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Interrogate theories of work, management and the lived experience of employment on this PhD programme

Our PhD Human Rights was established to meet the demands of our students who have an established interest in human rights and wish to pursue doctoral research which goes beyond a single academic discipline but includes a distinct multi and interdisciplinary perspective. Supervision is available across a broad range of academic interests in human rights and our research is wide-ranging and in-depth.

For our PhD Human Rights and Research Methods, we offer supervision in all areas of staff expertise including: domestic protection of international human rights standards; free speech and law; health and human rights; human rights law; international law of armed conflicts; international of peace keeping; international humanitarian law; UK human rights; and UN international organisation law. Our former PhD students have gone on to work in legal practice, commerce and industry, the non-governmental organisation sector and academia, including the academic community in Essex Law School.

We offer PhD supervision in research areas including journalism, media, democracy, propaganda, influence and censorship, war reporting, and more.

Study human rights, law and technology, business law, socio-legal studies, public law, law and society, health law or criminal justice.

Our LLM offers the opportunity to study a wide range of modules in the areas of Public International Law, Human Rights, Commercial, Trade and Maritime law.

Learn to think globally, tackling the complex and ever-changing regulation of businesses in the UK, Europe, and across the world.

Our tailored four-year PhD Linguistics supports non-native English speakers, focusing on research and communication skills essential for doctoral studies.

Available to study full-time or part-time, our PhD Psycholinguistics is also available as an MPhil

Applied linguistics addresses real-life language problems through insights gained from current linguistic theory, psychology and education.