Amy Stanning, Economic & Social History, Lancaster University (2021 Cohort) with Louise Bell from Leeds University

I have been a PGR rep on the SHS committee for a year now and this was my first conference as a rep.

Louise and I organised a welcome desk at the start of the conference and welcomed lots of lovely PGRs and shared all the wonderful things we had in store.

On the first night we organised a post-dinner quiz of five rounds in the bar at Collingwood College where we all stayed. The quiz was great fun and the winners enjoyed their chocolate!

On day two we organised a meet-up and lots of PGRs came along to discuss PGR life and how we as reps could support the PGR community – we got lots of great ideas!

My paper was also on day two and it was a big milestone for me as it was my first paper at a learned society conference, quite nerve-wracking but it seemed to go well!

I am grateful to the NWSSDTP for funding my place at the conference and enabling me to get involved!