Lets Talk: Lockdown episode 6- Amanda, finishing your degree and starting a job in lockdown
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What is
like finishing up your degree and starting your new job, unable to see anyone
outside your own flat? Amanda Scully, 4th year International
Relations undergraduate and forthcoming Vice-President Communities with the
Student Association, tells us about managing assessment changes and the library
closure, ending her internship, and getting ready to start her busy Sabbatical
Officer year, all from the confines of her small flat in Edinburgh. She also
talks about her decision to remain in Edinburgh when many of her classmates
were returning home, and what it is like to hear news of the lockdown from her
home city of New York. She reflects on how connection with family can grow
stronger despite, or because of social distancing, and the delights of
transatlantic online family workouts!
Overcoming Mental Health Stigma, 10bigideas Scotland: Ailie Ross-Oliver,
3rd year Politics undergraduate, joins Harriet Harris, to talk about
her policy research into mental health stigmatisation, as part of the
student-led think-tank, the Buchanan Institute, which has just launched its ‘10
Big...
Published 04/26/21
Let’s Talk podcast,
Islamophobia Awareness
In this episode, I am joined
by staff member Umar Malik and PhD student Estifa’a Zaid, for a special
recording made in Islamophobia Awareness Month. Estifa’a and Umar talk about
their experiences of growing up as Muslims in the UK, of coming to...
Published 11/26/20