Category: Centre for Applied Human Rights
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From Tajikistan to York: Finding My Leadership Style in the UK’s First Human Rights City
Hi everyone! My name is Muiz, and I am an international student from Tajikistan studying MA in Applied Human Rights at the Department of Politics and I . I am…
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Researching Women Leaders: Placement Opportunity in Cape Town
[This article was written collectively by both Olivia and Vanessa] Hello! I’m Olivia and I study Peace and Conflict within the University of York. I am excited to talk about…
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From undergraduate to postgraduate – will I be able to keep up?
Hi there, I’m Amy and I’m currently studying an LLM in International Human Rights Law. Although I was super excited to start my course I was also a little bit…
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Life as a postgraduate student. What to expect and how to prepare?
What came before We all remember counting down the months, weeks, days and hours to completing A-Levels and leaving home for the first time. The mixture of excitement and pure…
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Human Rights fieldwork to identify problems faced by women in York
Our group undertook a project to identify problems faced by women in York, in collaboration with York Women’s Forum (YWF) and York Human Rights City Network (YHRCN). Our aim was…
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On placement with Rape Crisis in Cape Town
Being a member of the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust team was a wonderful experience. As one of the most important NGOs in Cape Town working with survivors of sexual…
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On placement in Cape Town investigating working-class marginalisation
The time I spent in Cape Town was one of the most enlightening and character building experiences of my life. During the two weeks my group spent in Cape Town,…
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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…