Getting a Job After Essex

Careers Centre at the UoE

Graduate Careers in Human Rights

 

Getting a job after Essex

 

Many of our students aim to secure professional human rights careers after their studies at Essex. We recognise this to be a central motivation for many of our current and prospective students. Our goal is to fully support our students’ pursuit of a human rights career. Essex Human Rights Centre’s career support is comprehensive and consists of:

  • Formal internship agreements with organisations such as UNHCR, the Council of Europe, Minority Rights Group and several other national and international human rights organisations.

  • Study tour to human rights organisations in the Hague, Strasbourg and Geneva.

  • A series of vocational and professional human rights workshops as part of our unique Right Skills for Rights programme.

  • Speakers Series programme which enables our students to learn from and meet established human rights professionals.

  • Advice sessions on applying for and undertaking internships.

  • A comprehensive internship database.

  • Almost thirty years’ experience of preparing our graduates for human rights careers.

  • Essex human rights programmes are internationally recognised by the global human rights community for producing first-class graduates.

  • Academic staff who do or have occupied senior human rights positions within organisations such as the United Nations.

Ultimately, the clearest evidence of how studying human rights at Essex can lead to successful human rights careers can be seen in where Essex alumni are working. Click here for an illustrative list of organisations.