The University of Essex Podcast

Daragh Murray from our Human Rights Centre explains why we should all be interested in attending the module on big data and human rights at the 2015 Human Rights Summer School. http://www.essex.ac.uk/hrc/summerschool/default.aspx

Professor Wayne Martin explains why autonomy and the rights of people with disabilities are a hot topic right now, and how the module at the 2015 Human Rights Summer School on the subject will add to the conversation. http://www.essex.ac.uk/hrc/summerschool/

Professor Anthony King at the University of Essex explains why the way our Government works needs to change. His new book Who Governs Britain? has just been released. Find out more at: http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=7618

Our Students' Union President Chantel le Carpentier tell us what it was like being the first in her family to go to university.

Big data is an extraordinary resource offering unique opportunities, but the 2013 Edward Snowden revelations revealed that it also comes with great risks. Professor Maurice Sunkin and Lorna McGregor explain the importance of a new project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Researchers at the University of Essex will lead this first global project investigating the human rights implications of the collection, storage and use of big data.

We asked leading figures from the international human rights community for their thoughts on how to 'operationalise' human rights. The event, hosted by our Human Rights Centre as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, took place in Geneva with an audience of graduates, human rights practitioners, academics and some of our students. Find out more: http://www.essex.ac.uk/fifty/research/human-rights.aspx

We interviewed five of our human rights students at our 50th anniversary event in Geneva to find out what inspired them to study human rights. Rafael Subieta from Bolivia explains how human rights violations in his homeland led him to Essex.

We interviewed five of our human rights students at our 50th anniversary event in Geneva to find find what inspired them to study human rights. Pelin Kahveci from Turkey explains how she was inspired by her school teachers and friends from a young age.

We interviewed five of our human rights students at our 50th anniversary event in Geneva to find out what inspired them to study human rights. Minallah Flora Silvano, from South Sudan, explains how she plans to use her Essex education to help promote the rights and welfare of women and children in her home country.

We interviewed five of our human rights students at our 50th anniversary event in Geneva to find out what inspired them to study human rights. Rana, from Egypt, explains how she wants to use her Essex experience to improve access to education in Egypt.