Category: Student blogs

One of the highlights of the course has been the final assessment of the Introduction to Global Health module which was a panel debate looking at the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda. Our groups were each assigned a role, playing the parts of different...

What did you study at college?I studied A-Levels in Geography, Sociology and English Language.Why did you choose International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response rather than another course?I chose this course because I wanted to study a course that was...

What did you study at college?Having applied to HCRI as a mature student, my A-levels seem like a distant memory now - nearly ten years ago! Back then I studied humanities subjects: Sociology, Politics, English and Geography. Since then I have worked, travelled and...

What did you study at college?I took a different path, not taking A-levels or the International Baccalaureate. I was in an institute more attuned to producing workforce-ready young adults back in Singapore, so I was taught more practical skills in business management...

What did you study at college?I studied English Literature, History and Geography at college.Why did you choose International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response (IDMHR) rather than another course?Originally I was going to apply for a course in International...

What did you study at college?At college, I did the International Baccalaureate so in total I studied six subjects. My favourites were Anthropology, History and Chinese.Why did you choose International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Response (IDMHR) rather than...

Anna is a third-year medical student at the University of Manchester who intercalated on the BSc in Global Health in 2015-16.Why did you decide to intercalate on the iBSc?Before attending Manchester to study medicine I had heard that medical schools often allowed you...