In the academic year 2017-2018, we both had the opportunity to organise the respective graduate conferences in our home Universities. University of Exeter in May this year and the conference co-organised by Esmeralda at the University of Nottingham took place in June. We helped each other with advertising the conferences to a broader public, and we also spoke at the conferences.
Images: Lucia Zucca (left) and School of Politics and IR, University of Nottingham (right). Digital copies of the posters for the two conferences
Graduate conferences are meant to provide an opportunity germany rcs data for postgraduate students to improve their skills in a friendly environment. Hence, they act as a springboard for young people who afterwards should be less afraid to take part in events and initiatives of a grander scale.
Even if, at first glance, organising such a conference seems to be a strictly academic task, it certainly does involve transferable skills: most of the events that business groups and stakeholders organise and partake in having a conference format. Besides, it provides an opportunity to network, then to potentially lay the groundwork for future joint projects. It also gives rise to some comradery. It helps us realise that whatever we face, the highs and the lows, are not unique and – most likely – experienced by most of our peers.