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Welcome to the Aberdeen University International Development Week, where all those who want to start a career, or are simply interested in international development can get all the information at hand. There will be all kinds of events taking place throughout the week including movies, MUN sessions, guest lectures and our very own Careers Day.
So come along and take part in one of the biggest events on campus this year!
SCHEDULEMonday - Debate by Amnesty Int. Soc. - THE ROLE PLAYED BY HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT - NK1 6pmhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5134968428Tuesday- MUN Session by UNYSA with Guest Lecturer from Oxfam - CRISIS SIMULATION - NK1 6pmhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187013177999298Wednesday - Lecture by Prof. Andrea Teti and PIR Soc. - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & DEMOCRACY (focus on current events in the Middle East) - Taylor A21 6pmhttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30062349507Thursday - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAREERS DAY Including organizations like Scotland Malawi Partnership, Oxfam, VSO, Christian Aid, Edinburgh University... offering a chance for students to ask any questions regarding working or volunteering in international development. Some organisations will attend from 11am-1pm, others will offer echats between 12pm-1pm and a series of presentations will take place 1pm-2pm Alfies Cafe, Butchart 11-2pmwww.abdn.ac.uk/careers/services/international-development-week/ Thursday - Film screening by Shared Planet - EL SISTEMA, a documentary on the role of education in development in South America - MacRobert 268 5pm http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28317472884Thursday- SALSA WORKSHOP by Shared Planet and the Hispanic Society - 7pmFriday - Panel Discussion, moderated by Brendan Dineen (Population Health, UoA), on the linkages between drugs such as tobacco and heroin, public health, environmental and international development concerns - MacRobert MR051 5.30-7pm
Speakers:
Helmut Geist (Sixth Century Chair in Human-Environment Interactions UoA) and Hilary Homans (Director of the Centre For Sustainable International Development UoA)
- Venue
- Around the University