24 June 2014
The Centre for Human Rights Education funded by ACHRE in 2007 has closed following a review of its viability in 2011 and its education offerings were incorporated into the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies,
The School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, after investigating the feasibility of the courses on offer, decided to keep three courses going and have continued to grow since then.
The current human rights courses are as follows (details of each can be found via the links in brackets after each course):
1. International Human Rights and Law
This is a core course in our undergraduate justice and legal studies programs, with 250 students enrolled in 2014. See: https://www.rmit.edu.au/courses/036262
2. Introduction to Applied Human Rights
An elective course available to undergraduate and postgraduate student from many programs, with 36 students enrolled in 2014. This was a core course in the Graduate Diploma in Applied Human Rights, and has continued to have good enrolments as an elective since the program. See: https://www.rmit.edu.au/courses/042014
3. Applied Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
An elective course available to undergraduate and postgraduate student from many programs, with 54 students enrolled in 2014. Like the course above, this was a core course in the Graduate Diploma in Applied Human Rights, and has continued to have good enrolments as an elective since the program. See: https://www.rmit.edu.au/courses/042023
The discontinued courses were all part of the Graduate Diploma in Applied Human Rights, which was not viable due to low enrolments from outside the University. These include:
- Ethics, Practice and Applied Human Rights
- Transforming Organisations and Applied Human Rights I
- Transforming Organisations and Applied Human Rights II
- Advocacy and Action: The Victorian Charter for Human Rights
- Education for Human Rights
- Human Rights as Applied Communication
- Human Rights Campaign Studio
The restructure has meant that RMIT has fewer human rights courses, but far more students doing them than was the case when the Graduate Diploma was operating. This means the courses are sustainable and popular and that is very good for us all.
If you require further information, please contact:
Professor David Hayward Dean, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, Chair, RMIT Academic Board, RMIT University, 411 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia 3001. Ph: +61 3 99255200 School website: https://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=qqm17u12x46u1 Blog: www.davidhayward33.wordpress.com