This blog has been written by Danielle Hartland and Louis Clarke with regards to their year spent studying the Intercalated BSc in Global Health and experience working with the refugee and asylum seeker community in Manchester. After completing our third year as...
Category: Student blogs
My Journey from North Carolina to Studying Disasters in Manchester
This blog has been written by Jacob Graham, who is one of our Taught Master's bursary winners for the MSc International Disaster Programme at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI).I arrived in Manchester to start the MSc International Disaster...
Student Spotlight: Joudy Habash
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....
Disaster recovery: An opportunity for corruption?
This blog was published by Stefano Piscitelli, MSc International Disaster Management student at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI). It was published due to being an assessment piece of the highest calibre amongst the cohort in the Rethinking...
In the Shadow of Grenfell: Silence speaks louder than words
This blog was published by Eloise Jones, second year BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response student at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI). It was published due to being an assessment piece of the highest calibre amongst...
Student Spotlight: Kate Ness
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...
Student Spotlight: Richard Rohleder
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...
Student Spotlight: Aija Koskela
Aija Koskela is a first year student here at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) studying for a BSc in International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response. Aija is from a small town called Tuusula in Finland, so moving to Manchester to live...
Student spotlight: Sherika Trim
Sherika Trim is an International student studying MA in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response. Sherika is from Saint Lucia, one of the beautiful islands in the Eastern Caribbean. She achieved the prestigious Chevening scholarship from the British government, a global...
Student Spotlight: Sidi Ye
Sidi Ye is an international student from China who started studying for her MA in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) in 2019. Below she talks about her background and why she came to study at Manchester.I...