Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Hi, I am Arianna, and if you have read any of my previous blogs you will know that I am a sport science student currently doing my placement year in Sweden at the Winter Sports Research centre. I am now...

  I thought it would be a great idea to explain the Māori culture, language, living out in New Zealand and where the indigenous people originate from. Let's dive into a few things that we have learnt from Harbour sport...

Hello everyone! It’s Vienne, and I’m thrilled to be back to write the twelfth instalment of my VIP journey. I apologise for the lack of updates since November last year, as our team has been navigating through some ups and...

Placement Blog Post One – Moving to London!   Hello! I’m Adam, a third year Politics and International Relations student. I’m currently undertaking my placement in London, for the Podcasting company Podmasters. I recently moved to London to start my...

A bit about me... Hello! I'm Vonny and I am in my first year studying Psychology with a work placement at Bath. For my A-levels, I took Psychology, English Lang/Lit, Spanish, Drama and Theatre Studies. I took part in Discover...

  Hi, I'm Millie and I'm a 3rd year psychology student on placement at the Harvard lab for developmental studies. As I go into my second semester here, I thought it would be good to wrap up my first semester-...

Just like that, the first half of my placement is coming to an end, so I thought I would do an (honest!) reflection of my time here so far! Settling in I feel so settled here now, in my job...

Hello and welcome back to my blog – it’s been a couple of months since my last post and today I’d like to take you through a normal day in my life on Placement – from when I wake up...

(Source: University of Edinburgh Research Office - https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-office/2019/09/10/unpacking-the-impact-of-international-development-research/) It is almost impossible in the present-day to escape the numerous broadcasts of ecological demise, growing global inequality, poverty, and innocent people suffering from around the globe. With BBC News updates of...

Why Sociology? I developed a passion for understanding the world when I was young. My mother would always have on Stacey Dooley documentaries, which sparked an interest in understanding poverty, social justice, human rights, discrimination and much more. We used...