The Cumberland Lodge Blog is a space for our Fellows and others to write about their experiences and key learnings from our events and beyond. The views expressed here are not the views of Cumberland Lodge, but of the individuals who write for the blog.
Youth and Democracy hits the road
8 April 2024
Programme Officer Munny Purba recently attended the North-South Peace Event in Belfast, as part of our Youth and Democracy project. Here are her reflections on her trip.[…]
Confronting disinformation
5 April 2024
In March 2024, we hosted the first workshop in our Youth and Democracy project, exploring Dis/Mis-information and Young People. Cumberland Lodge Fellow Mattia Emma shares his reflections on the event.[…]
Smell the nonsense: exploring dis/mis-information
25 March 2024
Last week, we hosted the first in-person workshop of our Youth & Democracy project, exploring Dis/Mis-information and Young People. Cumberland Lodge Fellow Claire Agius shares her reflections.[…]
What unites us? Building trust, respect, and listening, through art
29 January 2024
Cumberland Lodge Fellow 2022-24, Meaghan Malloy, reflects on using her Personal Development Grant (offered as part of the Cumberland Lodge Fellowship) and what she learned about exercising her voice and[…]
Reflections on a Fellows’ Retreat 2023
20 September 2023
Cumberland Lodge Fellow Rong Wei looks back on her time at the Fellows’ Retreat 2023.[…]
Whose nature is it anyway?
16 September 2023
Cumberland Lodge Fellow 2021-23, Andrew Marks, reflects on the impact of using his Personal Development Grant to help connect LGBTQ+ people with nature in his local community. […]
Memories of a Fellows’ Retreat 2023
15 September 2023
Cumberland Lodge Fellow Cee Swakamisa reflects on the Fellows’ Retreat 2023.[…]
Memories of a Fellows’ Retreat at Cumberland Lodge
3 March 2023
Shahira Shahir, Cumberland Lodge Fellow 2022-24, PhD student in the School of Management at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and Cara (Council for At-Risk Academics) scholar from Afghanistan, shares her thoughts on attending the annual Fellows’ Retreat.[…]
Reflections on the barriers, pitfalls, and possibilities of social mobility
28 March 2022
This March, Cumberland Lodge brought together policymakers, practitioners, academics, and students to exchange knowledge and ideas about the role of education and employment in shaping social mobility. The conference was[…]
Women in leadership: challenges and opportunities
16 March 2022
A blog by Cumberland Lodge Fellow Chandni Patel, looking back on the Dialogue & Debate webinar: ‘Women in Leadership #BreakTheBias’ hosted in March 2022, celebrating International Women’s Day 2022.[…]
‘Justice delayed is justice denied’
8 February 2022
A blog post by Cumberland Lodge Fellow Scott Kaba Matafwali, reflecting on the launch event for the Towards Justice: Law Enforcement & Reconciliation Cumberland Lodge Report.[…]
Impact of COVID-19 on higher education experiences: challenges and opportunities
21 January 2022
A blog post by Cumberland Lodge Fellow Chandni Patel, looking back on the Cumberland Lodge Christmas Seminar 2021.[…]
Othello Retreat: A word or two before you go
12 January 2022
A blog post by Amy Buller Scholar Joshua Rice, looking back on the 2022 Cumberland Lodge Shakespeare Retreat, exploring the play ‘Othello'[…]
Tokenism: a barrier to inclusive diversity
5 January 2022
A blog post by Cumberland Lodge Fellow Nour Nashed, looking back on the ‘Beyond Tokenism’ Dialogue & Debate webinar, streamed live in November 2021.[…]
British-German Democracy Forum: Understanding the past, to shape the present
5 January 2022
A blog by Cumberland Lodge Fellow Callum O’Malley, reflecting on the British-German Democracy Forum that was held at Cumberland Lodge in late 2021[…]