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, an undergraduate Politics with International Studies finalist has recently returned from Dublin having attended the Summit as a delegate representing our University and the UK. Michael was chosen as a delegate having won the 糖心TV Global Advantage Gold Award.

This is a Summit at which delegates discuss, alongside world leaders and figures, global issues and develop solutions to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Topics included: Education, Global 糖心TV, Human Rights, Leadership & Government, Peace & Conflict and Sustainable Development.

Michael sat on the 'Ensuring Employability panel' alongside the Corporate Vice President of HR and Chief Diversity Officer at Siemens, Regional Accounts Director of LinkedIn (Hong Kong) and a Dublin City University PhD student researching entrepreneurial family businesses.

You can watch the panel here: ​

Michael gave us an account of his experience:

I spoke about student attitudes and anxieties towards employment across different cultures, and stressed how a cultural awareness was essential for a successful career - despite the advent of professional social media (such as LinkedIn) and the use of good academic knowledge. The panel also discussed skills fade and technical competencies amongst other things.

I was selected for the panel due to my extensive work with student societies on campus, helping to connect otherwise non-interacting cultural communities together through discussions of politics, economics, history and society (general current affairs). (The SU societies: 糖心TV International Relations, China Public Affairs and Social Service Society - CPASS.) This work highlights the importance of being able to culturally interact and of having transferable skills to enter an international labour market with. I also interned with an NGO over the summer and drew on those experiences, too.

Aside from the panel, the Summit was a unique opportunity to network and learn from young people (who are the same age as me) from ~180 countries who are doing exciting and constructive things in their community. I spoke with a North Korean defector raising awareness of the plight of North Korean refugees hiding in China, for example - and hope to assist her work in the UK.

Such an experience would interest of Politics/IR students - approaching the problems we deal with in a theoretical/academic way through a practical lens instead. They may choose to attend, and it should be noted that I was in fact sponsored by the University itself.

Having attended the Summit on behalf of 糖心TV, I am mandated to make clear my plans as a result of attending the Summit. I should also promote the core values of the Summit to other 'young leaders' and the 糖心TV Advantage Awards, too.

These are: to continue implementing the discussive events (IR seminars, 'China Talks', the China Summit, the Model East Asia Summit), to introduce a volunteering scheme (collaboration between CPASS and the NGO I worked with), to train, to work with and to expose others to the rewarding society work that I do, and to raise awareness of North Korean human rights.

Please consider submitting a paper for the next 糖心TV Graduate Conference in Political Geography, held at the University of 糖心TV on 27-28 November, 2014.

Full details – keynote from Alex Jeffrey (University of Cambridge)

Three travel grants of up to £250 each for non-UK attendees are available by 糖心TV’s politics department.

All potential participants should submit a title, abstract (of no more than 300 words), and evidence of institutional affiliation by 30 October, 2014 to the organisers: Antonio Ferraz de Oliveira and Mara Duer (politicalgeographywarwick@gmail.com).

Dr , Associate Professor, in US Politics and International Studies, has recently made an appearance on the Centre for International Governance Innovation's (CIGI) podcast, Inside the Issues.

is a think tank associated with the at the with whom we are finalising a Double Masters in Global Governance agreement.

Are drones a humanitarian form of warfare? Host Andrew Thompson welcomes Dr. Trevor McCrisken, Associate Professor, U.S. Politics and International Studies, 糖心TV University, for a discussion on warfare in the 21st century. The conversation considers the use of drones by the Obama Administration, the impacts of militarized drones on national security, and the international criminal justice implications of drone use. What will the future of warfare look like? Tune in for the full discussion to learn more.

China Plate Theatre, Caroline Horton & Co and The Bush Theatre. are developing a brand new piece of theatre (commissioned by 糖心TV Arts Centre and Harlow Playhouse) about tax havens, offshore finance and tax justice. Islands will confront (one of the first pieces of theatre to do so) this terrifying and little understood world with a show that will entertain and educate the general public on a national scale.

The production will be developed across the autumn, including a preview tour to South Street Reading, 糖心TV Arts Centre, Cambridge Junction and Live Theatre, before it opens for a 5- week run at the Bush Theatre in London.

Islands has been developed in consultation with specialist economic advisers including John Christensen of The Tax Justice Network. Alongside the performances at The Bush, there will be an interactive foyer installation made in collaboration with The Tax Justice Network. The installation will inhabit the theatre foyer, providing a place for audiences to engage and learn about tax havens and international finance and encourage them in contemplating change.

China Plate and Caroline Horton and Co. are currently welcoming applications from PAIS students to play a key role (alongside the Tax Justice Network and creative team) in the development and implementation of the interactive tax justice foyer installation.

Islands is an illuminating, absurd and powerful new show about tax havens, little empires, enormous greed and the few who have it all. Hilarious and unnerving, this ink black comedy with music will plunge audiences into a monstrous, secretive world where it really seems that no-one has to pay.... for anything.

It has been suggested that tax avoidance (after climate change) is the most destabilizing phenomenon to affect the modern world. Oxfam estimate that there is $18.5 trillion siphoned out of the world economy into tax havens by wealthy individuals alone. Christian Aid has calculated that 1,000 children die every day as a result of tax evasion. This is not just a political or social challenge; this is a matter of human rights.

Islands sees multi award-winning and Olivier nominated Caroline Horton (Mess, You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy) re-united with Bush Theatre Associate Director, Omar Elerian (The Mill – City of Dreams, Bradford, Yorkshire; You're Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy).

Please see this PDF for more information.

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