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About the course
About the course
This is a unique course that builds knowledge and understanding of three critical sectors within the development and humanitarian field. It offers a foundational understanding of conflict transformation and analysis, proceeds to cover challenges to humanitarian action, including those as a consequence of climate change, and concludes with a focus on human rights violations during conflict, expanding to redress through transitional justice processes.
This in-person course provides a rare opportunity to gain a foundational understanding of three cross-cutting subjects within the United Nations and international NGOs. Offering a strong practice element, drawing on UN and International Non-governmental organisation resources as well as on research embedded in local communities.
Teaching methods are interactive and engaging, including classroom debates, simulation exercises, and discussion groups. The module can be studied as credit-rated or non-credit-rated.
The credit-rated CPD module, equivalent to 30 postgraduate credits, requires learners to complete assessments that are practical and focused on strengthening employability skills, such as conducting a conflict analysis. The credits can be counted towards the PG Cert/PG Dip/Masters in Global Development and Humanitarian Practice.
The non-credit-rated short course leads to a certificate of attendance.
Dates
Dates
Delivery dates: 29 January - 30 April 2026 (Thursday)
Sessions: 12 six-hour sessions once a week for 12 weeks (plus one week for assessment for credit-rated)
Course cost
Course cost
The credit-rated course costs £1,500*
The non-credit rated course costs £450*
Course content
Course content
Core content includes:
Understanding Conflict and Violence.
From conflict sensitivity to conflict transformation.
Conflict analysis.
Accountability to and engagement of affected populations in humanitarian action.
Organisational and systemic change in the humanitarian sector.
Coordinating multiple actors in humanitarian response.
Human Rights violations in situations of armed conflict; Human Rights and justice in post conflict contexts.
Human rights of marginalised and vulnerable groups in a conflict context.
Post-conflict transitional justice.
Who is this module for?
Who is this module for?
This course is suitable for practitioners wishing to continue their professional development with:
An undergraduate degree in a related field or experience working within humanitarian, development or human rights fields.
Excellent English language skills.
Staff
Staff
Sessions will be led by Dr Brigitte Piquard, Paul Knox Clarke and Dr Farah Mihlar, together with a range of specialist lecturers working in the sector.
Dr Farah Mihlar
Dr Farah Mihlar leads on human rights at the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP). Her work on human rights intersects closely with conflict and identity and she specialises in the fields of minority rights and transitional justice. She is the co-coordinator of the MA Global Development and Humanitarian Practice (MA GDHP) and she currently holds a British Academy Knowledge Frontiers award for research on post-war justice for women in Lebanon and Sri Lanka.
Farah is an activist scholar who works with local communities towards rights and justice in conflict-affected countries, especially in her home country Sri Lanka. She is a passionate advocate for justice and has recently integrated decolonial methods and approaches into her teaching and research.
Contact us
Contact us
If you have any enquiries about the course, please email us at hst-cpdadmissions@brookes.ac.uk
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*Cancellation policy
*Cancellation policy
If you cancel on or before the application deadline, you will receive a 50% refund. Cancellations made after this date are not eligible for a refund.
If the course is cancelled by Oxford Brookes University, all registered participants will get a full refund.
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