Alumni
Welcome to the Alumni web page. We hope that we can develop this website to create new links with old friends. Many of our students have gone on to key positions in governmental departments, intergovernmental organisations, policy agencies, academic institutions and non-governmental organisations all over the world.
We hope that all our alums will keep in touch with us, and let us know how you are doing. We also hope that current and future students will also gain from the information on this site. If you would like to be put on the alumni database then please send an email with the title "alumni" to: Troy Rutt with your details. If you would like your email address to be made available to other students please let us know by filling in the alumni form below. Your other details, such as your address and telephone number will remain confidential to the ICwS.
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Troy Rutt, Events and Publicity Officer
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Alumni news
Appointment of Former PhD ICwS Student
The Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Anastasia Yiangou, Former PhD Student at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, as a Lecturer at the European University of Cyprus.ICwS Alumni Speaks at International Conference
Manish Uprety, ICwS Alumni from the MA Understanding and Securing Human Rights programme (2004), recently spoke at a conference orgainised by the Banque de France and the Global Interdependence Center "Food and Water Supply: Basic Challenges to International Stability".
This conference, which took place in the Golden Gallery of Banque de France on March 26, 2009, is part of a cycle of five Conferences (Philadelphia, Paris, Livingstone, Singapore, and Santiago), which stresses global interdependence on food and water issues.
The Paris Conference focused on inflationary risks of food price shocks (Session 1), the impact of the financial crisis on food supply (Session 2), environmental issues associated with the development of agriculture and water management (Session 3) and geopolitical risk associated with food security and water access (Session 4). Manish spoke in Session 4 - please see link for the programme of the conference.
MA in Human Rights featured in Evening Standard
An article in the 'Education 2007' supplement of the Evening Standard on 28 August featured the MA in Understanding & Securing Human Rights alongside a new course in Terrorism Studies at the University of East London. One of our recent alumni, Lizzy Openshaw, was interviewed for the piece, which looked at how postgraduate courses are responding to world events. Lizzy has just landed a new role as human rights training specialist with the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva and describes the MA as being crucial to this career move. During her studies, Lizzy took advantage of the placement support offered by the course and completed an internship with the human rights NGO, Consortium for Street Children.Lizzy is not alone. Many of the graduates from the course point to the uniquely practical dimension of the programme in helping them to secure paid employment in what is a highly competitive field. The MA not only supports students interested in doing a placement, utilising its strong network of contacts with international human rights organisations, but it also draws on the practical experience of its lecturers, gives training in making funding proposals, and benefits from a strong programme of visiting lecturers with vast experience in the field. The course is further complemented by an evening seminar series in Human Rights as well as the highly specialised resources of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the global centre of excellence for policy-relevant research and teaching on Commonwealth studies, focusing on North-South relations, global peace and security, development, good governance, the politics of civil society, as well as, of course, international human rights.
Evening Standard article 28 August 2007 (pdf)
August 2007
Where are our alumni now
Search our alumni listing to find out what our graduates are doing now.
Alphabetically by surname:
A - C D - F G - I J - L M - O P - R S - U V - X Y - Z Chronologically by year of graduation (most recent first):
2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1996 1995 and before
Alphabetically by surname:Andrea Acerbis (MA Human Rights, 2003) is currently working as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Islamabad, Pakistan. He will be visiting detainees in Pakistan or visiting Pakistanis formerly detained in Afghanistan, India, or Guantanamo; and trying to re-establish family links among family's members who have been separated because of the conflicts. Email: andreacerbis@hotmail.com
Cathy Ayer (nee Corbett) (MA Human Rights, 2002) has completed a voluntary internship with a women's human rights NGO based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She married her husband, Vivek, in India in 2003, and is now the Assistant Desk Officer for East Africa and the Great Lakes Region at the British Red Cross.
Mohammed Ahmed (MA Human Rights, 2002) was delighted to have been successfully chosen for a Human Rights internship at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva where he handles communications under the 1503 procedure.
Helen Albert (MA Human Rights, 2002) has full-time work fundraising for the UK charity 'Whizz kids'
Olivia Ball (MA Human Rights, 2002) has collaborated on a couple of books with Paul Gready and a couple of kids with her partner, Damian. Find her online at http://rightsbase.org
Bushra Baig (MA Human Rights, 2002) got married (with two ceremonies!). She is now working for the Citizen's Advice Bureau as an Immigration Advisor.
Floriane Begasse-Schuyteneer (MA Human Rights, 2003) is a part-time student, is combining her studies with working as an Associate in the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch (London office). She had a baby boy in 2004.
James Bird (MA Human Rights, 2002) has a paid internship at Christian Aid in their Middle-East and North Africa office.
Steve Brzozowski (MA Human Rights, 2002) returned to Boston, USA. He was married in June 2002.
Bridget Burrows (MA Human Rights, 2003) is living in Nairobi, Kenya, working as a Communications Officer for aid and development NGO CAFOD, which involves travel across East and Horn of Africa writing stories and working with journalists.
Patrick Canagasingham (MA Human Rights, 1996) is Director of the Program Effectiveness Division for International and Canadian Programs for World Vision Canada, based in Ontario. He provides leadership to specific programs in areas such as Nutrition, Health, HIV-AIDS, TB and Sustainable Livelihoods. He also provides support globally to World Vision's Global Centre / Global Support Teams. Patrick was previously a consultant/advisor for the Victim Empowerment Project of the Foundations for Peace Network in Canada where he project managed a victim empowerment initiative for a network of indigenous grant makers from Northern Ireland, Serbia, South Africa, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Israel/Palestine.
Jean Candler (MA Human Rights, 2004) is based in the press office of the Refugee Council, the largest organisation in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees.
Sarah Chandler (MA Human Rights, 1996) is Consultant and Trainer for the Equitas International Centre for Human Rights and Director of the British Columbia Human Rights Coaliton, serving on the Executive, Education and Law Reform Committees.
Lucy Christopher (MA Human Rights, 2003) worked temporarily in the education department of a women’s prison. After that she observed two NGOs in India. One offers legal advice, support and refuge to women who are the victims of forced prostitution, violent families-in-law, and absent husbands. The other is a rural tribal development NGO that trains indigenous groups in rural technology, capacity building and encouragement to stand in local elections.
Marie-Clementine Cremer (MA Human Rights, 2002) went on to do an MA in International Relations at the University of Kent.
Daniela Considera (MA Human Rights, 2003) began work in 2004 at the Centre for the Defense of Human Rights in Brazil. This new centre focuses on Public Interest Litigation, which was the theme of Daniela’s dissertation.
Victoria Coombes (nee Kyriakidis) (MA Human Rights, 2004) is working as a member of support staff to social workers at Kent County Council.
Cathy Corbett (married name Ayer) (MA Human Rights, 2002) completed a voluntary internship with a women's human rights NGO based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She married her husband, Vivek, in India in 2003, and is now the Assistant Desk Officer for East Africa and the Great Lakes Region at the British Red Cross.
Lizzie Creer (MA Human Rights, 2002) is currently based at the British Red Cross where she works as a Trust and Statutory Fundraiser.
Ben Duncan (MA Human Rights, 2003) is a campaign officer for the UK's Green MEPs.
Lara El-Jazairi (MA Human Rights, 2002) is living in Syria and studying Arabic.
Nicki East (MA Human Rights, 2004) is working for the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, a coalition of human rights and humanitarian organisations.Joanna Ewart-James (MA Human Rights, 1999) manages the Human Rights portfolio at the Sigrid Rausing Trust. Prior to joining the Trust she worked as a Research Associate at Goldsmiths College. She also developed policy on human rights, asylum and race equality in the Home Office and then joined the Foreign Office, where she managed the Human Rights Project Fund.
Richard Fell (MA Commonwealth Studies, 1971) was British High Commissioner to New Zealand and to Samoa and Governor of Pitcairn 2001-06 and former FCO.
Geraldine Gilbert (MA Human Rights, 2004) is Administration and Events Manager at the Forum for the Future, a sustainable development charity based in the UK. She previously worked as External Relations Officer for Alter Eco, a Fairtrades food company based in Paris, and her responsibilities included external relations with producers in the South and with consumers, investors, NGOs, charities and students in the North.
www.forumforthefuture.org.ukKeri Hallam (MA Human Rights, 2003) is working for an African women’s organisation and indicated plans to move to Laos, where she hopes to work for an NGO, at the end of 2003.
Sarah Hamilton (nee Jarvis) (MA Human Rights, 2004) is working as a Research Officer at Revolving Doors Agency, a charity that provides services for people with mental health problems in contact with the criminal justice system. The work focuses on social exclusion and the multiple needs of an extremely vulnerable client group.
Shewitt Hailu (MSc, 2004) is working as an intern at the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in New York. She is working in the Situation Centre of the DPKO and, among other things, is mainly responsible for monitoring the activities of Peacekeeping Operations in the Middle East and Asia. Shewitt is also engaged in a project of preparing and updating peacekeeping mission profiles to be posted on the Situation Centre portal.
Vijitha Herath (MA Human Rights, 2002) is currently working for the UN in East Timor as a Human Rights Officer and is responsible for policy and institutional strengthening.
Priya Jacob (MA Human Rights, 2004) is Psychological and Community Consultation Project Officer at CARE International, Sri Lanka. She is responsible for the development, coordination, implementation and monitoring of psychological activities in CARE Sri Lanka’s rehabilitation/reconstruction projects in those areas affected by the tsunami.
Sarah Jarvis (married name Hamilton) (MA Human Rights, 2004) is working as a Research Officer at Revolving Doors Agency, a charity that provides services for people with mental health problems in contact with the criminal justice system. The work focuses on social exclusion and the multiple needs of an extremely vulnerable client group.
Francisco Kapalu-Ngongo (MA Human Rights, 2002) won the 2002 London Student of the Year Award at the Waterstone's Awards for Excellence and Achievement. The sum of £600 was given to Francisco at the Waterstone's dinner and ceremony in May 2002.
Azim A Khan (MA Human Rights, 2005) is the Academic Director or SIT Study Abroad based in Vermont, USA.
Ingvill Konradsen Ceide (MA Human Rights, 1997) is a Project Manager at the Centre for International Health at the University of Tromso, Norway.
Victoria Kyriakidis (married name Coombes) (MA Human Rights, 2004) is working as a member of support staff to social workers at Kent County Council.
Gita Widya Laksmini (MA Human Rights, 2003) is currently working for an NGO focusing on media studies. She is also participating in the advocacy process for freedom of information in Indonesia and preparing a human rights short course for journalists.
Christine M Matovu (MA Human Rights, 2002) has now gone back to Uganda to work in community service as a country representative of (ADD) Action on Disability and Development, a British based NGO.
Yvonne Mahlunge (MSc, 2004) has begun her PhD studies at the Institute. Her thesis investigates constitution making, institutional engineering and conflict management in post-independence Zimbabwe.
Cristina Michels (MA, 2002) is a Human Rights Officer working for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Tamsin Mitchell (MA Human Rights, 2005) is Africa/Americas Researcher and Campaigner at the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN, a world association of writers representing members in over 100 countries, based in London. It is a forum where writers meet freely to discuss their work and its position is underpinned by the P.E.N. Charter, the principles of which contributed to the genesis of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Simon Moss (MA Human Rights, 2004) is working at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre, where he was based for his internship placement.
Paul Mukerji (MA Human Rights, 1998) is currently a volunteer for the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (www.quaker.org.uk/eappi) and is based in Hebron.
Mweelwa Muleya (MA Human Rights, 2003) is now a part-time Lecturer in Human Rights and Specialist Reporting in HIV/AIDS for Journalism students at Evelyn Hone College, Lusaka.
Francisco Kapalu Ngongo (MA Human Rights, 2003) is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Peace Study at the University of Bradford in West Yorkshire.
Olamide Ogunrinade (MA Human Rights, 2003) is currently enrolled on the Bar Vocational Course, studying to become a barrister.
Lizzy Openshaw (MA Human Rights, 2006) is human rights training specialist with the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva. Prior to this Lizzy participated in a VSO project in Ethiopia for the Ministry of Education. During her studies on the MA, Lizzy completed a placement with the human rights NGO, Consortium for Street Children in Brixton.
Karen O’Reilly is a Human Rights Education intern at Amnesty International in Dublin, working on the implementation of human rights education into schools in the North and South of Ireland and assisting with workshops on human rights and rights-based approaches for police, teachers and other NGOs.
Emily Pearce (MA Human Rights, 2004) is working as Engagement and Participation Administrator at BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development). BOND is a network for 300+ UK NGOs that work in the international development sector. Emily facilitates BOND's working groups programme and provides an information service on the working groups activities and BOND membership.
Kirrily Pells (MA Human Rights, 2004) has begun her PhD studies at the Institute. Her thesis investigates post-conflict identities and intergenerational violence affecting children and adolescents in the contemporary African context.
Tashi Radha (MA Human Rights, 2002) went on a fact-finding mission to Rwanda during the summer of 2002 before completing a 12-month law conversion course.
Melanie Rhind (MSc Globalization & Development, 2004) is currently employed by the Refugee Legal Centre as a legal representative for detained asylum seekers, at the Oakington Immigration Centre in Cambridgeshire. After taking a month’s break at the end of 2004 in in Australia and Thailand, she returned to begin a French language course. She hopes to take up a place as a volunteer for an Ethiopian NGO.
Philippa Sackett (MA Human Rights, 2002) is a Project Management Advisor working for the Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health and is currently based in Vientiane, Laos.
Mona Sadek (MA Human Rights, 2002) is a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Rebecca Sampey deferred the second year of her MA to undertake a voluntary internship at Amesty International in Aotearoa/New Zealand.Julia Seifer-Smith (MA Human Rights, 2004) worked on domestic violence matters in New York City and in New Zealand. In New York she was the Economic Justice Fellow with Sanctuary for Families, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services, and in New Zealand she coordinated a regional domestic violence coalition, LIVE – Hawke’s Bay. Julia is currently studying towards a J.D. at the CUNY School of Law, a public interest focused law school in New York City.
Rob Sibson (MA Human Rights, 2002) is Research and Campaign Assistant for the India Team at Amnesty International, International Secretariat, based in London.Charlie Smith (MA Human Rights, 2002) moved to Lima for a voluntary internship working on disappearances with the Peruvian Truth Commission.
Katie Smith (MA Human Rights, 2001) lived in Brazil for a time where she taught English as a foreign language. She returned to the UK as a private tutor. She is also a member of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA), which directs clowns to effect change through subversion and silliness.
Amrendra Srivastava (MA Human Rights, 2002) is now working for Brent Social Services in their Unaccompanied Minors and Homeless Families Team based at Wembley.Gordana Stankovic is now working working for the Society for International Development in the Hague as a Coordinator of the SID European Programme.
Kate Treacy (MA Human Rights, 2003) is currently working at The Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Health as Publications Coordinator.
Caroline Waterman (MA Human Rights, 2004) is Communication and Information Officer for East, Horn and Central Africa at Christian Aid, where she undertook her internship placement.
Barry Watson (MSc, 2004) holds a short-term contract at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), whose headquarters are based close-by in London. He is running an e-conference and conducting research on one of their projects, ‘Regoverning Markets’, the aim of which is to document and analyse the changing relationship between smallholders and multinational retail/processing chains in developing countries.
George Watson (MSc, 2004) co-authored a Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit Policy Brief with Barry Watson (see above) on the 2004 Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ Meeting. George is a Chartered Structural Engineer and has over 10 years experience in private consultancy and project management.
Olivia Wills (MA Human Rights 2002) is currently working for UNICEF in Mozambique in the Social Policy, Information and Monitoring unit.
Kaoru Yamaguchi (MA Human RIghts, 2002) is back in Japan where she is working for Caritas.
Charlene Yates (MA Human Rights, 2004) continued her internship at the Commonwealth Lawyers Association until after she graduated. She is now working as a seminar producer for a Sydney-based company called Legalwise Seminars, planning and organising professional development seminars for the legal profession in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Chronologically by year of graduation (most recent first):
Lizzy Openshaw is human rights training specialist with the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva. Prior to this Lizzy participated in a VSO project in Ethiopia for the Ministry of Education. During her studies on the MA, Lizzy completed a placement with the human rights NGO, Consortium for Street Children in Brixton.
2006 MSc Globalization and Development Students
Jake Allen is currently a project officer for the Commonwealth Local Government Forum in London. The Forum funds poverty reduction and democracy promotion schemes between local governments throughout the Commonwealth.
Tamsin Mitchell is Africa/Americas Researcher and Campaigner at the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN, a world association of writers representing members in over 100 countries, based in London. It is a forum where writers meet freely to discuss their work and its position is underpinned by the P.E.N. Charter, the principles of which contributed to the genesis of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
MSc Globalization and Development Studentscurrently no updates
Jean Candler is based in the press office of the Refugee Council, the largest organisation in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees.
Victoria Coombes (nee Kyriakidis) is working as a member of support staff to social workers at Kent County Council.
Nicki East is working for the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, a coalition of human rights and humanitarian organisations.
Geraldine Gilbert is currently Business and Administration Assistant for the Business Programme at the Forum for the Future, a sustainable development charity based in the UK. She previously worked as External Relations Officer for Alter Eco, a Fairtrades food company based in Paris, and her responsibilities included external relations with producers in the South and with consumers, investors, NGOs, charities and students in the North.
www.forumforthefuture.org.ukPriya Jacob is Psychological and Community Consultation Project Officer at CARE International, Sri Lanka. She is responsible for the development, coordination, implementation and monitoring of psychological activities in CARE Sri Lanka’s rehabilitation/reconstruction projects in those areas affected by the tsunami.
Sarah Hamilton (nee Jarvis) is working as a Research Officer at Revolving Doors Agency, a charity that provides services for people with mental health problems in contact with the criminal justice system. The work focuses on social exclusion and the multiple needs of an extremely vulnerable client group.
Simon Moss is working at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre, where he was based for his internship placement.
Emily Pearce is working as Engagement and Participation Administrator at BOND (British Overseas NGOs for Development). BOND is a network for 300+ UK NGOs that work in the international development sector. Emily facilitates BOND's working groups programme and provides an information service on the working groups activities and BOND membership.
Kirrily Pells has begun her PhD studies at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. Her thesis investigates post-conflict identities and intergenerational violence affecting children and adolescents in the contemporary African context.
Julia Seifer-Smith worked on domestic violence matters in New York City and in New Zealand. In New York she was the Economic Justice Fellow with Sanctuary for Families, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services, and in New Zealand she coordinated a regional domestic violence coalition, LIVE – Hawke’s Bay. Julia is currently studying towards a J.D. at the CUNY School of Law, a public interest focused law school in New York City.
Caroline Waterman is Communication and Information Officer for East, Horn and Central Africa at Christian Aid, where she undertook her internship placement.
Charlene Yates continued her internship at the Commonwealth Lawyers Association until she graduated in December 2004. She is now working as a seminar producer for a Sydney-based company called Legalwise Seminars, planning and organising professional development seminars for the legal profession in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
2004 MSc Globalization and Development StudentsShewitt Hailu is working as an intern at the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in New York. She is working in the Situation Centre of the DPKO and, among other things, is mainly responsible for monitoring the activities of Peacekeeping Operations in the Middle East and Asia. Shewitt is also engaged in a project of preparing and updating peacekeeping mission profiles to be posted on the Situation Centre portal.
Yvonne Mahlunge has begun her PhD studies at the Institute. Her thesis investigates constitution making, institutional engineering and conflict management in post-independence Zimbabwe.
Melanie Rhind is currently employed by the Refugee Legal Centre as a legal representative for detained asylum seekers, at the Oakington Immigration Centre in Cambridgeshire. After taking a month’s break at the end of 2004 in in Australia and Thailand, she returned to complete a French language course. She hopes to take up a place as a volunteer for an Ethiopian NGO.
Barry Watson holds a short-term contract at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), whose headquarters are based close-by in London. He is running an e-conference and conducting research on one of their projects, ‘Regoverning Markets’, the aim of which is to document and analyse the changing relationship between smallholders and multinational retail/processing chains in developing countries.
George Watson co-authored a Commonwealth Policy Studies Unit Policy Brief with Barry Watson (see above) on the 2004 Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ Meeting. George is a Chartered Structural Engineer and has over 10 years experience in private consultancy and project management.
Andrea Acerbis is currently working as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Islamabad, Pakistan. He will be visiting detainees in Pakistan or visiting Pakistanis formerly detained in Afghanistan, India, or Guantanamo; and trying to re-establish family links among family's members who have been separated because of the conflicts. Email: andreacerbis@hotmail.com
Floriane Begasse-Schuyteneer is a part-time student, combining her studies with working as an Associate in the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch (London office). She had a baby boy in 2004.
Bridget Burrows is working as Campaigns Coordinator for the National Union of Students, campaigning against government proposals to introduce variable top-up fees in higher education.
Lucy Christopher is working temporarily in the education department of a women’s prison. After that she is planning to observe two NGOs in India. One offers legal advice, support and refuge to women who are the victims of forced prostitution, violent families-in-law, and absent husbands. The other is a rural tribal development NGO that trains indigenous groups in rural technology, capacity building and encouragement to stand in local elections.
Daniela Considera is back working as a Public Defender, and will begin work in early 2004 at the Centre for the Defense of Human Rights in Brazil. This new centre will focus on Public Interest Litigation, which was the theme of Daniela’s dissertation.
Ben Duncan is a campaign officer for the UK's Green MEPs.
Keri Hallam is working for an African women’s organisation and indicated plans to move to Laos, where she hopes to work for an NGO, at the end of 2003.
Gita Widya Laksmini is currently working for an NGO focusing on media studies. She is also participating in the advocacy process for freedom of information in Indonesia and preparing a human rights short course for journalists.
Mweelwa Muleya is now a part-time Lecturer in Human Rights and Specialist Reporting in HIV/AIDS for Journalism students at Evelyn Hone College, Lusaka.
Francisco Kapalu Ngongo is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Peace Study at the University of Bradford in West Yorkshire.
Olamide Ogunrinade is currently enrolled on the Bar Vocational Course, studying to become a barrister.
Karen O’Reilly is a Human Rights Education intern at Amnesty International in Dublin, working on the implementation of human rights education into schools in the North and South of Ireland and assisting with workshops on human rights and rights-based approaches for police, teachers and other NGOs.
Kate Treacy is currently working at The Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Health as Publications Coordinator.
2003 MSc Human Rights Students
No information currently available
2002 MA Human Rights Students
Helen Albert has full-time work fundraising for the UK charity 'Whizz kids'
Cathy Ayer (nee Corbett) completed a voluntary internship with a women's human rights NGO based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She married her husband, Vivek, in India in 2003, and is now the Assistant Desk Officer for East Africa and the Great Lakes Region at the British Red Cross.
Mohammed Ahmed was delighted to have been successfully chosen for an Human Rights internship at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva where he handles communications under the 1503 procedure.
Bushra Baig Bushra got married (with two ceremonies!). She is now working for the Citizen's Advice Bureau as an Immigration Advisor.
Olivia Ball has collaborated on a couple of books with Paul Gready and a couple of kids with her partner, Damian. Find her online at http://rightsbase.org
James Bird has a paid internship at Christian Aid in their Middle-East and North Africa office.
Steve Brzozowski returned to Boston, USA. He was married in June 2002.
Lizzie Creer is currently based at the British Red Cross where she works as a Trust and Statutory Fundraiser.
Marie-Clementine Cremer went on to do an MA in International Relations at the University of Kent.
Lara El-Jazairi is living in Syria and studying Arabic.
Vijitha Herath is currently working for the UN in East Timor as a Human Rights Officer and is responsible for policy and institutional strengthening.
Francisco Kapalu-Ngongo won the 2002 London Student of the Year Award at the Waterstone's Awards for Excellence and Achievement.Tashi Radha went on a fact-finding mission to Rwanda during the summer of 2002 before completing a 12-month law conversion course.
Philippa Sackett is working for the NGO ActionAid and is currently based in their Asia Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand.
Mona Sadek is a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Rob Sibson is Research and Campaign Assistant for the India Team at Amnesty International, International Secretariat, based in London.
Charlie Smith moved to Lima for a voluntary internship working on disappearances with the Peruvian Truth Commission.
Amrendra Srivastava is now working for Brent Social Services in their Unaccompanied Minors and Homeless Families Team based at Wembley.
Gordana Stankovic is now working working for the Society for International Development in the Hague as a Coordinator of the SID European Programme.
Olivia Wills is currently working for UNICEF in Mozambique in the Social Policy, Information and Monitoring unit.
2001 MA Human Rights Students
Kamayani Mahabal is General Secretary for AHSAAS, Human Rights Organisation, India
Katie Smith lived in Brazil for a time where she taught English as a foreign language. She returned to the UK and a private tutor. She is also a member of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA), which directs clowns to effect change through subversion and silliness.
2000 MA Human Rights Students
Bridget Sleap is AIDS Programme Manager at the Panos Institute
1999 MA Human Rights Students
Joanna Ewart-James manages the Human Rights portfolio at the Sigrid Rausing Trust. Prior to joining the Trust she worked as a Research Associate at Goldsmiths College. She also developed policy on human rights, asylum and race equality in the Home Office and then joined the Foreign Office, where she managed the Human Rights Project Fund.
1999 MPhil/PhD StudentsMobasser Monem (PhD) is Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
1998 MA Human Rights Students
Sally Holt is a Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. Sally continues to maintain her interest in inter-ethnic relations and minority rights as an aspect of conflict prevention and recently worked on a chapter for a book reviewing the jurisprudence of international courts and treaty bodies relating to the rights of minorities. She had a baby, Florence, in May 2005.
Paul Mukerji is currently a volunteer for the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (www.quaker.org.uk/eappi) and is based in Hebron.
1997 MA Human Rights Students
Ingvill Konradsen Ceide is Project Manager and Founder of "Project Haiti"
1996 MA Human Rights Students
Patrick Canagasingham is Director of the Program Effectiveness Division for International and Canadian Programs for World Vision Canada, based in Ontario. He provides leadership to specific programs in areas such as Nutrition, Health, HIV-AIDS, TB and Sustainable Livelihoods. He also provides support globally to World Vision's Global Centre / Global Support Teams. Patrick was previously a consultant/advisor for the Victim Empowerment Project of the Foundations for Peace Network in Canada where he project managed a victim empowerment initiative for a network of indigenous grant makers from Northern Ireland, Serbia, South Africa, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Israel/Palestine.
Sarah Chandler is Consultant and Trainer for the Equitas International Centre for Human Rights (http://www.equitas.org) and Director of the British Columbia Human Rights Coaliton, serving on the Executive, Education and Law Reform Committees (http://www.bchrc.org). She also serves on the KAIROS International Human Rights Program Committee http://www.kairos.org).
1996 MPhil/PhD Students
Aran MacKinnon (PhD) is Associate Professor of African History in the Dept. of History, State University of West Georgia
Richard Fell (MA Commonwealth Area Studies, 1971) was the former British High Commissioner to New Zealand and to Samoa and Governor of Pitcairn 2001-06.
Peter Alexander (PhD 1994) is Associate Professor & Director, Centre for Sociological Research, Johannesburg
Ranjith Y Amarasinghe (PhD 1971) is Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
William Beinart (MA Commonwealth Area Studies 1973) is a Professor at the University of Oxford
Andrestinos de Papadopoulos (MPhil 1977) is Ambassador in Cyprus.
Dr Nandhini Iyer (MA Commonwealth Area Studies 1980) is Director (UN Office), Foreign Office, India
James Kember (PhD 1976) is the New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam. He was previously the Director of the Information and Public Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in New Zealand.
Paul Kingston (MA Commonwealth Area Studies 1985) is Associate Professor of Political Science & International Development Studies at the University of Toronto at Scarborough.
Tom Perriment (MA Commonwealth Studies 1979) is Assistant Director (Policy) at the British National Space Centre.
The Reverend (Flight Lieutenant) Nicholas Pnematicatos (MA Commonwealth and International Relations 1993) is Station Chaplain at Royal Air Force Coningsby
Mizanur Rahman Shelley (PhD 1976) is Chairman of the Center for Development Research (CDRB), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor Dennis Rumley is Associate Professor at the School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia. He recently published a book entitled "India and Australia: Issues and Opportunities" by Gopal, D and Rumley, D (Eds), 2004, Delhi: Authors Press Email: authorspress@yahoo.com) also see the Indian Ocean Research Group (IORG) website: http://www.iorgroup.orgBrian Tennyson (PhD Commonwealth Studies 1978) is Director of the Centre for International Studies & Professor of History
University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gardner Thompson (PhD 1990) is based at Dulwich College and recently published the book "Governing Uganda", Kampala: Fountain Press, 2003.
Vacancies
The following is a list of vacancies that may be of interest to our alumni. Please send any vacancy notices to ics@sas.ac.uk.
The Institute is not responsible for the content of these listings and cannot answer any questions in regards to these positions. Please direct any queries to the relevant individual/organisation for each listing. Vacancies are listed in the order in which they are posted, beginning with the most recent.Useful vacancy websites:
Association of Commonwealth Universities provides a searchable database of vacancies at universities worldwide. You can also sign up for their vacancies bulletin.Médecins du Monde sends mainly medical volunteers on humanitarian missions (surgeons, doctors, nurses, midwifes and psychologists), people who have at least two years of experience and are available for a minimum of three months. Non-medical positions are also available to ensure that the projects run effectively: administrators, logisticians and non-medical co-ordinators.
Page last updated August 27, 2009
