This blog has been published by Dr Louise Tomkow and Isabelle Kidder who both study at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester. Dr Louise Tomkow is a Geriatric Registrar in the Northwest deanery and a PhD researcher exploring...
Category: Student blogs
An interview with Mr Chad Simpson, Graduate Contingency Planning Officer at Westminster City Council, London, and former MSc International Disaster Management student at HCRI.
This blog has been published by Dr Billy Tusker Haworth, Lecturer in International Disaster ManagementEmail: billy.haworth@manchester.ac.ukTwitter: @BillyTusker Billy: What does your role at Westminster City Council involve?Chad: I’m a Graduate Contingency Planning...
WAST PEER Research Project Graduation
This blog has been published by Sarah Lagot, one of our postgraduate students. The blog discusses No Recourse! Project Launch and Graduation which took place earlier this month.On 5th December 2018, the inaugural cohort of 10 researchers from the WAST PEER Research...
Child Soldiers of the 21st Century
This blog post was written by Amy Hook who is currently enrolled in our MA in Humanitarian and Conflict Response. The news that armed groups in South Sudan released more than 200 child soldiers in April was gratifying. Since violence arose between the government and...
The Emotional Burden of Research
After a year and a half of preparing for my fieldwork in Malawi, which consisted of many late nights sat at my computer, reading, writing, re-writing, and drowning in ethics applications, I finally arrived in Lilongwe in April, and am now coming to the end of what has...
Dissertation reflection: counterfeit drugs in Thailand
This blog was written by Dan Turley, a student on the intercalated BSc in Global Health at HCRI. Find out more information about the iBSc in Global Health here. For my dissertation submitted to the HCRI for the Intercalated BSc in Global Health, I investigated the...
Care vs Control: the need for greater support for Home Office asylum caseworkers
This blog was written by Hannah Ellis, a student on the intercalated BSc in Global Health at HCRIAs part of my intercalation in Global Health I chose to write my dissertation on the ethical issues raised by the involvement of medical expert witnesses working with...
Reflections on conducting fieldwork in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
This blog was written by Emma Keelan, a Master's student on HCRI's online Global Health programme. When embarking on a Master’s dissertation involving a period of fieldwork, many factors need to be considered. Developing a project idea, the creation of timely and...
A call to action in research, practice and everyday life: Reflections on the 1st World Congress on Migration Ethnicity Race and Health.
This blog was written by Louise Tomkow, a second year student on HCRI's PhD programme. Following a week (or two) of the dreaded writer’s block, I made my way up to Edinburgh to attend the 1st World Congress on Migration Ethnicity Race and Health. I was one of over...
Urban slums, land-rights and disasters
This blog was written by Daniel Richards, a student on the BSc International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response Programme. Are you legally allowed to live where you do? What would you do if you returned home to find your house damaged beyond repair,...
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