Welcome to CUiD!
Welcome to the website of Cambridge University International Development (CUiD). Our mission is to provide a non-partisan platform to raise awareness on international development issues and to promote the open discussion of them. To find out more about who we are and what we do in general, keep reading this post, or explore the links on the Menu on the left.
CUiD aims to motivate students to discuss, debate and take action on issues in international development, such as poverty, global health, climate change, and education - to name just a few. We do this by organising speaker events, panel discussions and open debates that stimulate dialogue between students, academics and development professionals from developed and developing countries, and that encourage students to question assumptions and opinions.
Our termly magazine, Vision, provides another platform on which students can explore issues that interest them and voice their views, as does the Cambridge chapter of the U8, through its events and its research projects.
CUiD was set up in 2005 by Sheena Sumaria. We are a member of the Humanitarian Centre and the Cambridge Hub, and are also a founding member of the U8 Global Student Partnership for Development.
Open Discussion Group: ‘What Copenhagen means for developing countries and climate change.’
Submitted by cuidadmin on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 22:14Date: Tuesday 9th February, 7.30pm
Venue: Café Project, Jesus Lane
Three members of the UK Youth Climate Change Coalition (UKYCC), Anna Collins, Kirsty Schneeberger and Emilia Melville, who attended the UN climate change meetings in Copenhagen in December 2009 will facilitate a discussion on the implications of the talks for developing countries. This will be an opportunity to learn and share experiences of people who were present and at the talks as well as discussing the issue more broadly. All areas of interest, disciplinary background and level of study more than welcome.
Film Screening: ‘Sill Standing’ A documentary by Sheena Sumaria and Sean Patterson
Submitted by cuidadmin on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 22:14Date: Tuesday 16th February, 7pm
Venue: Seminar Room, Queen's Building, Emmanuel College
This documentary follows the lives of Lidia and Jonathan who live in the slums of Medellin, Colombia. Lidia, an internal refugee, arrived in the slums and finds her and her three children stuck in a vicious cycle of poverty in this new alien environment. Jonathan is an ex-paramilitary and gang member who is trying to forge a better future through the help of a new Christian religious sect.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the co-producers. Sheena Sumaria (founding member of CUiD) and Sean Patterson are both studying for Masters at SOAS and have spent time in Latin America and Colombia where they made ‘Still Standing’ together.
Speaker Event: DJ and MC Nathaniel ‘Natty’ Sobhee from Defcon Records and Workshops
Submitted by cuidadmin on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 22:14Date: Monday 1st March, 7pm
Venue: Seminar Room, Queens Building, Emmanuel College
Natty is a well known DJ and MC on the UK Hip Hop circuit and Ambassador For the Prince’s Trust. He now runs Defcon Workshops, a UK organisation working with children to who struggle academically to produce music. Defcon is now spreading its wings to Nepal, Barbados and Brazil and Natty will shed light on the challenges of organising and implementing educational and musical workshops with NGOs in these countries. This talk will be of particular interest to anyone who has thought about the possibility of instigating development projects or simply the power of music to transcend borders and inspire social change.
Panel Debate: Assessing the Labour Government’s contribution to International Development
Submitted by cuidadmin on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 22:14Date: Friday 5th March, 7pm
Venue: TBC
Dr. Vasudah Chhotray - Development Studies, University of East Anglia
Nick Hillman - Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Cambridge
Daniel Zeichner - Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate PC for Cambridge
More speakers to be confirmed...
