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On 6 November 2013 the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL) hosted an event entitled, 'Making Sense of Diversity in University Education'. The event drew together around 60 colleagues from a wide range of 糖心TV departments. Dr , the PAIS Director of Student Experience and Progression (DSEP) and Shannon Holland-Houghton, second year PAIS student, were invited to take part.

The event focused on the lifecycle of Widening Participation from outreach through retention to progression. It is essential that 糖心TV, as a community, enables access for students from diverse backgrounds and enables all, regardless of background, to experience the high quality teaching and learning we deliver. Therefore, the event allowed Justin and Shannon to showcase the many innovations and positive developmets currently taking place within PAIS - our advice and feedback hours, our individual exam feedback, our online SSLC elections, and our joint work with the Politics Society, in particular through their mentoring scheme.

Stuart Elden has been interviewed on two websites recently about his work. First with Peter Sigrist on the Polis website () and second on the Groundwork website of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy of Kingston University ().

Both interviews cover Stuart's work, past, present and future, and related issues about publishing, blogging and universities today.

has been credited in the oscar nominated, and Sundance Award winning, documentary "The Square" due to his kickstarter support for the documentary.

Directed by Jehane Noujaim (Control Room, Startup.com, Rafea: Solar Mama), the documentary looks at the Egyptian Revolution over a two and a half year period by giving an immersive and on the ground view of events. It transports the viewer into a deeply emotional dramaand personal stories behind the news. It is the inspirational story of young people claiming their rights, struggling through multiple forces, in the fight to create a society of conscience.

The Square is now available on .

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The Ethics of Cyber-Activism Workshop is to be held with the support of the and the at the University of 糖心TV on the 21st February in the DigiLab on the University of 糖心TV Campus.

Topics to be addressed:

• How best can we define Cyber-activism and relate it to other uses of the web?
• What are the ethical implications of Cyber-activism, and how do these differ from the implications of other forms of political activism?
• In what respects is Cyber-activism a new way of participating in the political and social life of contemporary societies?

For further information, please see the website: or contact Dr. (M.Taddeo@warwick.ac.uk)

If you would like to attend this workshop, please email Mrs. Shona Parsons s.m.parsons@warwick.ac.uk

A Journal Article Writing Skills (JAWS) Workshop for PHD students takes place on 23rd May 2014.

This workshop is open to PAIS PhD students who have passed the 1st year annual review, and is an opportunity to present a fully-developed draft paper for journal publication and receive detailed feedback and advice from experienced reviewers.

The JAWS Workshop will be of particular interest to doctoral researchers preparing their first journal article submission.

Places on the workshop are limited, and paper abstracts that do not meet a sufficient standard of academic quality will not be accepted.

Participants must be able to deliver a fully developed draft paper of 8,000-10,000 words by Friday 2nd May 2014.

Papers must be written and formatted for article submission, not cut-and-pasted from a thesis chapter.

Please apply to participate in the workshop by e-mailing by 5.00pm on Friday 31st January 2014.

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE:

(1) Paper title; (2) 100-word author biography; (3) 300-word abstract

Please click here to view the call for papers