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Ana Raquel Fuentes: “My colleagues, classmates, my Globedian family: Even after we took our own paths, either because of Glasgow, Bremen, internships, fieldworks and just life, we still managed to get together – either digitally or in person – and support each other. And for that sense of resilience and loving community, I thank each … Continued

GLOBED students spend several months conducting research in their country of choice. Let’s follow along with José Carlos, Arianna and Nimra to find out more about their fieldwork experiences. José Carlos Reaño fieldwork consists of semi-structured interviews with teachers and principals in schools in different regions in Peru. His goal is to find out about … Continued

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in Education Policies for Global Development (GLOBED) has received a total of 812 applications of students interested in joining the Edition 7 (2022/24) with scholarship. This is the highest number of applications ever received since the beginning of the programme in 2015. The last highest figure until today was … Continued

Like almost everything you organise in advance since the outbreak of the pandemic, designing the last Winter School was also not an easy thing to do. Although the initial idea was travelling to Cyprus, both the government and the university did not recommend travelling there by the end of February 2022. However, the situation was … Continued

On Friday 17th December, the first intergenerational career workshop took place, bringing together students and alumni since the very first edition and until the newest one. In total, around 40 students between the Edition 1 (2015/17) and 6 (2021/23) attended the online meeting on Zoom. Since this was the very first time that the six … Continued

Due to technical problems resulting from the cyber attack on UAB servers, the current GLOBED call for applications is still closed. In January 2022, the applications’ system is yet out of order, thus the call for applications for Erasmus Mundus scholarship candidates has been further postponed, and will be eventually from the 1st of February … Continued

The 23 students from the 6th cohort went on a trip to Girona, in the north of Catalonia, as part of the Welcome Week. The trip made possible to get to know the colleagues better and explore a city steeped in history, legends —and TV shows. An enthusiastic tour guide from AGT International walked with … Continued

Bona tarda, good afternoon (dean, students, families and friends, colleagues from the Fac of Pol Sc and Sociology). Welcome to this graduation ceremony, a ceremony that is more important than ever and that, as we will try to argue in this speech, has acquired new symbolism and meaning in the context of the ongoing health … Continued

  Daniela Hernández Silva, student of GLOBED fourth cohort, was one of the four winners at FreshEd Flux, a series where graduate students turn their research interests into narrative-based podcasts. In the first episode of Flux, “Defying the Odds in Rural Colombia?”, Daniela takes listeners on a journey to a faraway place in the Colombian … Continued

The spring days seem to be here to stay, also in Glasgow and Bremen. The academic paths in the UK and in Germany are very different though, and while the students at the University of Glasgow finish their commitments by May, those students who have chosen the University of Bremen for the courses of the … Continued