Microfinance
Back in December we posted a piece about this growing area of international development – http://thecareersgroupgid.wordpress.com/?s=microfinance&searchbutton=go%21 We are pleased that the Microfinance Association have accepted our invitation to run  a workshop at our ‘Getting into International Development’ day on March 23rd (details at careers.lon.ac.uk/dev). In the meantime you can read some reports about the association including a [...]
Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:38:09 +0000

Study India
January 27th 2010. Just returned from a lunchtime talk about ‘Study India’. The talk came about because I met a couple of students visiting the careers centre who took part in the inaugral ‘Study India’ programme in 2009.  Applications for this year’s programme will close on March 17th (applications aren’t considered before then so don’t [...]
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:12:24 +0000

Jan Valtin / Richard Krebs
This post is a complete diversion but I couldn’t resist posting up this photo of Jan Valtin the alias of Richard Krebs. Valtin was an organiser for the Communist Party in Germany in the 1920 and 30s.  Eventually he was captured by the nazis but after a dreadful experience of imprisonment and torture he talked [...]
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:44:27 +0000

Applying for Political Risk
One of the students in King’s College War Studies department sent me a political risk application letter to check. I’ve anonymised the details and posted the comments I made on a website. I have used it because it helped me make some points that may not be obvious. These include * This sector doesn’t value non-related [...]
Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:16:14 +0000

Microfinance
The Microfinance Association has been operational since the summer of 2009. Its aim is to provide training and accreditation for those working in the rapidly growing area of microfinance.  We recently met  Ademola Tosoye  to find our more about how the Assocation might be relevant for those looking for entry level roles in international development. [...]
Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:42:53 +0000

The role of the Private sector in humanitarian efforts
 A conference organised by RedR and King’s humanitarian futures programme 9.30 am a difficult start – balancing tea a croissant and a delegate pack. The list of delegates is revelatory itself a Head of sustainable development at consultants Scott Wilson; a head of private sector engagement at CARE International and PWCs sustainability and climate change manager.  [...]
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:16:02 +0000

Interning in Jane’s Strategic Advisory Service
We have just wrapped up a ‘Careers In Conflict’ Forum at King’s College, University of London. One of the contributors was an alumni of King’s who now works for IHS Jane’s Strategic Advisory Service. In fact most of the speakers turned out to be from King’s.  Not planned that way but it just happened.  It [...]
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:12:44 +0000

Human Rights and International Development
Saturday 8.50am I’ve been invited to speak at an event on Human rights and international development organised by Oxfid an Oxford university organisation that does great work raising the development profile amongst it’s students. Jo Evans the co president who invited me came to our ‘Getting into International Development’ event previously and has quickly got [...]
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:52:42 +0000

The Study India Programme
The Study India Programme is an opportunity for undergraduates to have a 3 weeks expenses-paid experience in India in either Mumbai or Delhi, in summer  2010. If you are graduating in 2010 you will still be counted as an undergraduate. The programme is designed to build links between British students and India.  Typically Indian students [...]
Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:54:51 +0000

Policy work in the UK Parliament
Sophia Pickles has been employed as the Assistant Coordinator for the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes Region of Africa for the last 9 months.  We talked to her about her work and how she got the post . What does the APPG do? The group was set up in the wake of the [...]
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:19:18 +0000