Centre for Minorities Research: Interdisciplinary online short course

The Centre for Minorities Research (CMR) is pleased to share the success of its first Centre-led interdisciplinary online course for professional development. Displacement and Humanitarian Intervention ran for two weeks, offering bespoke sessions delivered by twelve experts from the University of St Andrews. Sixteen participants from four countries attended praxis-based workshops, lectures, group work, interactive roleplay, and simulations. Engaging exchanges between speakers and participants made for a highly enjoyable experience for all. We can proudly say a community was created, and we hope to build on the success of the course for future years!

Testimonials

“The course provided me with lots of provoking thoughts about identities, imbalance of power, displacement, humanitarian intervention, and community responses, which have posed immense self-reflections on my practice”.

Zuzana Jatelov has worked in Community Development for local authorities since 2016. This involves working with adult learners, families, and individuals to address the problems they might encounter in their life, such as support with learning, social exclusion, food and fuel poverty, and inequalities. In addition, she has been involved with Grampian Regional Equality Council (GREC) as a Board member. GREC, as a registered charity, is leading in promoting equality and tackling discrimination across North East Scotland.

“The short course’s impact was very positive, and the content taught was very informative and interesting. Some would say that I just got out of the high-school bubble I lived in and started learning about the world around me. And that is partially true. I was familiar with many of the topics discussed; however, I had never elaborated more on any of them”.

Kalliopi Efthymiadou is a first-year undergraduate in Public Administration at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the recent Displacement & Humanitarian Intervention Short Course. It was delivered by world class experts in a digestible manner that both informed and inspired. Highly recommended”.

Simon Pereira Shorey is a Disaster Mitigation Consultant