21 April 2021 | COVID-19, Student blogs, Student spotlight, Uncategorized
Written by Juliette Flach, 2020 BSc International Disaster Management & Humanitarian Response graduate It’s now been just over one year of lockdown, and so I thought this might be a good opportunity to reflect on some of the highs and lows of the last 365 days....
27 August 2020 | Alumni Spotlight, COVID-19, Events, News, Staff blogs, Student blogs, Student spotlight
The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) was founded 12 years ago in August. Since then it has gone on to educate hundreds of students, publish high-impact research, and form innovative partnerships within the humanitarian sector. “2019-2020 has...
16 July 2020 | Online Global Health, Student spotlight, Uncategorized
Kirsty Lowe is a midwife and Global Health MSc student. She shares how her experience of being deployed by UK-MED with the UK Emergency Medical Team to the Diphtheria outbreak in Bangladesh inspired her to study the course. What course did you choose to study at the...
2 April 2020 | BSc IDMHR, Student blogs, Student spotlight
Joudy Habash is a student on the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response programme. Originally from Syria, he moved to the UK in 2015 and started looking for opportunities to work or study in the area of humanitarianism, which led him to HCRI....
26 March 2020 | Student blogs, Student spotlight
Kate is an MSc in International Disaster Management student. Originally from Scotland, Kate moved to Manchester in 2019 to start her degree. Below she discusses her motivations for studying and her volunteering work in Manchester. Towards the end of my undergraduate...
19 March 2020 | Online Global Health, Student blogs, Student spotlight
Richard (Rick) Rohleder is a recent, international graduate of the online MSc in Global Health programme. Initially, Rick enrolled into the postgraduate certificate, however after delving into the curriculum, his aspirations changed and he completed the full...
