CTaLE Student Partners undertake specific projects for the Centre. We introduce current and past Student Partners here:
Dia Aneja
University College London
Dia is a second-year BSc Economics student at UCL. She had contributed to the three-day TeachECONference2024 as a student partner with CTaLE. Her responsibilities included assisting in overseeing logistical operations, ensuring the seamless coordination of sessions, and documenting the discussions throughout the event. She also prepared comprehensive event blogs, capturing the key insights and discussions from the sessions.
Vlad Midoni
University College London
Vlad is a second-year BSc Economics student at UCL. He really enjoyed working for CTaLE, specifically researching digital platforms that could be implemented for the TeachECONference 2024. Getting the chance to help his professors and contribute to their efforts of improving economics education in classrooms and lecture halls around the world was a very rewarding experience.
Xiaoyu Guo
University College London
Xiaoyu worked as a research assistant with CTaLE. She researched the local and overseas market for economics training targeted at non-experts. Xiaoyu also assisted in the interviews with various stakeholders, using the insights gained to develop innovative ideas for improving the training experience.
Veronica Hera
University of Cambridge
Veronica is a PhD student conducting mixed-methods research on the relationship between trust in government and political participation at the University of Cambridge, where she also teaches Statistics and Methods in Politics and International Relations. Within her work at CTaLE, she managed a team of 3 people, as Lead Researcher, in organising interviews and focus groups, analysing data and co-authoring a 16,000-word final report on the employability and skills development of SHS students at UCL. The research findings informed a range of recommendations for adapting existing courses in the UCL Economics and Political Science departments, to improve the teaching of data science in social sciences degrees.
Maha Khalid
University College London
Maha studied Economics (with a year abroad) at UCL from 2020 to 2024. In her first year she wrote a “Student Reflections” piece for CTaLE, describing my time at university so far. This allowed her to reflect on different aspects of student life, particularly those which had been affected by COVID-19. Her second experience with CTaLE was during the TeachECONference 2022, where she was a Student Partner. This role involved aiding with the running of the conference and the daily networking events, and also gave her the opportunity to learn more about the behind-the-scenes aspects of teaching economics, which students are often unaware of.
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