North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership
Political Studies Association/HoC Committee Office Internship
Anna Sanders, Politics, University of Manchester
Aiming to gain some practical experience in policy alongside my doctoral studies, I decided to apply to the Political Studies Association’s/House of Commons Committee Office internship. A large part of my doctoral research focuses on analysing policies in a British context, so the chance to witness government scrutiny first-hand sounded like an invaluable opportunity.
Viva Survivor – One Student’s Experience of Completing her PhD
Eloise Symonds, Educational Research, Lancaster University, 2017 Cohort.
When I first started my PhD, the word ‘Viva’ would send chills down my spine; it sounded terrifying. I never thought I would be in a position to defend my work against two experts in the field.
Entrepreneuring and Emancipation in At-Risk Social Groups
Lee Wainwright, Business and Management, University of Liverpool, 2019 Cohort
After being a struggling entrepreneur myself, I have a strong passion for applying entrepreneurism into settings outside of the privileged, well connected, ‘suited and booted’ stereotypes it’s normally associated with, and in particular in the application of entrepreneuring (the doing of entrepreneurial activities) to disadvantaged groups, and those we might consider as ‘at-risk’ of falling out of society’s support and favour.
Attending The Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum 2019
Fiona Potter, Social Anthropology, University of Manchester, 2019 Cohort
At the end of November, I took myself down to London to attend the Middle East and Central Asia Music Forum hosted at Birkbeck College. One of my supervisors, Caroline Bithell, had told me about it earlier on in the semester but what with it being just a few months into the extremely hectic first semester of PhD life, and what with me having nothing to present, and what with my inability to afford the train tickets, I’d written it off and put it on the hallowed “Maybe After Fieldwork” list. When I found out that the NWSSDTP would be able to cover the costs of my attendance, however, my excuses dissolved and I began looking forward to it.
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