North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership
Engaging with UK science policy makers in Parliament- reflections on a UKRI Policy Internship at the Royal Society of Biology.
Adam McCarthy, Business & Management, University of Manchester (2020 Cohort)
In summer 2022, I saw the opportunity for UKRI-funded students to take part in a three month Science Policy internship at one of many leading organisations in the UK. I thought that as an academic studying these organisations and the process of science policy, it might be useful to gain experience in the inner workings of such an organisation. In hindsight, I think this was a good decision for the experience it provided, but I was surprised to find that the insight gained changed my perspective on my research project. I chose to apply to the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) to take advantage of my biological sciences undergraduate degree and also to put into practice my skills gained during my MRes and the first stages of my Science, Technology and Innovation Policy PhD at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research.
Read MoreMy Trip to Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen…
Margaret Conroy, Criminology, Social Policy and Social Work, Lancaster University (2019 Cohort)
I was checking through my emails one evening, procrastinating during an intense period of writing…when I came across the inevitable call for papers from the European Network on Gender and Violence (ENGV) 2022 Annual Conference in Copenhagen. One day, I thought, I shall actually respond to one of these! Hang on a minute, this was a call for papers for an Early Career Researchers Pre-Conference Day….I can do this I thought! I had 24 hours to submit my hastily written proposal (clearly I had missed this email!). I pressed submit and put it to the back of my mind. I received an email back sometime after telling me it had been accepted. Crikey, now I had to write the thing!
Read MoreGregynog Ideas Lab, a summer school in the idyllic Powys, Wales.
Zeenat Sabur, Politics, University of Manchester (2020 Cohort)
Earlier this summer I attended Gregynog Ideas Lab, a summer school in the idyllic Powys, Wales. The summer school offers PhD candidates and academics in the field of international politics a chance to take part in a week of invigorating workshops led by scholars from a wide range of critical schools of thought – from feminist, to postcolonial and poststructural.
Read MoreMy OIV to Iceland
Kenneth Rushworth, Politics, University of Manchester (2018 Cohort)
Between the months of May-July I took part in an overseas institutional visit (OIV) to the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands). My area of research is Electoral Registration, and the crux of my visit was to compare the differences between the British and Icelandic registration models.
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