LISS DTP Monthly Newsletters

October 2024

CONTENTS:

  1. LISS DTP Winther Gathering
  2. Black History Month
  3. ASSESSING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S PANDEMIC TREATY
  4. Placement opportunity with The Office for Statistics Regulation 
  5. Royal Economic Society – doctoral training programme launched
  6. LISS DTP Achievements

Welcome to the new October 2024 Cohort!

As some of you may have noticed the website has undergone some changes and now has a fresh new look!

All new students can find relevant information on regulations, funding and more here.

While continuing students can find their relevant pages here.

Have a look around.

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1. LISS DTP Winter Gathering 2024

LISS DTP Winter Gathering will soon be upon us! 

As last year we will hold a  research poster event. All LISS DTP second year students are expected to present a poster!

There will be prizes, drinks and nibbles!

Watch this space!

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2. Black History Month Across the Institutions

Black History Month at King’s

The theme of Black History Month 2024 is ‘Reclaiming Narratives,’ and events are taking place throughout the month, and across the institution (and London) to “celebrate Black history and culture, and recognise and correct inaccurate narratives.” A selected list of events is available on the King’s website; all  events are open to both King’s students and staff, and external attendees.

QMUL

Black History Month is an annual celebration that highlights the contributions, successes, and achievements of the Black community across the world. This year’s theme, Reclaiming Narratives, offers an important opportunity to reflect on the history, stories, and achievements of Black people, both in our society and here at Queen Mary. We are proud to showcase our biggest celebration to date, with an exciting programme of activities, events, and resources

Imperial

In celebration of Black History Month, CIVENG welcomes all staff and students to join us for our lecture “Designing a Better World” which will explore how architecture can be a powerful tool for social change.

Designing a Better World, Ali Mangera, MEng Dip Arch RIBA -Yvars Architects
Wednesday 30th October, 13.00 – 14.00

Skempton Building, Room 427

Abstract
The greatest Russian writer of all time, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, had black ancestry. Pushkin acknowledged his ancestry, enabling him to look at the world with greater objectivity, simultaneously attached and detached – remote yet distant.

Observing the world through a different lens as both an insider and outsider is deeply rooted within the MYAA process. Architecture can empower communities as much as it can malign and disenfranchise them. Through a careful and considered approach, MYAA seeks to harness the power and possibilities architecture has to offer. In doing so, we address many topical issues of our day: identity, translocation, environment and collective engagement.

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3. ASSESSING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S PANDEMIC TREATY

A Queen Mary Special Event with Dr Clare Wenham and Dr Mark Eccleston-Turner

In the wake of COVID-19’s devastating worldwide impacts, the international community has set out to reform our international systems of global health emergency response and pandemic preparedness. However, WHO-led efforts to negotiate a new international treaty on pandemics have stalled in the wake of major disagreements between global south and north countries on pathogen data sharing, the fair distribution of essential countermeasures like vaccines, and the meaning of basic notions like equity and solidarity.

Our expert guest speakers will update us on the negotiation process and guide us through the main political challenges ahead.

More information can be found on the event webpage.

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Placement opportunity with The Office for Statistics Regulation  – closing date 31 October 2024

Please see below details of a placement opportunity being offered by The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR is the independent regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority, which is a non-ministerial government department. The project offers an opportunity to improve the way OSR regulates official statistics across the UK statistical system, by creating greater accountability for government departments to comply with the intelligent transparency principles. The project seeks to develop a monitoring and reporting approach for intelligent transparency, which will be summarised in a report.

The application deadline is the 31 October 2024,  Details on how to apply can be found within the opportunity attached here as well as the ESRC Placement Permission Form

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Royal Economic Society – doctoral training programme launched

We are very pleased to confirm the launch of the Royal Economic Society’s doctoral programme. This programme is a series of webinars based on expert skills workshops and masterclasses and aims to complement the training available through the DTPs. For further information please see the programme’s website: RES Doctoral Training Programme – Royal Economic Society

ESRC-funded students will be given priority to book on these events and booking is now open.

We would appreciate it if you could circulate this to the economics pathways within your DTPs and the students associated with them.

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7. LISS DTP Achievements!

Well done to all the LISS DTP Students who have submitted in the last few weeks!!

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This newsletter is available on the LISS DTP website at: LISS DTP Monthly Newsletter – LISS-DTP      

Items for next newsletter: The LISS DTP team want to do more to help students disseminate information about events/activities they want to share with the rest of the cohort. If you have any items – Information and/or good news – to be included in our monthly newsletter, please send them to liss-dtp@kcl.ac.uk for the attention of Cairn Macfarland by the last day of the month to be included in the next newsletter. Be sure to include all details and we’ll include it in our next monthly circular! Newsletters will be sent in the first full working week of every month!