Fi Wi Road Internship

It's that time! Fi Wi Road Internship for Black Geography & Geoscience students is now OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS 🥳 Apply below or via the link in our bio for the 2025 paid internship

It's that time! Fi Wi Road Internship for Black Geography & Geoscience students is now OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS 🥳 Apply below or via the link in our bio for the 2025 paid internship

Geography is…URGENT 🌊🌱 The Fi Wi Road Fair closes with a workshop and talk from our own 2024 Internship cohort. Bilan, Sheldon, Mia, Anaya, and Arianna will share how the essential discipline of Geography helps us make sense of an increasingly complex world.

Geography is…VIOLENT🗺️💰 Through an interactive workshop explore the origins of Geography as a discipline. Following a timeline from the 15th to 19th Century, the workshop will work through this history of exploration, colonial mapping, scientific racism and more.

Join us in conversation with Anesu, Lucien, and Kwaku to explore this topic next week at the Fi Wi Road Fair! Not secured your place yet? Register for FREE via the link in our bio!🎟️

Geography is…EVERYWHERE 🌎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Black people build lives and communities everywhere, yet we often see disjointed representations of this. This panel explores the collaborative and creative voice of the Black community in Scotland.

So much looking forward to this next edition of the @fwr_internship’s Black Futures Fair, this time in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday, Sept 16th. Excited for these panels and workshops conceived + organized by Black heritage undergrad geographers! Come thru in person or online! 🖤

We can’t wait to welcome our three panel speakers as they explore how different spaces and locations become sites of defiance and empowerment. Not secured your place yet? Register for FREE via the link🎟️fiwiroad.co.uk/registration

Geography is…RESISTANT! ✊🏾🔥 In the context of Black resistant, we recognise how power dynamics embedded into cities, neighbourhoods and spatial arrangements influence various forms of activism and protest against systemic injustices.

📅 Just TWO weeks until we're in Glasgow! If you haven't signed up yet for REDEFINING GEOGRAPHY follow the link > fiwiroad.co.uk/registration

Join the #FiWiRoadInterns, @BSG_Geomorph and Dr. Zoe Todd from @SFU on 23rd August 3-4 PM (BST) for a discussion around the importance and application of indigenous knowledge systems, in addressing the risks to our physical world. DM for registration link! @BSG_Postgrads

UPCOMING EVENT 🚨 Eager to learn more about Black British History? Join Fi Wi Road alongside the Fi Wi Road Interns for a day of workshops at the Black Cultural Archives 📆 14th August 2024 ⏰ 11AM-3PM 📍 BCA It’s FREE to sign up! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Don't forget to secure your place for a free workshop at the BCA!

Eager to learn more about Black British History? Want to gain some archival experience? Join us for a FREE day of workshops at the Black Cultural Archives! Register via the link: forms.gle/fzYWM4D2WRPmv1…

Welcome Sheldon, Ariana, Mia, Bilan & Anaya! We’re glad to welcome on board the 2024 Fi Wi Road Internship Cohort. Our five interns will spend the summer developing new skills, building connections across the field, and putting their own spin on the FWR Annual Fair!

"The confidence and empowerment I gained from the Fi Wi Road Internship is truly priceless." For more information and to submit your application visit: fiwiroad.co.uk/take-part

The Society is pleased to be able to support the Fi Wi Road Internship project, alongside the @BSG_Geomorph and @UofGlasgow School of Geographical and Earth Sciences.

"I enjoyed how active the internship programme was...I feel like I gained so many transferrable skills."

"I gained hands-on experience in project coordination, independent research, and public speaking." Through group sessions, mentoring, skills workshops, and hands-on conference administration, the internship supports a cohort of students each year gain access to opportunities.

🚨Applications are open for the 2024 @fwr_internship An exciting opportunity for Black and mixed-Black heritage students looking to build: 👥networks 🗣️voice 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾experience within the geographical discipline. Follow the🧵to read what previous interns think of the experience.