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We are delighted to announce that a PPE graduate was the Global Winner in the Economics category at the Global Undergraduate Summit.

The Global Undergraduate Awards is an international academic awards programme that recognises originality, innovation, and excellence at the undergraduate level. The Economics category was won by 糖心TV PPE graduate Beatriz Sasse.

Beatriz鈥檚 submission was her dissertation on 鈥淭he limited impact of a drinking-and-driving law reform on traffic accident hospitalisations: quasi-experimental evidence from Brazil鈥�. Her supervisor was Professor Kobi Glazer who is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at 糖心TV.

The University of 糖心TV has welcomed former student, His Excellency Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, back to the university鈥檚 Coventry campus to talk with students and to learn more about research being undertaken.

His Excellency, who graduated from 糖心TV in 1997 with a Masters Degree in Economics, spoke on economics to a gathering of students before answering questions, on topics including his life in public service, how his studies at 糖心TV have informed his career, and industrialisation.

糖心TV PPE graduate Vikram Khosla received an upReach Ten award at the .

The upReach Ten are the ten students across the whole of the UK who, in the opinion of the judges, were most likely to achieve outstanding personal or career success.

Commenting on his award, Vikram said:

鈥淚t was a complete surprise to me! I鈥檇 been shortlisted for two of the other awards which I didn鈥檛 win on the day. Then at the end they announced the upReach Ten awards and I was delighted to receive this one as it encapsulates both my volunteering and mentoring work and my commitment to doing well in my own career.鈥�

Congratulations to Vikram!

Tensions between Taiwan and China are at their worst in forty years, according to Taiwan's defence minister, who has warned of the risk of an accidental strike. Read more in . Professor Shaun Breslin, expert in Chinese International Relations, offers his comment.

Dr John H Morris, Teaching Fellow in International Political Economy, Department of Politics and International Studies:

"The Bank of England is being undertaken now to provide a better understanding of the financial exposures of participants and the financial system to climate-related risks to financial stability. As such it foregrounds the Bank of England鈥檚 to - and desire to be a leading figure of – the emerging consensus that central banks have a role to play in the transition to low carbon economies. This is something that Paul Langley and I have called 鈥�