When I received the fifth message this week on my social media from the upcoming students asking for tips on applying to GLOCAL, I realized there is a need to sum up the main points […]
Category: Academic
(Everything to do with the universities and / or the consortium. So articles about learning languages, thesis writing tips, and town hall meetings (initiated by either the university or the consortium) belong here)
Catching up with GLOCAL III (Summer School 2019)
GLOCAL Summer School 2019 was held in Rotterdam from 25-29th August 2019 with the theme of ‘Tastes of the Global City’. The 5-day program was packed with a variety of insightful lectures and panel discussions, […]
6 Useful Tools and Resources for Writing Academic Essays
With essay deadlines looming on the horizon, master essay writer Jeen shares her tips for staying on top. Academic essays can be daunting to write especially if you come from a background where they were […]
Global varieties of capitalism presentations: through the eyes of second cohort
While we enjoy our deserved summer break, it’s good to recollect our hard study days at the University of Glasgow. Here is a throwback to the presentation day for the Varieties of Capitalism, taught by […]
GLOCAL goes local: sharing experience on the consultancy projects in Barcelona
One of the definite pluses of our semester here in Barcelona is the opportunity to do a consultancy project for a local organization, dealing with the social sphere, urban planning or economic development. This project […]