Professor Benington appointed Director of Institute of Governance and Public Management

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The Institute of Governance and Public Management (IGPM) is an initiative fostered by Warwick Business School with active involvement from all main departments and research centres across the faculty of Social Studies at the University of Warwick. The IGPM will bring together senior policy-makers and public managers from all levels of government and across the range of public services with leading academic staff. Their aim is to generate knowledge, ideas, evidence, evaluation and learning in order to contribute to the understanding of governance and the improvement of public services.

Prof. John Benington, who currently heads the Warwick Business School Local Government Centre, takes up directorship of the IGPM from 1 October 2001.

One of Europe's largest business schools and the largest department of the highly-rated University of Warwick, WBS is fully accredited. Our teaching is rated excellent and 75 percent of our research is rated at 3* and above, placing us 3rd in the UK.
Over 8,000 students from 130 countries currently study here. Their interaction with top faculty creates a multicultural learning environment, enhanced by outstanding teaching and study facilities and a top-quality campus.
Our teaching covers the full range of business education, from undergraduate and masters degrees to the Warwick MBA, doctoral research, and executive education.

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