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Glasgow Global South Researchers (GGSR) hosted a networking event last week, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of PhD students and Early Stage Researchers with speakers, food, and after-dinner entertainment.

Hosted in partnership with the Glasgow Centre for International Development, the GGSR (soon to be known as 'GCID Early Stage Researcher Cluster') invited guests to bring a dish from their fieldwork country of research on various lower and middle-income countries in the Global South. Sweet and savoury treats were shared from countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Nepal.

 GSSR - food

Industry speakers discussing their experiences of working with organisations and in academia were Dr Valeria Izzi, whose past appointments include Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and working with Scotland's International Development Alliance; Professor Michele Schweisfurt, Professor of Comparative and International Education at the University of Glasgow; and University of Glasgow PhD Graduate, Calum Campbell, now working at the Department for International Development. 

They answered questions on topics such as consultancy work and bidding for jobs, how teaching experience can help grow your confidence and enhance your CV, how important is it to have an additional language, and whether they feel they're really making a difference in the work they do.

The event was rounded off with PhD researchers-turned-comedians Brynley Pearlstone (University of Glasgow) and Trevor Sloughter (University of Strathclyde), members of comedy group Bright Club Glasgow. Academics blend comedy with science to deliver presentations based on their area of research in the style of a stand-up comedy routine. 

 

Trevor - Bright Club

Participants have meetings during the month leading up to the delivery of their 'performance' to help them craft what they want to say.

Brynley - Bright Club

The Researcher group welcomes new members, contact Sociology PhD student Molly Gilmour for more information.

 

First published: 18 December 2018

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