Graduate Study

Gabriella Wass (UK)
MA Understanding and Securing Human Rights

"The MA in Human Rights course appealed to me because it seemed to be so full of active, diverse people who I could learn from, and the breadth of study really attracted me. This seemed to be the course that offered the most whilst opening doors and letting me work in a beautiful part of London.

I love how honest and passionate our teachers are and the fantastic opportunities we’ve had, from working one day a week for NGOs, mine was as an intern at ChildHope, to visiting Geneva and networking at the UN. I feel I have personally benefited from the focused learning environment, the connections, the inspirational people surrounding me and the intellectual and supportive atmosphere.

In addition to human rights law and theory, the course has given us useful tools for our future work – how to construct funding proposals, for example – which I’ve already had to lean on in my practical experience. We get to see some seriously inspirational people talking too. The Nobel Peace Prize holder Shirin Ebadi, Tony Benn and Albie Sachs have all spoken at events at the Institute.

I feel I have benefited enormously from this course. The knowledge I’ve gained and the connections I’ve made have evolved me from a place a year ago when I felt quite daunted and confused, to being in a really driven, focused position. This has been one of the most intense, happy, fast, difficult, wonderful, exciting years of my life. I can’t believe how lucky I’ve been to have had the opportunity to do all that I’ve done on this course.”