North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership
Manchester welcomes international early-career researchers for inaugural white-collar crime workshop
Diana Bociga, CSPSW, University of Manchester (2021 Cohort)
In July 2023, we had the privilege of hosting an interdisciplinary workshop at The University of Manchester, focusing on the field of white-collar crime, corporate crime, and organizational crime. This workshop provided early career researchers with an invaluable opportunity to present their research, receive targeted feedback, and establish professional connections.
Read MoreA trip down memory lane: giving a talk at your alma mater.
Lois Fairclough, Linguistics, Lancaster University (2020 Cohort)
Earlier this year, I was copied into an email communication from a college looking for a member of the Linguistics and English Language department at Lancaster to give a talk on forensic linguistics. As my PhD topic is in forensic phonetics, this topic is also an interest of mine, which I did modules in during my undergraduate and master’s degree. When I looked at where the original email was sent from, I realised it was sent from my old college, where I attended between 2015-2017. Not only this, but the email was from my old A-Level English Language teacher! As soon as I realised, I emailed back to say I would love to do the talk. For me, college was where my passion for English Language and Linguistics started, so I was hoping I could give some inspiration to current students who are considering it as a university option, while enlightening them on how much of a broad and exciting area of study it is.
Read MoreThe Journey of Fieldwork: Unravelling Stories of the Older Chinese Community in the UK
Miriam Tenquist, Sociology, University of Manchester (2019 Cohort)
As I embarked on my PhD journey in Sociology, I felt a deep calling to give voice to the experiences of ethnically minorities older communities. Specifically, I chose to focus on the older Chinese community in the UK, as their stories remained largely untold. In this personal blog post, I will share my experiences and the challenges faced during fieldwork, including finding participants, travelling across the UK, cultural barriers, and navigating fieldwork expense forms and processes. I will also highlight an encounter that reminded me of the importance of maintaining hope and momentum in the face of obstacles.
Read MoreInternship at Credit Suisse – Frankfurt
Michael Grebe, Economics, University of Manchester (2018 Cohort)
At the beginning of last November, I embarked on a journey to join the Derivative Sales team at Credit Suisse in Frankfurt, Germany as part of a 6-month internship. Working in the financial hub of Germany was an exciting opportunity to meet other fellow researchers working in the private sector and exchanging ideas about some of the latest methodologies in our field of research. Working with and talking to my colleagues, I was able to get some very useful and interesting insights about the behaviour of financial market participants and real-world applications of statistical pricing models for financial derivatives.
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