Based on Fashion Roundtable’s cycle for influencing policy, I’ve created the cycle for my Inter.work lobbying campaign. I decided to divide the cycle into two parts – pre- and post-policy being accepted. At the moment, my project is focusing on the pre-policy being accepted steps as I expand my campaign. For reference, below is how… Continue reading Influencing Policy Cycle
Category: Interrogating Research Question
Hypothesis of Causes, Solutions, Consequences & Long-term Effects
Based on my primary and secondary research so far, I’ve put together a brief hypothesis of the causes, solutions, consequences and long-term effects of not allowing international students to be self-employed in the years to come in the UK. HYPOTHESIS OF CAUSES Reasons why international students are not currently allowed to be self-employed. Taxes not… Continue reading Hypothesis of Causes, Solutions, Consequences & Long-term Effects
6 Arguments for Allowing International Students to Freelance
1. Businesses Want Flexible Options According to Forbes, research by Upwork found that in the future the demand for freelancing will increase, with almost half of hiring managers becoming more likely to hire under contract work since COVID-19 began. “Businesses really find a lot of value in flexible talent in a variety of situations,” said… Continue reading 6 Arguments for Allowing International Students to Freelance
Reach Out Updates
I’ve been building a contact list of people who could offer valuable insights regarding my project. I’ve looked for experts in the field of immigration, lobbying/litigation, self-employment, and the creative industries. I’ve been lucky to receive really valuable insights from the people I’ve reached out to, and here is how it’s been going: I reached… Continue reading Reach Out Updates
Book Reading: Be the Change by Gina Martin
As I expressed my interest to create a campaign around my project grew, a classmate recommended the book Be the Change by Gina Martin. Gina Martin is an activist who took the initiative to create a campaign to make upskirting illegal in England after suffering from such violation herself. After the incident, she reached out… Continue reading Book Reading: Be the Change by Gina Martin
PESTLE Analysis
A commonly used method of analysis, PESTLE looks at the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Ecological elements that could be potentially faced at any point of a process. Thinking this can be a useful lens for my research question, I used the PESTLE Analysis in order to further examine the factors that may affect… Continue reading PESTLE Analysis
WHAT-WHY-HOW-WHAT IF
WHAT The field I’m researching is the limitations creative international students (IS’s) face in relation to them becoming self-employed and the IS communities in the US and the UK. In total, the areas contributing to the field are creative IS’s, the self-employment economy, and the creative economies in the US and the UK. Such areas… Continue reading WHAT-WHY-HOW-WHAT IF
Fair Freelancing for Creative International Students
I’ve been formally on a student visa sponsored by a university since 2015, and through the years I’ve explored multiple creative disciplines, never able to solely focus on one. For Applied Imagination I initially centered around film because I have a special interest in filmmaking, and wanted to expand on the field. However, after researching… Continue reading Fair Freelancing for Creative International Students