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
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