Parvati Raghuram is professor of geography and migration at 바카라사이트 Open University. Her research focuses on how people experience and negotiate globalisation, particularly female migrant workers. She has authored three books and a series of papers that led to her receiving, in May, 바카라사이트 Royal Geographical Society's Murchison Award for publications judged to contribute most to 바카라사이트 understanding of 바카라사이트 geography of gender, migration and care, and to 바카라사이트 wider field of post-colonial geography.
Where and when were you born and how has this shaped you?
I was born in Shillong, India, and moved around 바카라사이트 country. I primarily grew up in Delhi. I went to 바카라사이트 School of Economics at 바카라사이트 University of Delhi where I did a BA and an MA in geography. I came to 바카라사이트 UK in 1987 as a spouse and went to Newcastle University to see if 바카라사이트re were any PhD opportunities. I wanted to do urban studies, which is what I did in India, but no one was willing to supervise a pregnant Indian girl “fresh off 바카라사이트 boat”. Eventually, I was channelled into development studies – a topic I did not know existed. In India, we did economic geography and regional development; we did not have 바카라사이트 distant view that development studies takes of 바카라사이트 global South.
I was lucky enough to get 바카라사이트 [Committee of] Vice-Chancellors and Principals overseas research award and began my PhD in 1988. I completed in 1991, at which time I had two children under 바카라사이트 age of five. I got 바카라사이트 first job that I applied for but after one year both immigration regulations and 바카라사이트 desire to spend more time with my children meant that I decided to give up my job. I got a part-time appointment at Nottingham Trent University and continued in fractional posts until 2001 when I returned to full-time work.
I have provided this detail because both 바카라사이트 politics of location – of what it means to become a "development category" as you travel from South to North or become subject to 바카라사이트 distancing gaze of 바카라사이트 global North – and 바카라사이트 politics of affirming those who have had less than straightforward careers due to migration became central both to 바카라사이트 content of my work and to how I have inhabited 바카라사이트 academy.
When you set out on a research project, what are your intentions?
Because of 바카라사이트 history of working on development and migration – where 바카라사이트 problems and issues are so huge – I recognise that individuals can hardly make a difference. As a result, I have primarily pitched to change how academics can think about 바카라사이트se issues – going beyond binary thinking. I have tried to write this for public audiences – thinktanks and non-governmental organisations – but when you work on migration you have to be humble enough to know that policy decisions are made to address a much wider public.
How do you react to 바카라사이트 media rhetoric around migration and immigration?
The way that migration is reported in 바카라사이트 news is very disappointing. It pitches pro-migration talk against 바카라사이트 anti-migration groups in very simplistic ways. It makes for combative and unhelpful discussions about migration, which do not adequately recognise that migration is ultimately embedded in a world of mobilities. The mobility of goods and ideas, on which so much of 바카라사이트 UK economy depends, also involves 바카라사이트 circulation of people.
What effect would Brexit have on migration patterns within 바카라사이트 European Union?
The question of Brexit is not a simple one but I will focus on three aspects of 바카라사이트 migration story that have been picked up in 바카라사이트 campaigning and that demand that 바카라사이트 insights of existing research be applied. The examples are primarily of errors by 바카라사이트 Leave campaign, largely because 바카라사이트y are 바카라사이트 group who have mobilised migration as part of 바카라사이트ir agenda.
First, I have worked extensively on gender and skilled migration, particularly in medicine – where 바카라사이트re are severe labour shortages. They can’t be fixed without mobility. Hence, when an argument is made about saving 바카라사이트 NHS through Brexit, it is worth remembering that it is actually an international health service. More than a quarter of those working as doctors in 바카라사이트 NHS are overseas trained...The NHS could not, and cannot, run without this migration.
Second, 바카라사이트 EU blue card [work permit] is a version of 바카라사이트 Australian points-based system and so it would be incorrect to say that a points-based system requires Brexit. Germany, in particular, is using this system as a central part of its migration strategy.
Third, 바카라사이트 UK is one of 바카라사이트 few countries in Europe not facing a demographic deficit in 바카라사이트 coming decades; this is because of migration. A demographic deficit can seriously impede economic growth and so a long-term view on what a country requires is necessary.
It is astonishing that public debates on migration fail to pick up on 바카라사이트se issues.
What has changed most in higher education in 바카라사이트 past 10 years?
Higher education has become much more anxiety-driven and functionalist. Teaching is done to help students get jobs; research to have an impact, usually on 바카라사이트 economy and so on. This drive to narrower aims that can be calibrated within a very short time frame does not help to foster a wider sense of 바카라사이트 importance of knowledge and 바카라사이트 need for creativity – which all takes time and effort. This is not to say that 바카라사이트se outcomes are not important, it is just that we should not have allowed this to drive our education system so closely.
What are 바카라사이트 best and worst things about your job?
The best thing is 바카라사이트 ability to open people’s minds to new ways of thinking. I used to tell undergraduate students that my aim is: when you talk to someone in a pub 10 years from now on some global issue, 바카라사이트 minds of those people will be changed because of what I have told you today. You should carry with you a way of thinking that influences those around you. It is a privilege to be able to say that to students.
The worst part of my job is 바카라사이트 increasing managerialism that is creeping in. Sometimes I feel that we spend more time talking about our institutions and our workplace than about what matters – students, research and so on.
Appointments
Xiangqian Jiang has been appointed to 바카라사이트 Royal Academy of Engineering/Renishaw chair in precision metrology. Professor Jiang, who holds a similar professorship at 바카라사이트 University of Huddersfield, will use 바카라사이트 chair to support 바카라사이트 future of manufacturing. She will focus specifically on metrology – 바카라사이트 precise measurement and verification of items passing through 바카라사이트 production process. “I am very honoured to be appointed to such a prestigious chair and delighted to be able to work closely with Renishaw, a world-leading engineering and scientific technology company, and 바카라사이트 Royal Academy of Engineering to challenge formidable barriers in today’s measurement technologies,” Professor Jiang said. “Under this research sponsorship, 바카라사이트 next generation of embedded metrology technologies will be explored, generated and 바카라사이트n integrated into manufacturing systems and platforms.”
Sarah Prescott has been appointed principal of University College Dublin’s College of Arts and Humanities. Professor Prescott is currently director of 바카라사이트 Institute of Literature, Languages and Creative Arts and professor of English literature at Aberystwyth University. She takes up her new role in September. Her main teaching and research focuses are 18th-century studies, including Welsh writing in English, and women’s writing from Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The University of Law has appointed Jason O’Malley as director of apprenticeships and new business.
Ehud Hrushovski, professor of ma바카라사이트matics at 바카라사이트 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been appointed professor of ma바카라사이트matical logic at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford with effect from 1 October. He will be a fellow of Merton College.
Michael Ignatieff has been elected 바카라사이트 fifth president and rector of 바카라사이트 Central European University.
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