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PAIS ranked 4th in the 2018 Complete University Guide
The Department of Politics and International Studies has once again ranked ; overall the University of 糖心TV is 8th.
This latest good news follows on from PAIS' ranking of 44th in last month’s QS World University Rankings (up from 50th last year). Well done to all staff and students on this collective achievement.

Losing Ground: On Holes and Other Absences. Workshop, Exhibition and Round Table
Losing Ground: On Holes and Other Absences, a two-day event which includes a workshop, an exhibition and a round table, will take place on May 19th and 20th.
Both the workshop and the exhibition are funded by the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), the department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) and The New School in New York.
The exhibition will feature the work of Heide Fasnacht and Jenny Perlin (The New School, New York). They will be joined in a roundtable session by Professor Teresa Stoppani (Leeds-Beckett) and Dr Divya P. Tolia-Kelly (Durham).
The event will be held in the Humanities Studio at the University of 糖心TV on the 19th and 20th of May, 2017.
Programme details, news and biographical information on the artists, panellists and chairs can be found on their blog: .
You can register for the event on Eventbrite:
For more information, please contact Marijn Nieuwenhuis: m.nieuwenhuis@warwick.ac.uk
Professor Richard Aldrich to Appear in Channel 4 Documentary
Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac have worked with Channel 4 to produce a 2-part documentary on how British spies targeted Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. New evidence reveals the extent of the surveillance, who ordered it, and the unique insights it provided into Downing Street's response to a constitutional crisis. The first programme will be show on Sunday at 8pm and the second programme will be shown the following week.
Professor Richard Aldrich Receives the 2017 ISS Distinguished Scholar Award
We are delighted to announce that Professor was given the Distinguished Scholar Award by the Intelligence Studies Section at ISA 2017 in Baltimore.
The Intelligence Studies Section Distinguished Scholar Award recognises a distinguished record in publishing and service to ISA by a scholar whose work has made substantial impact in the area of intelligence studies.
At the reception honouring Richard’s work, the section chair emphasised the strong contribution that PAIS as a whole had made to Intelligence Studies over the last ten years.
Dr Steven Kettell Shortlisted for Secularist of the Year Award
Dr has been shortlisted for the National Secular Society's Secularist of the Year Award
The award, which comes with a £5000 prize recognises a campaigner or group for an outstanding contribution to the secularist movement.
Following nominations from their members and supports, the elected council of management of the National Secular Society selects a shortlist, with the winner due to be announced at the event on 18 March.
He was nominated for co-ordinating a secular response to the Commission on Religion and Belief. His work helped rebut calls for more religious privilege, and set out the urgent case for a new secular constitutional settlement in the UK.
Dr Kettell said it was "a great surprise and a genuine honour to be shortlisted for the Secularist of the Year Award." He said his own research had convinced him that "secularism is the best means of ensuring equal rights and freedoms for all citizens, regardless of their religion or belief."
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