Tag: Chevening

10th December 2010 Chevening, UK

Human Rights Day 2010 – a view from Mexico

A blog from Angelina Montserrat Vidal Leon,  L.L.M, University of Birmingham 2010-2011. As in many other countries, the role played by human rights defenders in Mexico has proved to be of fundamental importance for the implementation of human rights and consequently, the strengthening of democracy in the national context. Nevertheless, due to the complex reality […]

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10th December 2010 Chevening, UK

Human Rights Day 2010 – a view from Nigeria

My name is Francis Moneke, Chevening Scholar 2010. I have an LLM in International Human Rights Law from SOAS, University of London. As we celebrate this year’s international human rights day, I wish to call the attention of the international community to the massive economic discrimination going on in Nigeria. Increasingly, the poor and the […]

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16th November 2010 Chevening, UK

Dundee, Ukraine, Nigeria

I’m experiencing the best times of my life. The people in Scotland as well as the international students are fantastic. Local people organised a lot of greeting parties and tours outside of Dundee. I already visited some places where Harry Potter was filmed. And of course Edinburgh…Speechless… Oleh Krykavskyy, a Chevening scholar from Ukraine, currently […]

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2nd November 2010 Chevening, UK

The LSE style

El estilo LSE – the third blog from one of our 2 Chevening scholars and part-time bloggers, Rina Paredes. Siendo una total y completa novata en Europa y su sistema educativo, a poco más de un mes de iniciar mi maestría en LSE, puedo decir que estoy acostumbrándome al ritmo de estudios y al gran […]

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2nd November 2010 Chevening, UK

One week in the city that never stops surprising

Un registro más, qué importa…The second blog from Rina Paredes from Peru Finalmente instalada en Londres, hoy cumplo una semana en esta ciudad que nunca se cansará de sorprenderme. Luego de pasar dos semanas al norte, rodeada solo de angloparlantes, esta semana me instalé en la ciudad más cosmopolita del mundo y conocí mi casa […]

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22nd October 2010 Chevening, UK

LSE, Sidney Webb House, goodbyes and registration

Catherinne de la Torre continues her blog; Periodo: 20 al 26 de setiembre del 2010 Esta semana inicio mucho más pausada que la anterior, sucede que nos encontrábamos muy cansados. Entre la preparación de un viaje de esta magnitud, que de por si demanda de mucha energía, y el proceso de aclimatación, estábamos agotados. De […]

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