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- Economist Profiles
- Posted 3 months ago
Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall is a famous economist who made great contributions to the field when it was still relatively new towards the end of the 19th century. Yet, students often learn about important figures in economics only briefly and in passing, although the content taught in economics courses often comes from brilliant economists such as Marshall.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 11 years ago
MOOCs and Economics Education
Last year I wrote a post on whether free education would replace the skyrocketing tuition fees being faced around the world. A year later and this topic has expanded so much that it has a name: MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses – and there are, literally, millions of them and the trend is growing fast, as illustrated by this ‘MOOC Timeline’.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 5 years ago
Tips For Students: How To Find A Part-Time/Student Job To Finance Your Studies
Given the highly competitive nature of funding opportunities and the ever-increasing cost of higher education, a part-time job is seemingly an unavoidable part of the student experience. Whether it be to earn some more money to put towards tuition fees, or the cost of living expenses or even having a little aside for entertainment and leisure activities, students find themselves increasingly obliged to find a part-time job whilst at university.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 12 years ago
The 100th Anniversary of the Birthday of Milton Friedman
On November 16, 2006 the world lost one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century. Today, July 31, 2012, Milton Friedman would have celebrated his 100th birthday, which makes it perhaps a fitting time to stop for a moment and recall some of his contributions to the field.
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- Digital Tools for Teaching
- Posted 5 years ago
Digital Tools to Make Your Lectures More Efficient and Engaging
The educational sector's global value is worth trillions of dollars worldwide. Education technology, or EdTech, has risen into a worldwide phenomenon, and a market that is expected to grow and grow. What tools can lecturers use to make their teaching more engaging?
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- Building Your Teaching Career
- Posted 1 year ago
Developing a teaching profile: Why and how?
The increasing importance of evidencing teaching effectiveness In recent years, the UK higher education environment has noticeably changed. Research Assessment Exercises and then the Research Excellence Framework have highlighted the importance of academics not only being research- active but regularly publishing high quality outputs in internationally recognised academic journals.
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- Work Abroad Article
- Posted 9 years ago
Teaching abroad: challenges and advice for teaching at a university in a foreign country
Each year, thousands of university teachers leave their native environments to go and teach and/or conduct academic research in a foreign country. Indeed, in this increasingly globalized world populated by a highly networked mobile workforce, there are seemingly unending possibilities, incentives and occasions to teach in a higher education institution in a foreign country. Gaining such experience is encouraged to the point where it is now even expected on your CV. Personally speaking, having taught on 3 continents, I can attest to the value of gaining such international experience. Even as a student in higher education, I fondly recall that my most interesting, passionate and captivating teachers were those who had benefited from a similarly international experience.
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- PhD Program
- Posted 3 months ago
Call for Applications for the PhD in Economics - 2024/2025
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- Workshop, Conference
- (Partially Online)
- Posted 1 month ago
13th LaBS International Banking Workshop "Banking in Emerging Markets: Challenges and Opportunities"
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- Current Events
- Posted 2 years ago
Solidarity with Ukraine, ways to help and assisting international students fleeing war
A historic tragedy like the war in Ukraine calls for historic measures of outreach and solidarity. There is an urgent demand for humanitarian aid and safe passage for the hundreds of thousands of refugees already created by the war. This includes thousands of students at Ukranian universities who have had to flee the conflict.
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- Campus Reviews
- Posted 5 years ago
Hiding 'Unter den Linden' - Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany is home to more than 37,000 students across 190 degree courses, as well as being a renowned research institution. Famous alumni of the university include Karl Marx, Heinrich Hertz, and Alexander von Humboldt, as well as 29 Nobel Laureates, and Albert Einstein was once a Physics professor.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
Top Career Paths: Business Economics
A business degree can be a great investment with fantastic future career options. When supported with a solid understanding of economics, in the job market you'll find that you are an attractive candidate to a whole host of different employers. However, if you're thinking about taking a business economics degree, or are just about to graduate, you might wonder what exact career options are open to you. Here are five of the top career paths.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
How to Connect With Other Economists in Your Field
So you know that getting to know other people in your field is important, and that you need to network when you attend a conference. But what about the rest of the time? What websites can you use to get in touch with other experts in your field? Here are some ideas:
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- Program
- Posted 2 weeks ago
Visiting Researcher Program
at Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) in Regensburg, Germany -
- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Tips For Students Attending Their First Academic Conference
Attending a conference for the first time can be both a lot of fun and a rather scary experience! So here are some tips for students attending their first conference, to make it as enjoyable and beneficial as possible.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 9 years ago
Open access: the case for making your research publicly available
Open access refers to materials which are publicly available without restrictions on access or reuse. To publish your research in open access means that anyone, including other researchers and the public, will be able to read your paper in its original form. In order to support this free access for users, journals which publish open-access charge a fee (often in the region of several thousand Euros) to the authors. But, this cost comes with advantages. Today we're looking at the case for making your research available in open access form.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Your Must-Have Items for Conferences
When you're packing for a conference, there are some essentials to bring along that will make your life much easier. Check out our list of these items below and make sure you have them in your bag so your conference trip is as smooth as possible.
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- PhD Program
- Posted 8 months ago
PhD positions in Management at Nova School of Business and Economics
Starts 1 Sep at NOVA School of Business and Economics in Carcavelos, Portugal -
- Study Advice Article
- Posted 8 years ago
8 Kinds Of Life Experience Which Will Help You As A Student
When you think about what skills a student needs to be successful, you probably think of academic skills like research or academic writing. If you're becoming a student for the first time, this can be intimidating – you've never learned those skills before! But there are lots of other skills you will have picked up in your life which will help you through your studies. Consider the following:
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 9 years ago
Tips on Starting Work in a New Field for Your PhD or Postdoc
Starting out a new role as a PhD student or postdoc will often be demanding and involve a steep learning curve. This is especially true if you have moved into a new discipline or field than you have worked in previously. With different approaches to research, learning and assessment than that which you have experienced before, it can take some effort to adjust to a new setting. Below are some tips to ease this transition to help you make the most of your postdoc in a new field.
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 9 years ago
Finding Funding for a Master’s Program in Spain
Although the range of tuition fees is quite broad in Spain (depending on the program, discipline and university, you may be asked to pay anywhere between a few hundred and many thousands of euros), nearly every Master’s program requires some level of payment. Thus, it is a good idea to carefully look through the admissions pages of each program you’re interested in and be fully aware of tuition requirements before you apply.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to Switch from Academia to Industry
This article was featured in the INOMICS Handbook 2017, a new career guide for Economists. Download it here.
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- PhD Program
- Posted 7 months ago
PhD in Economics - University of Cyprus
Starts 1 Sep at University of Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus -
- An Opportunity Arises
- Posted 4 years ago
How COVID-19 Strengthens the Case for a Green New Deal
In the midst of the destruction it’s wrought, the lives and livelihoods it’s taken, and freedom it’s limited, COVID-19 has given us one thing that may yet prove positive - the opportunity to reflect. Under lockdown, we’ve been compelled to consider our pre-COVID lives, the aspects we valued, the parts we endured, and how things could be changed. Separation from reality has renewed our perspective. And it’s come at a convenient time, for a choice hangs in the air. With swathes of the economy on life-support, and recession hitting, we have the opportunity to choose which areas we preserve, and which we let perish. Ultimately, we must decide on which values our future economies are built. As climate catastrophe looms large, the stakes could not be higher.
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- Jobs for Economics PhDs
- Posted 1 year ago
Why are top management consulting firms increasingly hiring Economics PhDs?
The following article first appeared in the INOMICS Handbook 2023. Download the INOMICS Handbook
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