Essex Human Rights Online Summer School, Short Course | Online | University of Essex | United Kingdom
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Essex Human Rights Online Summer School

10 days
Duration
900 GBP/full
900 GBP/full
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About

Held virtually for 2023, The Essex Human Rights Centre presents its popular summer school on Human Rights, from Monday 19th June - Friday 30th June 2023. Taught by a faculty of leading academics and practitioners, participants will acquire knowledge in human rights research methods as well as a range of practical skills vital for professional development. 

Overview

The Essex Human Rights Summer School will resume in 2023, covering a range of research methods and skills necessary for successful human rights practice and professional development. In addition to modules covering a diverse range of research methods, the curriculum includes sessions on advocacy, organisational management, coping strategies and practitioner case studies.

The programme includes sessions that address growing challenges faced by human rights professionals and highlights opportunities to overcome them. The Summer School curriculum is designed to build the capacity of both mid-career human rights professionals and postgraduate students to be successful human rights defenders and researchers. 

Programme Structure

Courses included:

  • Maximising Impact: Working with International Monitors 

  • Working with HR Defenders

  • Building Resilience for Human Rights Work

  • Working in Repressive States

  • Psychoanalysis of Groups and Organisations

  • Governance of Human Rights NGOs 

  • Campaigning and Theory of Change 

  • Strategic Communications and Framing

  • International Advocacy: Multilateral and Transnational

  • Litigation

  • Experiments in Social Science Research

  • Quantitative Methods: Databases, Survey-based and Standards-based Indicators

  • Quantitative Methods: Statistics, Indicators and Human Rights

  • Use of Qualitative Data Methods 

  • Research Design: Legal and Qualitative Single Case Study

  • Round Table on Professional Challenges: Participant Perspectives 

  • Operational Challenges and Opportunities: A Field Perspective

  • Key Debates and Challenges in Human Rights Promotion

Key information

Duration

  • Full-time
    • 10 days

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

It is an ideal course for postgraduate students, academics, lawyers and human rights professionals working in NGOs, government and international organisations.

Technological requirements

We will conduct sessions via the video conferencing software Zoom. Participants must have access to appropriate computing facilities as well as a reliable internet connection to enable full participation in the online sessions.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    900 GBP/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 900 GBP for the full programme during 10 days.
  • National

    900 GBP/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 900 GBP for the full programme during 10 days.

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