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IDS Alumni Services

The IDS Alumni Association has a range of services on offer for alumni and existing students

IDS Alumni Association Contact Database is Now Live!

Join the IDS Alumni Association, a thriving and rapidly growing network of development professionals. Over 250 have joined already, enabling alumni the possiblity to share the IDS values, views and perspectives that we hold dear. Stay in touch with IDS staff, students, your own alumni cohort and of course other alumni. This IDS Alumni Contact Details Form asks you to update your details and seeks permission to share these with the groups mentioned above, it only takes a moment to complete. Please use your IDS username and password, if you need one just contact the alumni office and we will arrange one.

News from the AA Committee

As part of our commitment towards a professional development network, we have created a social networking site which gives you the opportunity to upload your profile, add a personal blog, advertise vacancies or you might be seeking employment specific to your field of expertise. The site also gives you the opportunity to meet up with fellow alumni or old friends, open or join in discussions. It's so simple, as a password protected site you just e-mail the Alumni officer who will invite you join.

BLDS online Enquiry Desk

The British Library for Development Studies, (BLDS) gives alumni a free Help Desk service called Ask a librarian plus BLDS Updates (e-mail lists of the latest subject acquisitions). We have also produced 'Subject Guides' (tailored catalogue searches which make finding material easier). Lastly a reminder that we have a Document Delivery, including a free service to research institutes in the South at no cost to the user, enabled by collaboration with the Global Development Network (GDN).

Alumni Association

As a former IDS student you are automatically a member of the Alumni Association Committee. There are many IDS alumni worldwide, so please help us keep in touch with you by visiting this site regularly and updating your contact details. Here are some of the options:

E-mail for Life

E-mail for Life is a new service available to all IDS alumni. It is a permanent e-mail address, with an option to redirect mail from that account to another e-mail address.

E-mail for Life (Word doc)

Internships page

This page offers information for potential host organisations and interns about post-graduation Job Vacancies and Internship Information.

Planning a visit to IDS?

Let us know in advance so we can organise a meeting with current students for you to share your experiences since leaving IDS. So far, students have recently met Mark Hayakawa (MAGov01), and Marion Mueller (MA17), Caitlin Porter (MA Gov 02), Jeremy Armon (MP17), Sonomi Tanaka (MA8), Shandana Mohmand (MA Gov 02), Miguel Loureiro (MA Gov 02) and Romilly Greenhill (MP21). Contact the Alumni Office for more information.

University of Sussex Alumni Network
As a former student, the University of Sussex Alumni Network would also like to hear from you. Please contact them through their website.

Publications Discount

Don't forget: Alumni are entitled to discounts on all IDS Publications. 33 per cent if but increased to 60 per cent if you live in the South.

Further information on Alumni activities is available from:

Alumni Officer
Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex
Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9RE

E-mail: Alumni@ids.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1273 915654
Fax: +44 (0)1273 621202 or 915688