Did you know that students at IDS (and graduates for up to three years) have access to a range of skills development opportunities and careers support during their time with us? This includes a regular careers drop-in session with Helen Gorman, Careers and Employability Consultant at the...
27 January 2025
MA Development Studies student Deep Mehta shares his honest reflections about his year with us – including the challenges and frictions caused when your values, beliefs and opinions and not always aligned with those who you are studying with. Much of what I say here overlaps with what...
19 September 2024
Are you thinking of applying for an IDS Graduate Scholarship? IDS MA in Governance, Development and Public Policy alum Smriti RDN Neupane and winner of our 2021 IDS Graduate Scholarship Award shares her top tips for how to get started. If you have already received an offer letter for the...
23 April 2024
Rachna Vyas came to IDS in September 2023 to study MA Governance, Development & Public Policy. She shares how she was supported to set up a space for other first-generation learners (students whose parents did not attend university), and the difference this has made to her time at IDS. Before...
27 March 2024
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), in partnership with the University of Sussex, has been ranked first in the world for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings for the ninth consecutive year. Together with the University of Sussex, we provide 29 postgraduate degrees...
As summer transitions into autumn in the UK, the seasonal change sees IDS bid farewell to one cohort of students who make way for the class of 2023-24. It is an exciting time of year for everyone across the institute, as we get to celebrate success with our 2022-23 students and welcome over...
23 October 2023
On Monday 17 July, we were delighted to celebrate the graduation of 50 students who had completed either their Master’s or their PhD. Among the class of 2023 were Dilmurad Yusupov, whose thesis 'Disability and Citizenship in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan' explored the role of disabled people’s...
19 July 2023
Did you know that between IDS and our partner the University of Sussex, we provide 29 postgraduate degrees under the theme of international development? This is one of the broadest and most comprehensive programmes of international development Masters courses on offer. Development Studies Week...