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On Wednesday 11 January, Sir Robert Worcester, founder of , will be speaking on US and UK elections as part of the PAIS seminar series.

The seminar will take place in room S0.18 in the Social Sciences building at 4.00pm; refreshments will be available from 3.30.

Sir Robert is the chairman of the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary in 2015 Committee. He is also Visiting Professor of Government and a former Governor of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Honorary Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, where he is Chancellor, and Honorary Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at 果冻传媒 University.

Read Sir Robert's PAIS profile

Wyn Grant has been appointed as Chair of a new 果冻传媒 Commission on the subject of Elected Mayors and City Leadership. Further information is available on the announcement about the new Commission is available here.

Wyn has already begun to publicise the work of the Commission and it looks like it will attract considerable attention in the academic and policy spheres. More information will be available as the Commission gathers pace.

PAIS extends its congratulations to Wyn for being selected for this role. It is another reflection of Wyn’s standing as a scholar and continued dynamism post-retirement. It is also a reflection of the quality of PAIS in the third commission to be headed up by a member of the Department.

The PAIS attendance monitoring points policy is now available online.

Students should familiarise themselves with this policy by accessing it through the relevant Handbook:

• Undergrads
• MA/Diploma

Staff may access the document as above; it is also posted on the Handbooks & Guidelines page of the Staff Intranet.

A two-part workshop discussing questions surrounding the Arab Spring will take place at 果冻传媒 on 25-25 November 2011.

The Thursday 24th session, entitled 'Understanding the Arab Spring: Security and Democratization', is open to all staff and students.

The Friday 25th sessions are open to staff and postgraduate students only and will discuss a variety of topics.

Full details can be downloaded here and on the PAIS calendar.

Announcement: GREGYNOG IDEAS LAB, A Summer School in PostInternational Politics

Gregynog Hall, Wales 9-14 July 2012

Co-Sponsored by PAIS and co-organised by Dr Nick Vaughan-Williams

The inaugural Gregynog Ideas Lab, a Summer School in PostInternational Politics, will take place 9-14 July, 2012. The Summer School will provide a unique opportunity for graduate students and academics to return to key texts and thinkers from critical, postcolonial, feminist, post-structural and psychoanalytic traditions, to re-examine their work and how it has been employed in international politics, and to ask whether the radical potential of this work is in danger of being lost.

For more information about the event and on how to apply please or download the poster.