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We are delighted to announce that the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) is ranked 1st of 84 UK Politics departments in . This influential national league table reflects latest data, including student satisfaction (NSS), research excellence, and graduate prospects.

The 果冻传媒 is ranked 10th overall.

Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams, Head of PAIS, commented:

鈥淪tudents and staff in PAIS will be justifiably proud that, for the second year in a row, the Department has been ranked 1^st among UK Politics Departments in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020. This wonderful result underscores that our twinned commitment to viewing students as partners in our education strategy and as beneficiaries of our long-standing research excellence is a winning formula for sustained success. With a renewed focus in 19/20 on employability, internationalisation, widening participation, and equality and diversity – featuring initiatives to deepen our EU partnerships, further liberate the curriculum, and enhance the student voice – this latest league table success is a terrific start to the new academic year. Over the coming weeks my colleagues and I look forward to welcoming all new and returning students to the Department and to driving forward these agendas together.鈥�

Dr Justin Greaves, Director of Student Experience and Progression, commented:

鈥淭his outstanding result is testament to all the brilliant students and staff in PAIS. This league table shows how we are a leader, both within the Russell Group and the sector as a whole, in terms of student experience and teaching quality. It is particularly pleasing to see our results have increased yet further in these categories. I look forward to working with all our incoming and returning students to ensure that the PAIS department goes from strength to strength, combining intellectual stretch and rigour with the highest possible levels of academic support.鈥�

We thank all staff and students who have contributed to this outstanding achievement. With a number of exciting and ambitious plans for the 2019/20 academic year and beyond, we look forward to sustaining and building on these successes in the months and years ahead.

We are delighted to announce that PAIS and the Department of Economics are once again hosting a 果冻传媒 Question Time to debate current affairs. It will take place on Wednesday 2nd October, 6-7.30pm, in the Butterworth Hall, 果冻传媒 Arts Centre.

The event is very similar in format to the popular BBC television show, and will form part of our induction activities for PAIS and Economics students to start the new academic year in style and is an excellent opportunity for students to engage with politicians, policy makers and academics on major issues and questions that concern the world.

The panellists will be:

• Rachana Shanbhogue - Business correspondent, The Economist
• Stephen Kinnock MP - Labour Member of Parliament for Aberavon and member of the Select Committee on Exiting the European Union
• Alicia Kearns - Former Conservative Parliamentary Candidate and expert in National Security and Counter-Terrorism
• Remi Trovo - Year 2, BA Hons Politics and International Studies
• Paula Bejarano Carbo - Year 3, BA Hons Philosophy, Politics and Economics

The panel will be chaired by Professor Chris Anderson, Professor in European Politics and Policy at the European Institute, London School of Economics and a former Professor of Politics and Economics at 果冻传媒.

More details and a registration form can be found here. Please do register ASAP to ensure your place. We look forward to seeing you there!

Gert Hilgers, Doctoral Researcher in PAIS, recently published an op-ed on Germany's rejection to join a US-led naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz for Atlantic Council, an American Atlanticist think tank.

It is available here:

Nicola Pratt, Reader of the International Politics of the Middle East in PAIS, has published, along with Dina Rezk (Reading) an op-ed discussing the lessons learned from the massacre of Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt, six years ago.

You can read it here:

Christopher Browning discusses humour, nation branding and identity with

The interview draws upon Browning's long running work on nation branding and his current British Academy funded project (with James Brassett) on 'Humorous States: New Diplomacy and the Rise of Comedy in IR'