CAHR Scholarships 2025/26
The Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) is pleased to announce one scholarship for the 2025/26 academic year for one student to study on the MA in Applied Human Rights.
CAHR Scholarships 2025/26
What is on offer? The Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) is pleased to announce one scholarship for the 2025/26 academic year for one student to study on the MA in Applied Human Rights.
- Funding: £7,300.
- Academic year: 2025/26
- Open to: UK (home) students
- Qualification level: Postgraduate taught
- Number available: 1
Deadline: 15th August 2025 at 23:59 BST.
Applicants must have received and accepted an offer to study full or part-time the MA in Applied Human Rights to receive the scholarship. The scholarship amount of £7,300 represents a reduction in the students’ tuition fees
CAHR MA? The MA is unique in foregrounding human rights practice, social science methodologies and an activist pedagogy in its teaching. Innovative features of the programme include:
- Human rights defenders on our Protective Fellowship Scheme take part in classes.
- Placements are provided in South Africa or York (which is a Human Rights City) to enable students to learn by doing concrete projects.
- Other opportunities for project-based learning are offered, including through a UNESCO Chair which focuses on universities as sites of activism and protection.
- Modules like the Practice of Fieldwork prepare students for future careers.
Students leave the programme with a combination of classroom-based and project-based learning, which is ideally suited to securing jobs in NGOs, community groups, governments, and inter-governmental agencies. Students are taught by an international cohort of staff who work across disciplines, as academics and activists, and locally as well as internationally.
How to apply? To apply for the scholarship please complete the Google form no later than 15th August 2025 at 23:59 BST.
How the decision is made? Applications will be assessed on the basis of academic promise, practical experience, and human rights commitment. The final decision on the award of the scholarship will be made by 31st August 2025.
Contact details: If you have any questions please email the administration team.
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