A WIUT graduate on flying 5,275 km to the 6th DEN Conference in London, and what surprised her when she [ … ]
“It gave me the confidence that I did know what I was talking about.”
A pandemic-era alumnus, now an Urban Planner at Rail Delivery Group, on publishing his dissertation in the DEN book, standing [ … ]
“In rooms with people from all walks of life.”
From a small town to Uzbekistan and Vietnam: a Westminster alumna, now a Content Creator and Presenter, on DEN’s field [ … ]
“A family with no blood bonds.”
A Colombian alumna, from loneliness as an international student to DEN’s Vietnam and Türkiye trips and the magazine that carried [ … ]
“The conference itself was a mahalla.”
From winning WIUT’s SDG Course to hearing the Westminster Vice-Chancellor say he had just learned an Uzbek word from her [ … ]
“A world previously closed to me.”
From ICP to Vice President at Emergent: an alumnus on how the network opened a career in international development Leks [ … ]
“More than another academic event.”
From winning WIUT’s SDG Course in Tashkent to the 9th DEN International Conference in London: a third-year Economics student on [ … ]
“A single voice in a decade of many.”
A second-year WIUT student on joining at DEN’s 8th conference, and writing her first book chapter Bahar Emine Özdemir, second-year [ … ]
“One day, presenting research. The next representing your country.”
From the 2023 DEN conference to a Japan-ASEAN youth leadership programme: a Kasetsart Psychology graduate on saying yes before you [ … ]
“You will go further than we have ever gone.”
A Kasetsart University alumnus on presenting at the DEN conference, editing the DEN book, and the research career it set [ … ]
Solving Global Poverty Helps More Than You Would Think
Global poverty is often seen as a distant problem, something that affects other countries far removed from our own daily [ … ]
“Thought it was pointless. Big mistake.”
From sceptic to alumnus: how a Latvian student got talked into DEN, and stayed Valters Dāvids Ostrovskis, BA alumnus, University [ … ]