摘要: |
As one of 10 students who either applied or were nominated to participate in the IRF Road Scholar Programme 2021 -22 class of Fellows, it took me some time before I realised the enormous and positive significance of this experience. 2020 and 2021 challenged the world with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the IRF Road Scholar Programme was not immune to one of the largest disruptions to everyday life. As a result, this required a change of plans for both the 2021 and 2022 classes of IRF Fellows. Those of us in the 2021 class started with an online video conference format, where we first met each other in a virtual environment and participated of presentations by IRF leaders and partners. Due to the small size of both classes, and the interest in providing the full experience to all IRF fellows, the 2021 class joined the 2022 class as part of the Road Scholar Program events hosted in Washington, DC, on January 5th-13th, 2022. |