The University of Essex Podcast

In our latest interview in our podcast series on the Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law, Professor Karen Hulme from our School of Law and Human Rights Centre, talks about her chapter in the book: 'International environmental law and human rights.' Find out more at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=6118

Scott Sheeran, from our School of Law and Human Rights Centre, talks about the importance of the Routledge Handbook of International Human Rights Law which he co-edited with fellow Essex academic and world-renowned human rights practitioner, Professor Sir Nigel Rodley. A quarter of the 41 chapters in the book have been written by our experts. We'll hear more about their areas of expertise in future interviews in this podcast series. Find out more: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=6118

Rachael Martin has just completed a PhD in the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex. She will be giving a talk at Colchester's Café Scientifique on Wednesday 8 January and will discuss her research into the links between personality and emotions. Find out more about the event here: www.essex.ac.uk/events/event.aspx?e_id=6050

University of Essex postgraduate student Rukamanee Maharjan from Nepal talks about why she wanted to study human rights and what her aspirations are for after she graduates. This is the last in our series of interviews with our Chevening Scholars. Find out more at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=5976

Dawda Jallow from Gambia talks about why he wanted to study human rights at Essex and what it feels like to have been given the opportunity to study in the UK as a Chevening Scholar. Find out more at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=5976

Author of Confessions of a Fashionista Angela Clarke was among the alumni who came back to the Blues Café at our Colchester Campus to offer advice and support to our current students about breaking into the publishing world.

Other supporting the event were author Oli Dean and writer and publisher Julia Jones, author Emma Kittle Pey plus The Rabbit editorial team and student bloggers.

Dr Sanae Fujita, an alumnus of the University of Essex, talks about Japan's special secrets law which she translated into English and brought to the attention of the international community.

Halil Kosumi, 34, is a member of the Albanian minority in Serbia and has come to Essex to study for a LLM International Human Rights Law in the School of Law. He describes studying in Essex as “a dream come true”. He is looking forward to taking the knowledge he gains from his course back into tackling human rights issues in Serbia. Find out more at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=5976

Jonathan Lichtenstein discusses his play Human Rights which is being performed on Tuesday 10 December as part of the Lakeside Theatre's Script in Hand series.

First performed on BBC Radio 4, Human Rights explores the growing tensions between two lawyers as they investigate the release of a political prisoner. Performed to coincide with Human Rights Day 2013, the performance has been developed by the Lakeside's Theatre Laboratory.

Hay Man Oo is a Chevening scholar from Myanmar who chose the University of Essex after being inspired by a talk by Dr Andrew Fagan, Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Human Rights Centre. Find out more at: www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=5991