Welcome!

On behalf of the Club of PEP, we would like to welcome all the new School of PEP students joining the University of York in October 2009, as well as welcoming back all returning students.ts joining the University of York this October, as well as welcoming back all returning students.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Club, you’ve come to the right place – hopefully a browse of our website will help you to discover more.

The Club is the student organization parallel to the Department of PEP at the University. The committee of the Club works to provide a variety of services to PEP students, be it academic, social or welfare.

The Club is highly active and has many events pre-planned in its annual calendar. Every term, the Club is responsible for the editing and publishing of one issue of VOX, the journal of PEP (www.voxjournal.co.uk). In the Autumn term, we hold a fresher's lunch, a second-hand booksale, YorkWorks, a trip to Sweden to meet with the Club's sister organisation at Lund University and 2 main socials, one in York and the other in Manchester with the Manchester PEP society. In the Spring term, we have a short weekend trip away, the Annual General Meeting and the Charity Spring Ball as well as a social to Leeds. In the Summer term, we have a social to Newcastle with the Durham PEP society and a Module Choice Q&A event for first years. Throughout the year, we also hold talks by academic speakers, where past guests have included Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, Trevor Phillips and Lord Meghnad Desai.

If you are a student and would like to get involved with the Club, join our Facebook group, Club of PEP or alternatively, come to one of our committee meetings (email secretary@clubofpep.org for details). Or if you would prefer a more informal environment, come along to one of our socials and get involved!

If you are an employer and would like to know more about attending YorkWorks please click on the Employers heading on the left.

We hope you enjoy browsing our website.

Kim Mann and Venita Nordon
Co-Presidents
Club of PEP

New VOX Edition!

Check out the new edition of VOX: http://www.voxjournal.co.uk/ Write for the next VOX edition VOX - The Student Journal of Politics, Economics and Philosophy - is calling for the submission of articles for the Autumn Term Issue 2009. The article should be between 1000-1200 words. If you want to write, please let us know by emailing a short outline of your proposed article to vox@clubofpep.org.

What is the School of P.E.P.?

The School of Politics, Economics and Philosophy (PEP School) is not itself a Department but exists to co-ordinate the combined degrees involving Economics, Philosophy and Politics. The School aims to provide integrated and coherent degrees in the various combinations of these subjects while retaining sufficient flexibility to allow students to pursue their own particular interests within the subjects.

The three departments of Politics, Economics and Philosophy, have each achieved the maximum score of 24 out of 24 for the quality of their teaching. The marks were awarded by the external review teams from the Quality Assurance Agency. Additionally, each of the Departments received 5 out of 5 possible points for the quality of their Research in the recent RAE assessments.

The director of the School is Prof. M. Qizilbash and the School's secretary is Ms. Andi Carte.

For further information on the School, please visit the website.

The Committee of the Club of P.E.P.

The Club of PEP held its second Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the 1st of February 2007. If you would like to look at the Club's constitution, please refer to the relevant page.

At the AGM, the Senior Members of the Club's Executive Committee were elected. The Constitution calls simply for the Senior Members of the Executive Committee (i.e. the President, Secretary and Treasurer) to be elected. Ordinary Committee Members are also elected onto the General Committee by block vote.

Click here for more info on the committee.

Club of P.E.P. Bulletin Board

The club's bulletin board is now up. A bulletin board is an internet discussion board where you can start and reply to discussions. So, if you have any questions or anything you wish to raise in the community, or even if you only want to chat with other members, join now!

Click here to go to the bulletin board. Registration is quick and easy!

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