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The Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize, 2021

Students in the School of Arts and Social Sciences are invited to submit an essay on ‘Encounters in and between the West and the Middle East’.

This new competition is being run for the first time in memory of Rosemary Hollis (1952-2020), former Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and Director of the Olive Tree Programme at City, as we approach one year since losing her.

A distinguished political scientist, inspiring teacher, and former Head of the Middle East Programme at Chatham House, she was a world-renowned commentator and author of Middle Eastern affairs, both in regard to internal regional dynamics and concerning EU, British and US involvement.

Her last book, Surviving the Story: The Narrative Trap in Israel and Palestine (2019), is not just another analysis of the peace process but is a reflection on the journey of mutual understanding and future vision to which herself and the young people of the Olive Tree committed their hearts and intellects.

Who can enter

The competition is open to students in every department—so whether or not the study of the Middle East is part of your course, please consider entering if it is a region in which you are interested. You can write a fresh piece, or you are also allowed to submit relevant essays that you might have produced in the course of the year for particular modules at City.

The judges will be looking for originality of argument supported by sound evidence. As the Times said its obituary of the scholar in whose memory this competition has been started, ‘Hollis was direct, driven and no-nonsense.’

Prizes

There will be separate prizes for undergraduate and postgraduate students, with £100 given for the best essay, and £50 second prize, in each category. Prizes will be given in retail vouchers.

How to apply

Essays should be 2,000 words in length, not including bibliography, written in 12 point Times New Roman, and submitted as a Microsoft Word document or pdf. Email to RHessay@city.ac.uk.

The closing date for entries is 9^th June 2021.

Winners will be announced towards the end of summer term.

SASS Black British PhD Studentships

Deadline: 25 June, 2021 17:00

The School of Arts and Social Sciences is offering one PhD Studentship for Black British students, for entry in September 2021.

The School of Arts and Social Sciences is a cosmopolitan, outward-looking, and internationally excellent centre of research and learning on the human condition in all of its dimensions. In the last Research Excellence Framework (REF) over 70% of SASS research was judged to be world leading or internationally excellent.

The School is acutely aware of the obstacles to accessing higher education faced by people from Black British backgrounds and is committed to creating an environment in which researchers from diverse backgrounds learn and work together.

The School is therefore making available one fully-funded studentship for PhD study, to be awarded on the basis of excellence of the application for September 2021 entry. Specific eligibility criteria are given below.

The studentship will cover UK tuition fees and an annual bursary and will be awarded to an individual who works in or across any of the School’s sub-disciplinary areas, or within any of its established Research Centres.

This is part of a wider set of measures being implemented across City, University of London to increase the representation of diverse UK Doctoral Researchers at the University.

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LEaD Student Survey on Asynchronous Online Learning

LEaD would like to invite undergraduate and postgraduate students to take part in a research study on International Politics students’ experience of asynchronous active learning as individuals and in groups through online learning.

Online survey

We would appreciate if you could complete our online survey. There are 16 questions and 5 additional questions on your background and experience. The whole survey should take less than ten minutes to complete. We will randomly allocate a £10 Love2Shop egift card voucher to 20 students who complete the survey.
More details about the project can be found in the participant information sheet.

Contact the research team
If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to get in touch with us:

Thomas Hanley – Thomas.hanley.1@city.ac.uk
Jane Secker – jane.secker@city.ac.uk
www.city.ac.uk/lead @CityUniLEaD

LEaD Focus Groups on Online Learning

LEaD would also like to invite undergraduate and postgraduate students to take part in a research study online focus group through Zoom or Microsoft Teams. The focus group will be exploring International Politics students’ experience of asynchronous active learning as individuals and in groups through online learning.

We will be running five online focus groups with up to eight students each and would really appreciate your input into one of these one-hour focus groups. Each focus group participant will receive a £20 Love2Shop egift card voucher.

How to sign-up

Please use this sign-up form to sign up for one of the focus groups. You will find the times and dates of each of the focus groups at the top of this form.