A Colombian alumna, from loneliness as an international student to DEN’s Vietnam and Türkiye trips and the magazine that carried [ … ]
Category: DEN at 10.
In 2026 and 2027, the Democratic Education Network marks ten years. What began as a single seminar at the University of Westminster has grown into an international community of students, alumni, academics and support workers reaching from London to Tashkent, Bangkok, Hanoi, Lima and Istanbul, working on what it means for students to be partners in producing knowledge rather than consumers of it. This is the home of our anniversary year. Here you will find a rolling series of interviews and reflections in Inside Westminster magazine, a podcast and short film telling the story of how DEN grew, the launch of a permanent DEN Alumni Network, and the findings of an anniversary research project tracing the themes that have shaped our first decade. Everything is made by the people who have been part of DEN. We hope you will read, listen, and add your voice.
“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 [ … ]
“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 [ … ]
“A single act of kindness can inspire another.”
From a Vietnam research trip to a vocation in child protection in Peru Claudia Lindo, BA graduate, University of Westminster; [ … ]
“Good research asks better questions.”
From a student conference win in Tashkent to MSc Economics at the University of Bonn, by way of DEN Durdonabonu [ … ]
“Not a place they may one day attend. A place where they contribute.”
Over ten years of CCCG-Westminster partnership: a Business Lecturer for a decade of DEN, and what comes next Prabhakar Tailor, [ … ]
“A microcosm for democracy in developing countries.”
A Peruvian legal scholar on witnessing DEN’s beginnings in 2015, and the case for Latin America in the next decade [ … ]