Monday, October 19, 2009

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

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