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Students who have graduated with this degree often choose careers that centre on or involve understanding and applying human rights law and developing policies at an organisational level. Further training is required but many also go on to practise as lawyers or legal advisors.
Recent graduates have gone on to work in the UK and overseas in a range of organisations including the Ministry of Defence; Women for Women International; the Deafblind Association of Zambia; the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and beyond. Many also pursue further study by commencing PhD research.
Our other alumni are working at the European Commission, United Nations, non-governmental organisations and in the government sector.
A bachelor's degree with a 2:1 (hons) in law or relevant social science or non-UK equivalent.
20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.
Comparative Human Rights Law
Postgraduate Legal Research Skills
Dissertation
International Human Rights
Candidates will be required to study up to 60 credits from the following optional modules:
Rethinking Policing 1
International Criminal Law
Intercultural Business and Organisational Communication
Security, Conflict and Justice
Cyberlaw: Regulation of Cyberspace
Environmental Law
Globalisation and Crime
Inequalities, Law and Justice
Theories of Social Justice
Corporate Social Responsibility
The International Law of Foreign Investment
World Trade Organisation Law
Digital Environment: Law, Technologies & Human Rights
IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any components.
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