Presenting my PhD research at the European Parliament Last month, I was invited to present my PhD work at a symposium organised at....the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France!!!! I honestly have to say I was beyond excited. Here is a photo of me on my way to my presentation day...rainy day...but nonetheless finding Strasbourg beautiful. This was my second time presenting my research at an institution outside UEA and I was thrilled to have such an amazing location and platform to do so. I am in the Faculty of International Development at UEA and in my research I focus on understanding the higher education aspirations of Mexican young people living in poverty. I have been passionate about this topic for a long time now and I started researching about it since I wrote the dissertation for my MA International Development. I was obviously a bit nervous but I have been working in this topic for more than 3 years now! So I knew what I had to say. My 15-minutes presentat