EUID on the importance of diversity to International Development
Being part of the International Development Society (EUID), I am often asked: “International development? So what exactly do you do?” and: “Can you get me an internship with Amnesty International?”…
Finding solace in nostalgia when making cross continental journies
I attempt at adjusting myself to a comfortable position in my constricted economy class seat. As I somehow manage to make enough room for my legs and rucksack, I realise that…
An introduction from Training and Research Initiatives, Bangalore
By the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Modern World as we know it today had taken root. Rapidly evolving cultural trends, abstractionist art movements, the new political and economic…
The Student in conversation with Rianna Walcott
Rianna Walcott is an alumnus of the University of Edinburgh currently pursuing her PhD at King’s College London on the formation of black identity within digital spaces. She is an…
Isoc’s Rijah Sheikh on finding your feet in a new city
The cold was unexpected. Well if I’m being honest, I was told to expect the worst considering I was coming from Pakistan, a country that has boasted high temperatures of 53.5…
Health and well-being photo essay
Health and well-being is a high priority in current health and social care provision. The importance of the promotion of this is due to the dramatically increasing trend of morbidity…
Voices: disability means (in)visibility
The first time I stepped out in public with my walking stick, I got stuck behind a rather dishevelled stag group. Dressed in half-matching t-shirts and stumbling over cobbles with…
The Student’s outreach officer on intersectionality
The Indian Festival of Lights, Diwali, recently celebrated across the world, symbolises the spirit of ‘knowledge over ignorance’. In the burning age of Tumblr and bumper stickers, this symbolisation may…