Tag: International Development
Volunteering, voluntourism and social impact
The two sides of Ed Sheeran’s development work
“White saviour”, “poverty porn”, “reinforcing negative stereotypes” have been some of the phrases thrown at Ed Sheeran in recent weeks after he ‘won’ the 2017 Rusty Radiator award handed out by Radi-Aid. This annual award, along with the Golden Radiator, highlights the very worst and best fundraising videos in international development. The judges criticise videos […]
Read More The two sides of Ed Sheeran’s development workGuest post: How travelling helped me reflect on my career and decide what to do next
Rosie Coleman explains why she took time off to travel and how it helped her career. Make sure you check out the video about her first three weeks in southern Africa too. I’d never taken a gap year. My travels had been holidays rather than extended periods spent overseas. After graduating from LSE in 2013, […]
Read More Guest post: How travelling helped me reflect on my career and decide what to do nextHow to get in to the charity sector
I was recently asked to make a small contribution to Child.org‘s excellent Charity Apprentice programme by writing an article about how to get in to the charity sector. This course teaches young people both how charities work and how to do effective charity work. Applications for the January 2017 intake are now open so if you’re interested […]
Read More How to get in to the charity sectorUniversities have a duty to stop promoting orphanage volunteering
This post was originally written by myself for the London School of Economics, who have full copyright. See the original post. At LSE we’re incredibly passionate about volunteering and the role that students play in changing the world for the better. Our most recent research shows that almost 50% of our undergraduates volunteer during their time […]
Read More Universities have a duty to stop promoting orphanage volunteeringAn interview with Ashish Thakkar
When invited to review Ashish Thakkar’s book, The Lion Awakes, I was also asked to do a Q&A with him about some of the topics that he explores in the book. Thank you to Ashish for taking the time to answer my questions so fully! How do you view the importance of aid versus trade (or […]
Read More An interview with Ashish Thakkar