Previous Development Studies Weeks

Previous Development Studies Weeks provided an exciting introduction to where and how we teach postgraduate development studies and the top careers our graduates go onto. Browse resources from the previous years below.

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Sessions were hosted by a range of leading academics and featured former international students (alumni), who gave an overview of their careers and answered questions in webinars and live interactive Instagram Live sessions.

The weeks have also featured research talks and sample lectures, allowing students to get a taste of the teaching style, what it's like to study at Sussex, and the leading work our academics do in their areas.

Discover resources from Development Studies Week 2021 and 2022 below.

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A sample of sessions that took place during Development Studies Week 2021.

 

Development Studies Week 2021

Programme of events

DateSchool
Monday 22 March

School of Media, Arts and Humanities – Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA
Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Tuesday 23 March

AVÊÓƵ Business School – Development Economics MSc
AVÊÓƵ Business School – Science Policy Research Unit
Wednesday 24 March School of Global Studies
Thursday 25 March Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Friday 26 March Centre for International Education – International Education and Development MA

Monday 22 March

  • School of Media, Arts and Humanities – Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA

    11am–12pm: Course overview and alumni careers webinar
    , alumni and current international students presented an introduction to the course and the experiences of past and present students. .

    1–2pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with professors, current international students and Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA graduates at .

    Alumni included Mpinane Senkhane (pictured), a consultant at Reos Partners, a global social enterprise in South Africa; Yasmin El-Beih, a freelance journalist based in Egypt; Aayushi Maira, a development and communications professional from India; and Miki Hamakawa, an APAC Client Support Analyst based in Shanghai.

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    from November 2020 discussing media and development career options and study pathways.

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    2–3pm: Sample lecture

    Producing Media for Development

    This lecture, presented by , gave a sampling of the compulsory module “Producing Media for Development and Social Change”, providing an overview of the practice elements of the course, including digital documentary, radio, podcasting and web design.

    The session also touched upon several case studies and the variety of media projects undertaken in the developing world and included a demonstration of previous students’ creative projects.

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    The School offers the Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA course in collaboration with the School of Global Studies.

    Find out more about the School of Media, Arts and Humanities.

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  • Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

    12–1pm: How to get a job in Development, Charities and Not-for-Profit
    This careers skills workshop outlined relevant tools needed to gain experience, find vacancies and build professional networks in the development, charity and not-for-profit sectors. Download the PowerPoint presentation [PPTX, 5.08MB].

    Note: Several events also took place on Thursday 25 March for students interested in the Institute for Development Studies.

Tuesday 23 March

  • AVÊÓƵ Business School – Development Economics MSc

    10–11am: Business School Masterclass

    What does Global Britain add up to economically?

    The UK has made a bold exit from the European Union and talks about ‘Global Britain’. But how will all this work out economically? What will it mean for trade, migration and investment, and what’s next for ‘Global Britain’?, former Chief Economist at the British government’s Department for International Development looked at the realities of ‘sovereignty’ in an increasingly complex global economic context.

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    12–1pm: Course overview and alumni careers webinar
    Join , alumni and current international students for an introduction to the Development Economics course and the experiences of past and present students. .

    1–2pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with academics, current international students and Development Economics MSc graduates at

    Alumni included Chikako Takase (pictured), an alumnus from Japan who recently retired from the United Nations after 34 years of service; Namrata Nair, a teaching fellow at Ashoka University in India; and Hassana Babangida, now working as an assistant economist at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

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    Chikako looks at the camera sitting behind the desk and smiling

    The AVÊÓƵ Business School offers the following development courses:

    Watch more videos about the Sustainable Development MSc and Energy Policy MSc on our Masters Applicant Hub.

  • AVÊÓƵ Business School – Science Policy Research Unit

    9–10am: Course overview and alumni careers webinar
    from the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), alumni and current international students presented an introduction to SPRU and talked about the experiences of past and present students. Graduates included Sumit Kumar, co-founder of the Sustainable Impact Lab, based in India. .

    11am–12pm: Business School Masterclass

    Transforming Sustainable Development

    Today’s world is experiencing ever more rapid social, technological and environmental change. The Sustainable Development Goals define directions for progress. Yet poverty, inequality and ecological destruction grow. If science and innovation are to offer genuine parts of solutions (rather than problems), then we need new thinking and action.

    In this Masterclass, , Professor of Science and Technology at SPRU and co-director of the , outlined new approaches to understanding and action on sustainability and development, expressing ideas that link new theory with practical solutions for social justice and a flourishing Earth.

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    1–2pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with academics, current international students and alumni at .

    Alumni included Rodrigo Frias (pictured), a Technology and Innovation Management alumni from Chile currently working with the Chilean Economic Development Agency; Yuki Fukasaku, a PhD alumni from Japan who served as a former consultant at UNESCO and OECD; and Abbas Abdulrafiu, an MSc Energy Policy alumni from Nigeria currently working as a Doctoral Researcher at Sussex.

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    presented by Rodrigo about why he chose Sussex and his career journey after graduating.

    Images of Rodrigo smiling

    The AVÊÓƵ Business School offers the following development courses:

    Find out more about the Science Policy Research Unit. Watch more videos about the Sustainable Development MSc and Energy Policy MSc on our Masters Applicant Hub.

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Wednesday 24 March

Thursday 25 March

  • Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

    11am–12pm: IDS Alumni services and international careers alumni
    and former international students talked about careers support offered by IDS and the career destinations of IDS graduates, including:

    • Yukari Tsunokake, a Japanese Poverty and Development MA graduate working as a Country Officer for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in Tokyo, Japan

    • Ujjwal Krishna, a Development Studies MA alumni from India employed as a Specialist Doctoral Research Scholar as part of the Developmental Leadership Program (DLP), in Melbourne, Australia

    • Olusola Owonikoko, a Globalisation, Business and Development MA alumni from Nigeria, currently working as Executive Director of Project Enable Africa, in Lagos, Nigeria.

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    12–1pm: Instagram Live
    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with academics, current international students and alumni at . .

    1–2pm: Sample lecture

    Economic Perspectives on Development and Beyond

    This lecture covered key concepts in economic perspectives on development and the interdisciplinary approach to teaching at IDS. It covered ideas on economic growth, structural change, the role of markets and the state, trade, poverty, and agriculture.

    The lecture was presented by (pictured), IDS research fellow, co-convener of the module and winner of the Export-Import Bank of India IERA award.

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    Amrita Saha

    2–3pm: IDS and course overview webinar
    and current international students provided an introduction to the department and an insight into student life at IDS. .

    Note: A careers skills workshop also took place on Monday 22 March for students interested in the Institute of Development Studies.

    The Institute of Development Studies offers several development courses, including:

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Friday 26 March

  • Centre for International Education – International Education and Development MA

    12–1pm: Education and Development course overview and alumni careers webinar
     and alumni provided an introduction to the Centre and an insight into student life at Sussex. Alumni included Juhi Kumari, a Senior Manager at iAugmentor Labs and co-founder of The Project Ease, a well-being start-up based in India. .

    A previous webinar, hosted by Marcos and other international alumni in November 2020, also gave a useful overview of the course. .

    1–2pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with academics, current international students and International Education and Development MA alumni at .

    Alumni included Su’ur Su’eddie Vershima Agema (pictured), Executive Director at SEVHAGE Literary & Development Initiative in Nigeria; Dilshad Begum, an assessment specialist in the Monitoring and Evaluation department for a company called Orenda in Pakistan; Mami Kawaguchi, an advocacy officer for Save the Children, based in Japan.

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    from November 2020 discussing International Education and Development MA career options and study pathways.

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    2–3pm: Sample lecture
     presented a sample lecture entitled ‘Education and Development’. .

    The Centre for International Education offers the International Education and Development MA course.

    Find out more about the centre.

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Development Studies Week 2022

Programme of events

DateSchool
Monday 25 April

School of Media, Arts and Humanities – Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA

Careers skills workshop for all schools and Institute of Development Studies
Tuesday 26 April

AVÊÓƵ Business School 

AVÊÓƵ Business School – Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
Wednesday 27 April School of Global Studies
Thursday 28 April Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Friday 29 April Centre for International Education – International Education and Development MA

Monday 25 April

  • School of Media, Arts and Humanities – Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA

    11am–12pm: Course overview and alumni careers webinar
    , alumni and current international students (from Japan, India, Nepal, Canada, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Egypt and South Africa) presented an introduction to the course and the experiences of past and present students. .

    1–2pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with professors, current international students and Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA graduates at .

    Alumni include Akintunde Babatunde, Deputy Director at the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development in Nigeria; Madhu Rathnayaka, Strategic Communications & Policy Advocacy Expert in Sri Lanka; Light Juma (pictured), a Freelance Freelance Communications Consultan from Kenya, who has experience working with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Department for International Development, UK (DFID); Yasmin El-Beih, a Freelance Journalist from Egypt; Mpinane Senkhane, a consultant at a global social enterprise, Reos Partners, in South Africa;  Pooja Khati, from Nepal, a Communications & Engagement Manager at greenlight for girls in Belgium. 

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    Mbipane

    2–3pm: Sample lecture

    Producing Media for Development

    This lecture, presented by , gave a sample of the compulsory module “Producing Media for Development and Social Change”, providing an overview of the practice elements of the course, including digital documentary, radio, podcasting and web design.

    The session touched upon several case studies and the variety of media projects undertaken in the developing world and included a demonstration of previous students’ creative projects.

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    The School offers the Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA course in collaboration with the School of Global Studies.

    Find out more about the School of Media, Arts and Humanities.

    Online chat

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  • Careers skills workshop for all schools

    12–1pm: How to get a job in Development, Charities and Not-for-Profit
    This careers skills workshop outlined relevant tools needed to gain experience, find vacancies and build professional networks in the development, charity and not-for-profit sectors.

Tuesday 26 April

  • AVÊÓƵ Business School

    10–11am: Course overview and alumni careers webinar - Development Economics MSc

    Join  and alumni for an introduction to the Development Economics course and the experiences of previous students from India, Nigeria, Tanzania and Japan. . 

    12–1pm: Sample lecture

    Worldwide progress on poverty reduction and the prospective impact of COVID-19

    Poverty reduction was the key focus of the Millennium Development Goals and poverty eradication now features strongly in the Sustainable Development Goals.

    In this lecture  looked at progress by world region and globally in relation to different concepts of poverty. 

    He then considered any available evidence on how COVID-19 is likely to have derailed progress. 

    Picture of Prof Andy McKay

    1–2pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with academics, current international students and MSc graduates at

    Alumni included Namrata Nair, a Research Associate at Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board Of India; Riddhi Mastakar, Analyst at Sattva Consulting in India; Saumya Jain, a Research Associate at CMS -Social Impact Specialists in India; Terhemen Agabo (pictured), a Monitoring Evaluation Research and Learning Officer at LEAP Africa in Nigeria; Mpoki James, from Tanzania, an International Development Consultant currently working with Africa Foresight Group (AFG) in Ghana and Adeste Advisory Limited in the UK.

     

    Terhemen Agabo

    2-3pm: Course overview and alumni careers webinar - Sustainable Finance and Accounting MSc
    Join  for an introduction to the Sustainable Finance and Acccounting MSc course. Find out about​ the role of acccounting and finance in meeting the key challenges surrounding sustainability development goals. Hear about the rapid growth in career opportunities in this area. .

    The AVÊÓƵ Business School offers the following development courses:

    Watch more videos about the Sustainable Development MSc and Energy and Climate Policy MSc on our Masters Applicant Hub.

  • AVÊÓƵ Business School – Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)

    9–10am: Course overview and alumni careers webinar - SPRU

    Join  from theMari Asano pic
    Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), alumni
    and current international students (from
    Nigeria, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea,
    India and Ghana) for an introduction to
    SPRU and the experiences
    of past and present students.


    11am–12pm: Sample lecturePicture of Simone Vannuccini

    Between “AI Winters” and “AI Summers”: Is Artificial Intelligence really transforming our economies? And How?’

    In this lecture, Dr Simone Vannuccini presented a ‘guided tour’ of the many paths through which Artificial Intelligence is shaping the world around us.

    Rather than focusing just on industrial automation, we will see how ‘prediction technologies’ re-write the rules of the game of business, science, and policy-making.





    1–2pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with academics, current international students and MSc graduates at 

    Alumni included Narai Kim (pictured right), a Senior Project Manager at Intralink in South Korea; Rika Safrina, an Energy Modelling and Policy Planning Officer at ASEAN Centre for Energy in Indonesia; Mari Asano from Japan, a Coordinator at Japan Center in the University of Los Andes, Colombia (pictured above for webinar session).

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    10–11pm: Webinar for students from Latin America

    Join , Senior International Officer for the Americas, and current students studing in SPRU - from Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay - for a special Spanish language webinar about SPRU courses, student experience and careers.

     

     presented by Rodrigo Frias (pictured), a Technology and Innovation Management graduate from Chile currently working with the Chilean Economic Development Agency, about why he chose Sussex and his career journey after graduating.

    Picture of Luis Ananguren

    The AVÊÓƵ Business School offers the following development courses:

    Find out more about the Science Policy Research Unit. Watch more videos about the Sustainable Development MSc and Energy and Climate Policy MSc on our Masters Applicant Hub.

    Online chat

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Wednesday 27 April

  • School of Global Studies

    09:00am–10:00pm: Boost your career prospects – work placements in the School of Global Studies

    This webinar was presented by  and provided an overview of the unique research placement option available to students studying in the School of Global Studies.

    It features current student, Phoebe Marsh (pictured and studying Gender, Violence and Conflict MA) and Mishal Mathews (former Socal Development MA student), who will discuss their placement experiences and tips on the process. .

    Picture of Mishal Mathews

    10:30–11:30am: School and course overview and alumni careers webinar
    , alumni and current international students provide an introduction to the School and talk about the experiences of past and present students (from Japan, India, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and USA) . . 

    11:30am–12:30pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with academics, current international students and alumni at .

    Alumni included Haruto Hiroki, a Business Consultant in Japan;  Mishal Mathews (pictured), a Research Assistant at United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in India; Carlos Ernesto Cuinica, Programme Specialist - Adolescents and Youth sexual and reproductive heath and rights, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Mozambique.

    Watch the recording  and

    Picture of Mishal Mathews

    1-2pm: Sample lecture

    Getting Home During Lockdown:  Circular migration and hyper-precarity in rural Tamil Nadu, India, at the time of Covid-19

    This lecture unpacks the fate of Indian circular labour migrants at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic.

    The talk aims to provides an insight into how migrants’ hyper-precarity became further entrenched and reinforced during the Covid-19 crisis.

    This lecture is presented by  (pictured), an expert on Social Anthropology and South Asian studies.

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    Geert De Neve

    10-11pm: Webinar for students from Latin America

    Join , Senior International Officer for the Americas, and current students studing in the School of Global Studies - from Mexico and Colombia - for a special Spanish language webinar about the School of Global Studies courses, student experience and careers.

      

    Geert De Neve 

    The School of Global Studies offers several development courses, including:

    . Watch more videos about Development, Migration, and Energy, Sustainability and Innovation courses on our Masters Applicant Hub.

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Thursday 28 April

  • Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

    11am–12pm: IDS international careers - alumni course and career experience webinar
    International alumni from the Institute of Development Studies talked about their careers and how their course helped them achieve their goals. Alumni include: 

    Picture of Yukari TsunokakeYukari Tsunokake, a Japanese Poverty and Development MA graduate who has experience as Country Officer for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in Japan and Adolescent Development Officer in United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Uganda 



    Picture of Prachi PalPrachi Pal, a Development Studies MA graduate from India and Co-Founder of Evolverance-empowering grassroots NGOs and Consultant at Dasra




    Picture of Bello SamriahSamirah Bello, a Globalisation, Business and Development MA graduate from Nigeria, currently working as Strategic Partnerships Associate at Thrive Agric



     

    Picture of Sodam BaekSodam Baek, a Development Studies MA graduate from South Korea, now working as Assistant Manager of the Multilateral Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance Department at Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)




    Picture of Naa AyeleysaNaa Ayeleysa, a Globalisation, Business and Development MA graduate from Ghana Corporate Affairs and Administration Officer– British Council, Ghana

     

     


     

    12–1pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with current international students and alumni at .

    Alumni included those from preceding webinar and Karely Alvarado Ochoa, a Socio-Environmental Innovation Consultant at makesense in Mexico.

     

    Picture of Karely Alvarado Ochoa

    1–2pm: Sample lecture

    Connecting Sexuality and Development

    In this session,  examined the linkages between sexuality and development, and some of the key tensions that have emerged around demands for sexual rights.

    We will ask why, and in what way, sexuality matters for development. We will ask what queer theory might have to offer development, and explore the connections between sexuality and human rights, and at the debates around sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.

    Amrita Saha

    2–3pm: IDS and course/current student overview webinar
    and current international students (from South Korea, Japan, Ghana, Nigeria, Mexico and India) provided an introduction to IDS and an insight into student life.  

     

    10–11pm: Webinar for students from Latin America 

    Join , Senior International Officer for the Americas, and current students studing in IDS - from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico and Nicaragua - for a special Spanish language webinar about the School of Global Studies courses, student experience and careers.

    Picture of Luis Ananguren

    The Institute of Development Studies offers several development courses, including:

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     and visit , ,  and  for more videos and .

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Friday 29 April

  • Centre for International Education – International Education and Development MA

    12–1pm: International Education and Development course overview and alumni careers webinar
    Join faculty, alumni and current international students (from Japan, South Korea, Ghana, Turkey and USA) for an introduction to the course and the experiences of past and present students.

    Watch a January 2022 with course convenor, , and current students from Japan, Kenya, Myanmar and Nigeria for a taste of the upcoming Development Studies Week session.

    In-depth course webinars for prospective students are also held monthly.  

    1–2pm: Instagram Live

    We hosted an interview and question and answer session with academics, current international students and International Education and Development MA alumni at .

    Alumni included Su’ur Su’eddie Vershima Agema (pictured), Executive Director at SEVHAGE Literary & Development Initiative in Nigeria;  Mami Kawaguchi, an advocacy officer for Save the Children, based in Japan; Dana Choi, Youth Programme Analyst in UNFPA, in South Korea; Soojung Park, former Managing Director at Educators Without Borders and Swiss Korean Correspondent at ASIATODAY in Switzerland. 

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    2–3pm: Sample Lecture

    Addressing the challenges and needs of out of school children: insights from the Centre for International Education

    This talk, by , will draw on pioneering research into the contribution of accelerated learning programmes to enabling out of school children to make successful transitions into formal schooling.

    In particular, it celebrates how these programmes offer ways of reaching marginalised children through innovative and exciting teaching methods and approaches.

     

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If you have any questions about Development Studies Week, please contact James Minhas in the International Office

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