(Below) The NZ team in front of Mhairi-Clare's poster at the University of Glasgow.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Fabulous effort by The University of Auckland students at U21
The first day of papers at the Undergraduate Conference today saw outstanding representations by the three students from the Faculties of Law, Science and Creative Arts and Industries. Second up in the programme was the presentation by Jess Harding. This was a stellar performance, with Jess engaging with her audience as she presented her findings on the correlation between an individual's implicit bias against ethnic (specifically Polynesian) minorities and their avowal of meritocracy, or the "level playing field" argument for the rejection of affirmative reaction.
Mhairi-Claire Fitzpatrick was besieged by eager questioners in the poster presentation session as she spoke to her poster on images of young women, drawing on the literature on archetypes by writers such as Marina Warner. Hers was easily the best designed and most interesting poster on show, but then I could be guilty of implicit and possibly also explicit bias ; ).
Last, and anything but least was a dynamic argument from Max Harris for the NZ judiciary to exert their right to intervene where legislation could endanger the principles of human rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
Tonight we are feasting on fine Scottish fare and then there will be another day of papers tomorrow. I am chairing Session 7, with students from the Universities of Glasgow, Melbourne and Hong Kong. Mhairi-Claire and I will visit Naren Barfield at the Glasgow School of Art tomorrow morning and also call on the Deputy Director of the Glasgow School of Art Gallery, hopefully getting a tour of the exhibitions and finding out about postgraduate study opportunity.
Och aye the noo!
Linda
Mhairi-Claire Fitzpatrick was besieged by eager questioners in the poster presentation session as she spoke to her poster on images of young women, drawing on the literature on archetypes by writers such as Marina Warner. Hers was easily the best designed and most interesting poster on show, but then I could be guilty of implicit and possibly also explicit bias ; ).
Last, and anything but least was a dynamic argument from Max Harris for the NZ judiciary to exert their right to intervene where legislation could endanger the principles of human rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
Tonight we are feasting on fine Scottish fare and then there will be another day of papers tomorrow. I am chairing Session 7, with students from the Universities of Glasgow, Melbourne and Hong Kong. Mhairi-Claire and I will visit Naren Barfield at the Glasgow School of Art tomorrow morning and also call on the Deputy Director of the Glasgow School of Art Gallery, hopefully getting a tour of the exhibitions and finding out about postgraduate study opportunity.
Och aye the noo!
Linda
Amazing times
After a whirlwind weekend of dancing a Scottish ceilidh, visiting Edinburgh castle, going to a Whisky distillery, and meeting some amazing people, the presentations began this morning in Glasgow. Jess went second and made Auckland proud, with dozens of people going up to her afterwards to compliment her on her enthusiasm and ability to make her topic (strategic/genuine approaches to equality discourse) accessible to everyone. We also heard insightful presentations on development studies as a discipline, ageing and savings, peer-to-peer networking, and many more. Some of the presentations were more technical and opaque than others, but it's great to hear such a variety of perspectives.
The posters are all up too, and make for very insightful reading, with Mhairi-Clair's definitely one of the most visually and substantively interesting of the lot.
The whole thing is passing us by so quickly - we leave tomorrow - but it's been great, and we all just want to make sure we cherish these last few hours in this cool part of the world!
- Max
The posters are all up too, and make for very insightful reading, with Mhairi-Clair's definitely one of the most visually and substantively interesting of the lot.
The whole thing is passing us by so quickly - we leave tomorrow - but it's been great, and we all just want to make sure we cherish these last few hours in this cool part of the world!
- Max
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Start of conference.
It's been an amazing start to the U21 conference.
The academic section has not quite started so it's mostly meeting and greeting and sightseeing. Scotland is incredibly beautiful and learning the history is a treat, but the real highlight is definitely the people - we have a great group of students from around the world who are so passionate about their different areas of research and we're all getting on extremely well.
Have to dash out to get ready for the Ceilidh (a traditional evening of Scottish music and dance) - I am so excited!!!
More info (academic info too!) soon.
Jess
The academic section has not quite started so it's mostly meeting and greeting and sightseeing. Scotland is incredibly beautiful and learning the history is a treat, but the real highlight is definitely the people - we have a great group of students from around the world who are so passionate about their different areas of research and we're all getting on extremely well.
Have to dash out to get ready for the Ceilidh (a traditional evening of Scottish music and dance) - I am so excited!!!
More info (academic info too!) soon.
Jess
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Hello!
Click back here for reports on how the U21 Undergraduate Research Conference (October 15-21) in Glasgow is going. You'll find updates from Max Harris, Jess Harding, and Mhairi-Clare Fitzpatrick. I leave tomorrow to the UK and am excited!
- Max
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