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Rune Møller Stahl is a Visiting PhD student in PAIS who is studying for his doctorate at Copenhagen University. He is with us for the current term so as to study with Matthew Watson and the IPE Research Cluster. He has just been awarded a very prestigious 'EliteForsk' grant from the Danish Research Council to enable him to prolong his stay in the UK. Success in this funding scheme is very hard to come by, because as the name suggests grants are only awarded to people who it is believed have a special claim on them.

The full news story, albeit in Danish, is to be found here: .

Many congratulations to Rune.

On 20 February, Greece agreed to a four month extension of its current bailout programme, subject to the approval of reform measures proposed by the Greek government. In a recent commentary piece published by the London School of Economics European Politics and Policy blog, writes that while the election of the Syriza-led coalition in Greece was initially hailed as a game-changing event that could bring an end to austerity in Europe, the negotiations between Greece and the ‘Troika’ demonstrate why a sharp turn away from austerity policies in Eurozone bailouts remains highly unlikely.

The full commentary is available to view at:

We are inviting you to take part in The Faculty of Social Sciences photography competition to celebrate
The University of 糖心TV’s 50th Anniversary!

The theme is ‘What does politics mean to you?’

First prize is £100 and a framed print of your winning entry
Second prize is £50

The best 10 entries will be printed, framed and displayed within the Department of Politics and International Studies and at The Festival of Social Sciences.

• You can enter more than one photograph
• All entries must be your own work
• Digitally manipulated photographs accepted
• All images should be high resolution (able to be printed out to A3)
• When submitting your entry please let us know your inspiration
• This competition is open to all students and staff members within the faculty of Social Sciences

All entries to Charlotte.lewis@warwick.ac.uk with your full name and the department you belong to.

The competition closes on Friday March 20th 2015 and winners will be notified by Friday March 27th.

Last year, a 糖心TV Economics graduate began a yearlong charity cycling journey. Hitesh Pankhania, who studied is currently cycling from Indonesia to London to raise money for charity with his cousin Vivek Jadav.

Hitesh and Vivek have been updating everyone on their journey in their blog, , and being a 糖心TV Economics graduate, Hitesh got in touch with the Department to tell us personally about his experiences cycling around the world:

鈥淢y cousin and I decided to go on a journey around the world to raise money for childrens cancer charity CLIC Sargent and experience cultures, countries and people in a way that you wouldn't normally do. We'd never cycled before and now we're about 4 months in and have cycled over 3000 miles.

We've cycled some of the busiest roads in Indonesia, through the hills of Sumatra, the beaches of Malaysia and are now attempting the mountains of Laos and eventually Southern China. The past 10 days were spent teaching English at a school for monks in a remote, tiny village in Thailand; it was a humbling experience living and eating with the monks.

There are tough days, slogging up serious and almost impossible looking gradients, but thought of home, friends and our challenge for charity keeps us going.鈥�

If you would like to support Hitesh on his challenge and help raise money for the childrens cancer charity CLIC Sargent, you can do so at justgiving.com/theworldonwheels.