Category: Work placement
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Working with North Yorkshire Police on a human rights placement
I was one of a team of 4 students working with North Yorkshire Police on a human rights placement in York. We looked at the impact of framing of rights…
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Interviewing front-line officers on placement with North Yorkshire Police
A considerable motive behind me joining this course was its unique feature of placing students for two weeks with different human rights organisations within the UK and abroad. Perhaps no…
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A placement in Kuala Lumpur with the Women’s Aid Organisation
The opportunity to do a placement in Malaysia was one of the reasons I chose to do my human rights law degree in York. Nowadays concrete work experience is essential,…
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Evaluating Rape Crisis services in Cape Town
The opportunity to go to Cape Town on placement was a key reason I chose to come to the University of York for my Masters, and the experience did not…
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Supporting Voices of Africans for Change on placement in South Africa
When I was first looking into a masters at the University of York, I was attracted to the possibility of going for a two week placement in South Africa. South…
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Researching refugee leadership and participation across the Asia Pacific
One of the key components of the LLM is the two-week placement period towards the end of the first semester. Students have the opportunity to conduct a research project in…
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Placement work on the Law of Asylum project in Malaysia
As a part-time student, I was eager to start my second year of the course because of the two-week placement. When we received information on the placements I was spoilt…
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On placement with the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network
Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be. – Kahlil Gibran I came into this masters to throw myself into the living landscape of…
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Supporting refugee rights on placement in Malaysia
I decided to apply for this LLM due to its focus on international human rights law and the placement opportunity. At the time of application, I was not sure if…
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Expanding the support for sex workers through a placement in York
I worked on behalf of Survive, a York-based charity looking to expand their services into offering support for sex workers. My team and I took on the task of researching…
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Dipped in the cauldron of humanity: on placement with Natural Justice in Cape Town
I have been dipped in the cauldron of humanity, and am wrenched out, spluttering for breath, drenched in ideas, opinions, emotions and wonder at the ‘jumble’ that makes up the…
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An Applied Human Rights placement with the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust
If you decide that studying Applied Human Rights at York is the next step for you then I promise that I will just be the first in a very long…