In this session with our Postgrad Mentors and the Doctoral College, we will be discussing things you need to know about preparing for a PhD upgrade, what work to submit, what to expect in the meeting, and how to pass your first PhD milestone. The format of this session is Q&A style with some tips and a short introduction from the postgraduate mentors.

This practical, hands on web based session will give you the opportunity to practise group work activities. Come along and experience a group exercise and receive feedback from the team in a safe environment.

Social distancing and isolation in lockdown has been challenging, but creative writing and drawing can have a positive effect on wellbeing. Join us for this peer-delivered session on how creative activities can benefit your wellbeing.

As part of our Careers in Economics Webinar Series we would like you to join us for an informal discussion with a panel of Warwick Alumni discussing their career journeys since graduating from Warwick.

About the talk

We will be talking to five Warwick Alumni: Mahmood Abdulla, Martin Li, Adam Khan, Pankhuri Bansal and Veenu Singh.

The panel will share:

• Their experience of studying economics at university
• The key transferable skills they think were important for their chosen career
• Their current role and what it involves

The panel will be introduced by Atisha Ghosh, Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics and the Q&A session will be conducted jointly by Atisha Ghosh and Stephanie Redding, our Senior Careers Consultant.

Please note that these events are for current students only. Once registered, we will send you MS Teams joining details via email.

Registration will close at 12:00 on the day.

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We are very pleased to be discussing a paper by MPhil student Sailee Khurjekar. The abstract for Sailee’s paper is below, and the paper itself is attached for those who wish to read it ahead of time. We look forward to engaging with such a vital topic.

Establishing the Place of Race: A Critical Evaluation of Cultural Constructionism 

The metaphysics of race has presented competing theories about the definition and role of human races, alongside debates surrounding the existence of races. Social constructionists on race are concerned with the nature of race and the way that it latches on to our social reality. There are two strands of social constructionism on race: political constructionism and cultural constructionism. This paper is a critical evaluation of Chike Jeffers’ cultural constructionist account of race. I will posit three criticisms of Jeffers’ position, all pertaining to his claim that races ought to be preserved in a post-racist world. The form of my criticisms is as follows:

(1) Criticism 1: Single and Unified Culture by Race

A single and unified culture by race does not exist after the end of racism.

(2) Criticism 2: Racial Difference

Racial difference cannot be celebrated in a utopian world because such difference ceases to exist.

(3) Criticism 3: White Supremacism

The preservation of racialised people worryingly blurs the line between White pride and White supremacism.

I hope that the thesis will show: The significance of the social construction of race; the benefits of adopting Jeffers’ cultural constructionist account of race; and the drawbacks of preserving racial groups after the end of racism.