Blog posts about careers in development. For more information please visit the development section of our website.
GalleryAshurst competition: What moves your mind? Win an international internship
Guest post from Ashurst about their new video competition: What moves your mind?
What Moves Your Mind?
At Ashurst, we’re looking for a certain kind of thinker. Perceptive. Clear‑headed. The kind of person who knows that moving minds isn’t about being the loudest person in the room. It’s about sharp, agile logic and a near‑palpable passion for your subject – whatever that […]
GalleryUNOPS: Working for an innovative UN organisation
Guest blog from Kirsten Fonager, Human Resources Business Partner and LSE graduate and Human Resources Analyst, Aditi Agrawalat the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) ahead of International Organisations Day (IOD) 2016:
Kirsten Fonager, Human Resources Business Partner
We at UNOPS are attending IOD in order to raise awareness amongst the best and the brightest about the possibilities and […]
GalleryVolunteering in Uganda: another side of the story
In her second blog about Lively Minds Susana Rubinstein shares her voluntary experiences. This blog post was originally published through the LSE IPA blog and we thank them for allowing us to share it.
A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog entry on the LSE Careers site about my experience volunteering for Lively Minds in Uganda, particularly about […]
GalleryUniversities have a duty to stop promoting orphanage volunteering
Blog by David Coles, LSE Volunteer Coordinator, trustee of KickStart Ghana, and a supporting member of the Better Volunteering, Better Care Network:
At LSE we’re incredibly passionate about volunteering and the role that students play in changing the world for the better. Our most recent research shows that almost 50% of our undergraduates volunteer during their time at LSE, something […]
GalleryChildren as products: The reality of orphanage voluntourism
Lamorna Byford is a social researcher based in London. She has undertaken research for think tanks, brands and charities and is now a research fellow for the Better Volunteering, Better Care initiative. She holds an MSc in the Social Anthropology of Cognition from the London School of Economics, during which she focused on how children form attachments to the […]
GalleryAn interview with Ashish Thakkar
When invited to review Ashish Thakkar’s book, The Lion Awakes, I was also asked to do a Q&A with him about some of the topics that he explores in the book. Thank you to Ashish for taking the time to answer my questions so fully!
How do you view the importance of aid versus trade (or both) in the development […]
GalleryReview: ‘The Lion Awakes’, by Ashish Thakkar
Africa is home to six of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Collective GDP has now reached $2 trillion, up from $587 billion in 2000. 400,000 new companies were registered in 2014 and by 2040 Africa will have a larger workforce than China.
These statistics, impressive as they are, only tell a small part of the The Lion Awakes. Part personal […]
GalleryWorking in a rights based field – alumni insights
LSE Careers recently hosted a human rights careers networking evening for the Centre for the Study of Human Rights. Alumni talked about their roles and career paths but also shared their top tips for getting started. With many LSE alumni from across a range of programmes moving into what might be broadly classed a rights based field, we thought […]
GalleryInsider tips blog series from alumni and employers
Throughout Lent Term (and Michaelmas Term) we posted blogs from employers and LSE alumni about what it’s like to work in certain sectors, including their advice for current students.
In this blog you can find a recap of what they said – make sure to look out for insider tips on this blog in the summer too!
Publishing
By Seonaid Macleod who […]
GalleryA new era for Corporate Social Responsibility as we know it?
In Lent Term we welcomed a range of Corporate Responsibility (CR) and sustainability specialists (including LSE alumni) onto campus to talk about their career paths, what their day-to-day jobs involve, and what the future holds for people interested in CR as a career.
Thanks to Isabella from Sancroft, Yogesh from TCS, Lisa from AIM, Stephanie from the JP Morgan Foundation, […]
