All entries for June 2009

Christina's Message

A short message from Professor Christina Hughes, Chair (Head of Department, Sociology):

Many thanks to everyone who participated in the Festival and who contributed to its success. This includes my colleagues on the Festival Organising Committee, and especially our two Secretaries Hazel Rice and Helen Wollerton who have undertaken a phenomenal amount of, inevitably invisible, ‘backstage’ work.

A special thanks should also go to the PhD students who have organised events – Dilip Mutum (WBS) who has kept everyone abreast of all developments through blogs and twitter; Doug Bamford (PAIS) and Tom Thurnell-Read (Sociology) for organising the PhD poster competition; Sam Lyle (Sociology) and her team of helpers who put up posters and balloons and distributed postcards, book marks, and maps.

Thanks also to Nigel Thrift and Tony Giddens for their illuminating keynote addresses and for prompting wider debate about contemporary issues. Finally, the event would not have happened without the foresight of Robert Lindley, Chair of the Faculty, who originally promoted the idea of a Festival.

I’m looking forward to the next Faculty of Social Sciences Festival, through which we can celebrate the innovative teaching and learning and cutting-edge research here at Warwick and continued dialogue about our work. Hope you are too but meanwhile do keep posting your blogs.

Best wishes, Christina

: 20 Jun 2009 18:35 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Festival of Social Sciences closes

The Festival of Social Sciences officially ended yesterday but we still have a few more events coming up in the Faculty.

Today we have a Round Table on the Global Credit Crisis run by Andrew Oswald, Mark Taylor, Marcus Miller (Economics); George Cox (WBS), "How to thrive not just survive in challenging times".

It will run from 14.00 - 17.00 at the Radcliffe Teaching Centre.

: 20 Jun 2009 01:30 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

PhD students lunch

The lunch for all faculty PhD students at WBS lounge, D204 Social Studies building on the18th of June was hosted by Professor Robert Lindley, Chair of the Faculty. 

Professor Robert raised the possibility to have some kind of forum for the PhD students across the faculty.

: 20 Jun 2009 01:21 |  Tags: Lunch |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Researcher of the day 5

Friday's Researcher of the Day is Dr Michael McMahon.

Michael started as an Assistant Professor at Warwick University's Department of Economics in September 2008. He is currently working on a number of other projects concerning macroeconomic policy issues.

: 19 Jun 2009 13:22 |  Tags: Researcher |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Blog of the day 5

Today's blog of the day is Alan Brown's blog.

Alan is an Professorial Fellow at the Warwick Institute for Employment Research and he blogs about his research on changing occupational identities, continuing vocational training and skill formation.

: 19 Jun 2009 13:16 |  Tags: Blog |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Podcast of the day 5

Today's podcast is by Professor Mark Harrison (Economics) on Guns and Rubles.

Discusses Stalin, the Great Terror, and how defense was at the core of Stalin’s system of rule.

All the podcasts are also available to download from iTunes U

: 19 Jun 2009 13:07 |  Tags: Podcast |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Book of the day 5

Today's book of the day is Shaun Breslin's China and the Global Political Economy.

Shaun Breslin is Professor of Politics and International Studies (PAIS).

: 19 Jun 2009 13:05 |  Tags: Author Book |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Winners of the Charity Raffle announced

The winners of the Charity Raffle was announced yesterday by Professor Robert Lindley, Chair of the Faculty of Social Sciences during the lunch for PhD students.
  
The winners are

No. 12: Steven Birks. He wins £25 book token courtesy of Warwick University Books Shop

No. 46: Jenny Bimrose wins Warwick Arts Centre cinema tickets for two

No. 87 and 95: Dilip Mutum and Wee-Hoe Tan each win £20 'Eating at Warwick' credit.

Proceeds from the sale of the raffle tickets will go to the Coventry Refugee Centre Destitution Fund as part of Refugee Week.

Thanks to Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick Food and Drink and Warwick University Book Shop for their generous donation of prizes and thanks to everyone who bought tickets and showed support for a good cause.

Thanks also to Thomas Thurnell-Read (Sociology) for orgainising the raffle.

: 19 Jun 2009 12:03 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Researcher of the day 4

Dr Alice Mah, in the Department of Sociology is the researcher of the day.

Dr Alice Mah is Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, working on the European Commission FP 6 project CAPRIGHT (Resources, Rights and Capabilities).

: 18 Jun 2009 10:10 |  Tags: Researcher |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Blog of the day 4

Todays blog of the day is David Arnott's Schrodinger's C(h)at.

Dr. David Arnott is Associate Professor of Marketing attached with the Marketing and Strategic Management Group, Warwick Business School.

His latest post is on "Marketing Education".

: 18 Jun 2009 10:07 |  Tags: Blog |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem