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On 12th July 2025, Registration, a play by Stage@Leeds Young Company, was performed at the Alec Clegg Studio, stage@leeds, Leeds. The event was attended by over 35 members of the public, including overseas-trained healthcare professionals. Following the performance, Priyasha Saksena, co-investigator of the Making it to the Registers project, shared insight into the project's origin and...
Making it to the Registers project lead Marie-Andrée Jacob was invited to participate in the conference organised by the Phoenix Project on 10th May at Bristol. During the conference, Marie shared the project research findings in the presentation titled 'Making it to the Registers: Documenting Migrant Carers’ Experiences of Registration and Fitness to Practise'. The event also...
Amrita Limbu shared Making it to the Registers research at the Migration and Societal Change Conference held from 19-20 June 2025, at the University of Utrecht. She presented her work on gender, migration and registration in the UK, as part of the panel 'Migration and Labour (Policies)'. The panel explored global migration through labour mobility,...
Amrita Limbu, a member of Making it to the Registers project, presented research at the European Social Medicine Conference in Oslo. Her presentation, which focused on gender, migration and registration in the UK, was part of the panel Precarious Labour, alongside presentations focused on Germany, Nepal, and South Korea. The inaugural conference saw gathering of...
Photo credit: Kevin Blake Registration, a play by Stage@Leeds Young Company, was performed at Migration Matters Festival 2025 on 28th June at Soft Ground in Sheffield. Registration explores migration, stigma, and the complex issue of who is considered worthy of becoming a healthcare professional in the UK. The play tells the human stories behind the...
Professor Eram Alam from Harvard University delivered a seminar titled 'The Logistical Body: Reflections on Medicine and Movement' on 13th June 2025 at the University of Leeds. Professor Alam's visit was supported by the School of Law Strategic Development Fund awarded to Making it to the Registers project team Marie-Andrée Jacob and Amrita Limbu. The event...
Making it to the Registers project team Marie-Andrée Jacob, Priyasha Saksena, and Amrita Limbu in collaboration with Adrienne Yong (City St George’s, University of London) and Amanda Spalding (University of Leeds) successfully organised the 2025 Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) Hart Workshop Regulating the Global Movement of Care on 11-12 June in London. The workshop...
Amrita Limbu presented Making it to the Registers research at the British Sociological Association (BSA) Conference, held on 24-25 April 2025, at the University of Manchester. The theme of the 2025 conference was Social Transformations and Amrita shared her work on the experiences of migrant women doctors navigating UK medical registration to obtain a license...
On 16 April 2025, Marie-Andrée Jacob, Priyasha Saksena, and Amrita Limbu presented at the Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference hosted by the University of Liverpool. They presented the paper The Legible Healthcare Worker: Documenting the Professional Expertise of Migrant Doctors in the UK discussing significance of documentation in making legible the professional expertise of overseas-trained doctors in...
On 6 November 2024, our project's poster was showcased at the AHRC-funded Research Showcase held at Parkinson Court, University of Leeds. During the event, project lead Marie-Andrée Jacob also participated in a sharing practice session with the executive chair of AHRC and University research leaders.