The University Graduate School lecture series introduces expert and passionate speakers from inside and outside academia to inform and inspire. Our lecture for this term is given by Dr Mehdi Barghchi, an academic and a scientist. Mehdi has worked in several developed and developing countries and is currently coordinating and developing the postgraduate training at the University of Leicester.
Doctoral and postgraduate studies require a wide range of skills and access to a variety of resources within the academic environment and the community at large. While higher education institutions provide valuable and essential resources and facilities for research, knowledge of and access to grass-root outreach programmes may provide further helpful experience and opportunities in certain cases.
Mehdi will talk on volunteering as a way of public engagement and making a contribution to the society. He will discuss the value of developing transferable and soft skills during the academic training. Mehdi will also refer to some examples of his outreach voluntary projects and activities covering areas such as: access to education, health, homelessness, asylum, and natural disaster crisis.
The lecture will be followed by refreshments and networking, allowing you to ask questions of our speaker in a more informal environment as well as make connections with postgraduate researchers from across the university
Time: 2pm to 4pm
Location: University Edgbaston Campus (the building and room will be specified when you have booked your ticket)
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