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Short Courses

Browse our full programme of short courses for arts and humanities researchers.

We are a national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in the humanities. Through our institutes and our specialist hubs, we train the next generation of humanities researchers, connect humanities researchers and practitioners across disciplines and sectors, and provide unique humanities research infrastructure to create new knowledge and new formats for collaboration. We offer a range of short courses across our institutes, libraries and hubs. You might also like to visit our Summer Schools page for upcoming seasonal courses.

Credit-bearing modules

We offer the following online modules which can be studied individually by distance learning. These modules can also be taken as part of our MA in Human Rights, Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights or the Postgraduate Certificate in Human Rights. Find out more here.

Please note that the autumn session runs from September to January and the spring session runs from February to June annually.

Understanding Human Rights

Develop an understanding of human rights and human rights abuses, insight on key debates and an overview of related literature (credit-bearing). September and February intakes.

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Securing Human Rights

Critically examine the strategies employed by inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations to secure human rights (credit bearing). September and February intakes.

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Translating Human Rights into International Law

This module will provide you with a firm understanding of how human rights are translated into international law (credit bearing). September and February intakes.

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Securing Human Rights in Development and Conflict

Review the strategies employed by actors to secure human rights in the context of development and conflict situations (credit bearing). September intake only.

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Topics in International Human Rights Law

Develop a more advanced legal understanding around a broad range of crucially important aspects of human rights principles and practice (credit bearing). September intake only.

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Researching Human Rights: Social Science Research Methods

Introduces you to the theories and methods of qualitative social sciences research and how they can be applied to the study of human rights (credit bearing). September intake only.

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Genocide, Gross Human Rights Violations and Reconciliation

Covers a range of approaches from the social sciences and humanities to develop an understanding of genocide and reconciliation processes (credit bearing). February intake only.

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Human Rights, Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice

This module will equip you to understand the conceptual, legal and practice-based links of human rights with development (credit bearing). February intake only.

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Indigenous Peoples, Minorities and Human Rights

Investigate key historical and contemporary human rights issues faced by indigenous peoples and ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities (credit bearing). February intake only.

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New Short Course by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI)

Applications for the 2026 session will open in late 2025.

This one-week short course, run by the Refugee Law Initiative (RLI), covers research methods and ethics relating to the interdisciplinary study of refugees and forced migration.

This intensive research methods course provides high-quality training in methodology and ethics, by drawing on the extensive teaching experience and networks of the RLI. The course is aimed at early PhD students working on forced migration issues in the fields of social and political sciences and law, as well as early career researchers, humanitarian and development workers, civil society, and consultants working on issues relating to displaced persons.

Online Short Courses

Applied Public History

This online course helps learners to understand and interpret the past today, engaging diverse communities in the practice of making and sharing histories.

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Refugees in the 21st Century

This course outlines the fundamentals of who ‘refugees’ are, delving into the features of the global system for refugee protection for those who have been forcibly displaced.

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Internal Displacement, Conflict and Protection

This course provides insight into the phenomenon of internal displacement, a major humanitarian and development challenge in today’s world.

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Humanitarian Accountability and Protection in Displacement Contexts

Join this course if you are interested in humanitarian accountability in displacement contexts and the participation of affected populations in decision-making.

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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

We offer online modules which can be taken as part of our MA in Human Rights, Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights or Postgraduate Certificate in Human Rights.

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MOOCs - free short courses in the humanities

If you’re looking to upskill or explore a new area without the commitment of a full degree, one of our free taster courses may be for you.

Research Training

Browse our full programme of research training and workshops for arts and humanities researchers.

Research Training

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Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf, Training Fellow in History and the Humanities

Research Training

Browse our full programme of research training, short courses and workshops.

Summer Schools

The School of Advanced Study runs an active programme of summer schools across its Institutes.

Training at our Institutes, Libraries and Hubs

We deliver a forward-looking and wide-ranging programme of training for arts and humanities researchers.

UoL Short Courses

The University of London offers a wide variety of short courses in the social sciences and humanities, all taught by world-leading experts from our federation members.

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