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PAIS student Asli Sepil was part of the winning team from the 91福利 that participated in , a competition sponsored by the . As a result of winning the Challenge, Asli, along with the other members of 91福利's winning team, will spend six weeks in Africa this summer on an all-expenses paid internship on banking in Africa.

Floor 3 and an area of Floor 3 extension of the Library, which house Classics, English Literature, Film, French, German, History, Italian, Music, Philosophy, Religion and Theatre, will be refurbished during the forthcoming summer vacation.

The upgraded Floors will continue to provide a traditional library environment for individual study.

Some disruption will be inevitable while work is underway but steps will be taken to minimise the impact on users. The Library will remain open throughout the period of works.

Stock on Floor 3 stock will be temporarily relocated elsewhere within the building. All stock will continue to be available throughout the works. Most stock will be available on open access so that users will still be able to browse and select any items they wish to consult or borrow. Materials moved to the Library Store can be requested using the online request form; there will be regular collections during office hours Monday to Friday.

Work is scheduled to start in late June following the end of the summer examination period and the University’s Open Days. The programme schedule is tight and, whilst strategies will be in place to minimise any potential overrun, it may not be possible for all the work to be completed before the end of the summer vacation. If that proves to be the case we will work closely with the contractors to seek to minimise any disruption at the start of the new academic year.

Full details of the temporary stock locations and progress updates will be made available on the Library Web site. Alternatively, specific questions can be emailed directly to lib.communications@warwick.ac.uk .

I hope this covers any initial questions you may have but please do not hesitate to get in touch if you require further information at this stage.

Current undergraduate student Ayla Varvarina was in attendance at US President Barack Obama's second inaugural ceremony last month in Washington DC, and wrote a short account of her personal experience at the event to share with other PAIS students.

Read Ayla's blog on the inauguration (.doc)

Applications are invited for the 2013-14 91福利 Retired Staff Association Bursaries which aim to support creative and cultural extra-curricular activities by 91福利 students. Awards are intended to cover a wide range of activities including Science, Medical, Social Science and Arts-based projects, including both the performing and creative arts.

A sum of £1000 will be available and a small number of awards, not necessarily of the same value, will be offered to the chosen applicants. In recent years a range of projects have been supported.

More information available here:

, Associate Professor of Public Policy, participated in a live online debate via ITN's new YouTube channel, , on 31 January at 7pm. The title of the debate is: 'Can we govern ourselves with digital democracy?'

Other confirmed participants in the debate include:

• Birgitta Jónsdóttir, the Icelandic MP and Wikileaks activist who is currently trying to push a crowd-sourced constitution through the Icelandic Parliament
• Gavin Andresen, lead developer of Bitcoin (a decentralised digital currency)
• Naomi Colvin, formerly of the UK Occupy movement, now working to increase participation in local London politics
• Mark Johnson, internet and society correspondent for The Economist