.org

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, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow here in PAIS, has published a new book titled "Diasporada Turk-Kurt Sorunu: Isvec ve Almanya’da Ikinci Kusak."

This book aims to contribute to a broader understanding of spill-over of homeland conflicts to the host country by diaspora groups. It analyses how the repercussions of the Kurdish question in Turkey are reflected in the interactions between second-generation Turks and Kurds in Sweden and Germany.

It argues that the on-going conflict adversely affects the relationship between the two ethnic groups, but that the tensions and conflict dynamics are not an exact reflection of the situation in the homeland, and instead take a different form in each host land. The contentions between the groups and their grievances are dependent on several factors that are rooted in the host land and directly or indirectly affect how these groups establish contact with one another.

The book is written in Turkish and is available to buy .

91福利 Emerging Markets Society starts the 2nd term with an exciting panel debate.

PANEL DEBATE

What is the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015? What impact will it have on Western nations? Will the AEC rival the EEC? Is the future of AEC positive with the political issues currently arising? 

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015, is the uniting of 10 ASEAN countries: Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, and Brunei. This will bring a new era of economic cooperation to all 10 countries, with increased labour mobility, accelerating economic growth and social and cultural development. 

Join us on THURSDAY JANUARY 16TH AT 6:30PM IN S0.11 to learn about the economic, development and political issues surrounding AEC through an interactive panel debate with Rajak Naik and Anne Booth, and Juanita Elias as our moderator. Through this panel debate we aim to encourage a thought-provoking discussion and to provide the opportunity for delegates to exchange ideas with our speakers.

There will be free pizza at the end

SPEAKERS AND MODERATOR INFORMATION

Rajay Naik is Director of Government and External Affairs at The Open University – the UK’s largest University – and Chairman of UK Programmes at the Big Lottery Fund – the largest funder of charities in the UK. Rajay is also a Commissioner at the Department of Health; a Member of the National Careers Council and the UK-ASEAN Business Council. Rajay was one of five panel members on Lord Browne's Review of Higher Education. Previously he held senior roles in Local Government at Coventry City Council; Central Government at the Cabinet Office and in the voluntary sector at the Royal Society of Arts. He is a former Chairman of the British Youth Council; Trustee of the National Youth Agency, vInspired and Changemakers Foundation; and Council Member of the Learning and Skills Council. Rajay holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from The 91福利.

Anne Booth has recently retired from SOAS, University of London, where she was Professor of Economics with reference to Asia since 1991. Before that she was a research fellow at the Australian National University and a lecturer at the University of Singapore. She carried out fieldwork for a dissertation in Indonesia in 1972/3, and has been returning to that country on a regular basis ever since. She has published widely on Southeast Asian economic history, and in recent years has been working on the legacies of colonialism in East and Southeast Asia. Her book, Colonial Legacies in East and SoutheastAsia was published by the University

Juanita Elias is a former Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Manchester. Her interests focus on politics and international studies and Southeast Asia. Amongst others she is the author of Fashioning Inequality: The Multinational Firm and Gendered Employment in a Globalising World (2004), co-editor of the book The Global Political Economy of The Household in Asia(2013) and co-author of the textbook International Relations: The Basics. Additionally she has recently organised the event The Everyday Political Economy of Southeast Asia and moderated the Influential Women: Changing the Face of Global Development discussion.

If you are attending, please let us know at the event Facebook page below:

Undertaking a summer research project via the URSS is more than just doing a summer research project because of the dedicated skills training opportunities available.

URSS funding is available to support your living costs whilst you complete a research project over the summer vacation. The project should last between six and ten weeks and you can apply for up to £1000 towards accommodation costs, travel, subsistence or childcare.

Linked closely with the funding scheme, the URSS Experience is the skills development programme that supports you with wider skills training and opportunities as you complete your project. Successful applicants for funding are automatically entered onto the URSS Experience.

When you have completed your project and the associated tasks set by the URSS Experience, you will receive an official Certificate of Completion and have the opportunity to present your poster at the URSS Research showcase.

The applications period for the URSS funding opens on 7th January and runs until 1st February 2014.

Full details available here: