Contact: cendep@brookes.ac.uk
CENDEP has opened registration for its CPD course, Resilience, Wellbeing, and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings,
Led by international experts from organizations such as the IFRC and Save the Children, the programme provides humanitarian professionals with evidence-based tools for Psychological First Aid, trauma management, and burnout prevention. Interested participants can take advantage of an early bird discount of £495 until 1 May, with final registrations closing on 22 May 2026.
Founded in 1985, the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) is a multidisciplinary centre that brings together academics, development practitioners and policy makers. Our work concentrates on:
We run a number of courses:
We also conduct research with colleagues and partners worldwide.
CENDEP launched its online continued professional development (CPD) certificate course ‘Resilience, wellbeing and mental health support in crisis settings’ on 1 October 2024. The 2026 course is now open for registrations!
A week of free public events will take place across Oxford this month, including at Oxford Brookes University, as the Oxford Human Rights Festival returns for its 24th year.
The Oxford Human Rights Festival 2025, hosted by Oxford Brookes University, will explore justice, culture, and activism through thought-provoking events, workshops, and exhibitions.
This ESRC Responsive Mode research project investigates the supply and use of Captagon in Jordan among refugee and socio-economically marginalised communities.
13 - 20 March 2026
The Oxford Human Rights Festival, which is hosted by the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice, Oxford Brookes University is back for its 24th instalment.
Over the past 21 years, this festival has used its platform to shed light on the importance of Human Rights through engaging programmes consisting of films, performances, talks, exhibitions, poetry, forms of art and more.
This year's festival's theme was 'Breaking Free'. The festival explored what freedom means for people living in different contexts, or across generations, looking at different forms of discrimination, the lack of protection or disregard of their human rights, the lack of global solidarity, and the impact of budget cuts in the humanitarian sector.
It aims to inspire conversations and actions that foster connections, empathy, and collaboration among individuals, social action groups and communities, fostering a platform for solidarity and change. Every person can champion human rights locally and globally while encouraging dialogue and collective mobilisation for justice in Oxford and beyond, towards a more equitable and just world.
