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MRes - Master of Research
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Full Time
SEP
1 year
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MRes - Master of Research
Lincolns Inn Fields
Full Time
SEP
1 year
MRes - Master of Research
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1 Year
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This Human Rights Law MRes is an engaging pre-doctoral training programme designed to provide a critical, research-led approach to the study of aspects of human rights law. Focus on areas that are at the forefront of human rights and utilise academic knowledge to contribute to its progressive development. This MRes is an ideal preparation for those wishing to pursue more advanced research in Human Rights Law. Alongside a suite of modules offered in conjunction with the School’s LLM, this programme includes core modules in research design and qualitative and quantitative methods. There are taken jointly with social science students from a range of disciplines across Queen Mary, King’s College London and Imperial College London, as part of the training offered by the ESRC-funded London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership. You will be introduced to the institutions, standards and case law which structure human rights law. There is a focus on key issues such as socio-economic rights rights of women international child rights and the crimes of the powerful. You'll also debate the uses of universality and cultural relativism in relation to human rights.Career pathsThere is a very high rate of employment of our students within six months of graduation. We have specialist career advisers who organise events and assist with finding internship opportunities at UK and international law firms and other employers.Graduates of this programme have gone to work as:lawyers in supreme courts of countries including Pakistan.advocates in human rights organisations such as the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy.
Students need to have a 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in Law. In addition to the other mandatory supporting application documents, applicants must submit the following documentation: two letters of reference, at least one of which must be an academic reference from a staff member who taught you on your most recent course of study (normally your undergraduate degree in Law or a Law-related subject) a research proposal of between 2,000 to 3,000-words. It should identify the question that you will attempt to answer through your research (simply identifying general topic areas or subjects is not sufficient). You should also set out your research methodology (empirical, qualitative, library based etc,) and provide a bibliography of the works that you consulted in formulating your research question.
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£15,300 per year
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Students from Other UK
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£25,200 per year
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£25,200 per year
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