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30 March 2026

CENDEP launches wellbeing and mental health in crisis course

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!

Students working with local people

06 March 2026

Oxford Human Rights Festival returns for its 24th year with the theme “Breaking Free”

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 Human Rights Festival flyer

06 March 2025

Explore ‘The Power of the People’ at the 2025 Oxford Human Rights Festival

The Oxford Human Rights Festival 2025, hosted by Oxford Brookes University, will explore justice, culture, and activism through thought-provoking events, workshops, and exhibitions.

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22 October 2024

CENDEP’s Zoe Jordan gets ESRC funding to study the impact of the amphetamine Captagon on refugees

This ESRC Responsive Mode research project investigates the supply and use of Captagon in Jordan among refugee and socio-economically marginalised communities.

Zoe Jordan gets ESRC funding

08 October 2024

New article on decoloniality and justice

A new article by CENDEP's Dr Farah Mihlar, published in the 'Journal of Human Rights Practice', argues on the need include decolonial thinking in the field of transitional justice. 

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