Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
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All Abroad for ‘The Best Year of Your Life?’
With my permanent departure from France just a matter of weeks away, I have been feeling overly reflective on my Year Abroad. It is widely known that this year is truly an incredible experience; mentioning you'll be embarking on it...
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Walking you Through my Placement Poster
One of the assignments towards the end of your placement is a “Conference Poster”. This is a document that is shared with Year 1 and Year 2 students and displayed at a Poster presentation to give incoming students an insight...
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Creating an Age-Friendly Community VIP workshop
Hello everyone. I hope you have had a lovely Easter break! Since the last blog post in January, there have been many updates about our VIP. Unlike all other blog posts, I’m writing this piece in my student accommodation at...
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Advantages of Doing your Placement at a University
Have you started thinking about your placement already, and wondering whether to do it at a university or rather a corporate setting? Continue reading to find out about my thought process when applying for a placement at a university. Research...
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Joining the trenches to lead change: One Young World Bath 2023
I remember waking up at 6 am on 18th March, completely disoriented with my uni student sleeping schedule and the alienness of any hour before 8 am, hurriedly getting ready and meeting my teammate at the bus stop as we...
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Preparing for One Young World Bath 2023
Hi, my name is Iyanu, I am a final year studying BSc International Development with Economics and this year’s relationship team leader for the One Young World Bath caucus. After attending One Young World Bath 2020, I was inspired by...
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Discussions in Research
We have DEI talks every semester in our lab, considering how we can foster inclusivity and open research in our lab at New York University! Useful graphic shown to us about equity. What is DEI? DEI stands for diversity, equity...
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Imposter Syndrome | Finding your Feet on Placement 👣
For those of you who have not read my blog, I am Hannah, a third-year Modern Languages student currently on my Year Abroad. I have just finished my semester at Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain and am due to begin...
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Starting further study while taking a career break
I have recently completed my first semester of MRes International Development at the University of Bath (UoB), and would love to share my initial experience of studying at this prestigious institution, and what it means to be returning to academia...
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Our Age-friendly VIP - Slowly but surely
Hello all, it’s Vienne. I hope you had a lovely inter-semester break! If you’ve read my first blog post, you may remember me saying that I EYEBALLED every single email that came through so that I wouldn’t miss any learning...