Summer Schools

Increasingly students need to acquire skills and experience outside of their classes in order to enhance their employability. Summer Schools are a wonderful opportunity to do this. They allow you to acquire a level of expertise in a topic, to learn from new teachers and to experience different learning techniques, to meet students from other parts of the world, and to have a great time!

Below are some schools you may want to think about. They have different eligibility criteria, areas of interest, deadlines, etc. so do check out the websites carefully.

(In the same vein, think about doing a foreign language course abroad – see Alliance Francaise, Cervantes Institute or Goethe Institute).

2015

UK and Ireland

Transitional Justice Institute Summer School, Belfast Northern Ireland ‘Gendering the Practices of Post-Conflict Resolution: Investigations, Reparations and Communal Repair’ will take place from 22-26 June 2015 at the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster, Jordanstown campus (outside Belfast), Northern Ireland.: http://www.transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/

Nottingham Summer School: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/shortcoursesandtraining/summerschool/summerschool.aspx

Galway Irish Centre for Human Rights: International Criminal Court http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/index.asp?Conference=405

Oxford International Human Rights Law http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/SSIHRL/

Summer Schools in Europe http://www.summerschoolsineurope.eu/index.php

Irish Studies, Queen’s University Belfast http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/

Rest of Europe

‘Fraternity’ LEF Summer School / Utrecht Network: http://lefsummerschool.eu/

University College Roosevelt, The Netherlands Summer School 2015 – ‘Human Rights in Practice: Working in the Field’ http://internationalhumanrightscourses.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/university-college-roosevelt.html

Venice Academy of Human Rights http://www.eiuc.org/research/venice-academy-of-human-rights/academy.html

Hague International Law Summer Course: https://www.hagueacademy.nl/

Central European University, Budapest: http://www.summer.ceu.hu/

Academy of European Law, Florence: http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/AcademyEuropeanLaw/SummerSchool/Index.aspx

International Human Rights blog list of summer schools: http://internationalhumanrightscourses.blogspot.co.uk/ (also great for internships)

Leiden Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies: http://www.grotiuscentre.org/childrensrightssummercourse.aspx

Summer Schools in Europe http://www.summerschoolsineurope.eu/index.php

Graz International summer School http://international.uni-graz.at/de/stud/int-focus/summerschools/gusegg-summerschool/

North America

Previous years

2014

UK and Ireland

Transitional Justice Institute Summer School, Belfast Northern Ireland: http://www.transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/SummerSchool2014.htm

Nottingham Rights of the Child Summer School: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/shortcoursesandtraining/summerschool/summerschool.aspx

Call for Applications: Summer School in Human Rights Litigation: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/call-applications-summer-school-human-rights-litigation

Galway Irish Centre for Human Rights: http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/summerschools/

Oxford International Human Rights Law http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/SSIHRL/

Summer Schools in Europe http://www.summerschoolsineurope.eu/index.php

Irish Studies, Queen’s University Belfast http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/

Rest of Europe

‘Equality’ LEF Summer School / Utrecht Network: http://lefsummerschool.eu/

Venice School of Human Rights http://www.eiuc.org/education/venice-school-of-human-rights.html

Poznan Course on International Protection of Human Rights – Resolution of Conflicts Concerning Minorities http://www.phrc.pl/wp/course-information/?lang=en

Hague International Law Summer Course: https://www.hagueacademy.nl/

Central European University, Budapest: http://www.summer.ceu.hu/

Maastricht Summer School 2 – 27 July 2014: The European Union: Peace, Conflict and Human Rights

Academy of European Law, Florence: http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/AcademyEuropeanLaw/SummerSchool/Index.aspx

International Human Rights blog list of summer schools: http://internationalhumanrightscourses.blogspot.co.uk/ (also great for internships)

Leiden Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies: http://www.grotiuscentre.org/childrensrightssummercourse.aspx

Summer Schools in Europe http://www.summerschoolsineurope.eu/index.php

Graz International summer School http://international.uni-graz.at/de/stud/int-focus/summerschools/gusegg-summerschool/

North America

Previous years

2013

Essex Summer School on Transitional Justice http://www.essex.ac.uk/tjn/events/summer-school/summerschool2013.shtm