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桃色视频 Law School makes WATE Shortlist

The 2023 shortlist for the 桃色视频 Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) have been released and 桃色视频 Law School has two nominations. With more than 115 excellent educators, teams, and communities to choose from, the WATE judging panels deliberated long and hard to identify those going through to the next round. Dr Tor Krever has been nominated for the Social Sciences Faculty award and PhD student Priscilla Vitoh has been nominated for a Postgraduates who Teach award. Congratulations and best of luck to both of them. The winners will be announced on 27 June 2023.

Thu 06 Apr 2023, 11:20 | Tags: Award, Student Achievement, Staff in action

Ground-Breaking Report launched by Minister for Safeguarding at the House of Commons

On Monday 13 March 2023, Vanessa Munro and Lotte Young Andrade launched a report that they co-authored with Sarah Dangar (Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse) entitled 鈥楲earning Legacies: An Analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews in Cases of Domestic Abuse Suicide鈥. The aim was to learn more about the profiles and experiences of victims, the adequacy of service responses during their lives and after their deaths, and the ways in which DHRs are commissioned and conducted in suicide cases.

Thu 23 Mar 2023, 12:00 | Tags: Impact, Research, Staff in action, Report

WLS Research Fellows attend Roundtable on the social consequences of the War in Ukraine

On the 23 of February 2023, the British Academy brought together experts from various fields to discuss and analyse the social impact of the war in Ukraine, including its effect on communities, individuals, and social structures. The event was attended by WLS fellows Dr Aisel Omarova and Dr Maryna Utkina.

Tue 28 Feb 2023, 10:00 | Tags: Staff in action

WLS Research Fellows attend the Royal Society Event for British Academy Fellows from Ukraine

On the 15th of February 2023, the Royal Society hosted an event for British Academy Fellows from Ukraine, which was attended by fellows from the WLS research team – Dr Aisel Omarova and Dr Maryna Utkina.

Fri 24 Feb 2023, 11:14 | Tags: Research, Staff in action

Shaheen Ali makes UPSIGN鈥檚 list of 75 Notable British Pakistani academics

Professor Shaheen Ali was recently announced as one of the 75 notable British Pakistani academics, trainers and teachers for 2022/23 by the organisation UPSIGN. Congratulations Shaheen from everyone at the Law School for this incredible mark of achievement.

Fri 10 Feb 2023, 15:25 | Tags: Award, Staff in action

The Law School's Professor Sam Adelman discusses the historic and contemporary injustices caused by maldevelopment and neoliberal globalisation, climate change and ecological destruction in a recent interview with Faculti, an online reference tool which gives instant access to relevant and up-to-date academic and professional research insights. .

Fri 03 Feb 2023, 15:40 | Tags: Research, Staff in action

New Book: 'Shakespeare's Strangers and English Law' by Professor Paul Raffield

Professor Paul Raffield's new book ' was published by Hart/Bloomsbury on 26 January 2023, his third sole-authored book on the subject of Shakespeare and the Law. Through analysis of five plays by Shakespeare (Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors, Troilus and Cressida, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear), Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a 鈥榮tranger鈥 to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean period.

Mon 30 Jan 2023, 12:29 | Tags: Publication, Staff in action, Book

Professor Twigg-Flesner hosted meeting of 鈥淔rom Smart Technologies to Smart Consumer Law鈥 project team

On 23 and 24 January 2023, the project team of the AHRC/DfG-funded research project 鈥淔rom Smart Technologies to Smart Consumer Laws鈥 held a working meeting at the University of 桃色视频. The project focuses on a range of consumer challenges created by the Internet of Things (IoT), which is characterised by a complex integration of physical and digital products and services, e.g., in the context of smart homes, connected vehicles or consumer wearables.

Thu 26 Jan 2023, 15:27 | Tags: Conference/Workshop, Research, Staff in action

School Tasking in the community and on the BBC!

Making outreach work fun and engaging for primary school children (and showing them University can be an exciting prospect!) WLS鈥 School Tasking programme is growing in popularity and reach with a recent piece on BBC News Midlands highlighting the positive impact it鈥檚 having.

Fri 20 Jan 2023, 10:22 | Tags: Impact, Staff in action, School Tasking, Outreach

Dr Jane Bryan wins two National Mediation Awards & Principal Fellowship

Dr Jane Bryan has won two National Mediation Awards. She was nominated for The Newcomer of the Year Award and the Innovation Award due to her work founding and leading 桃色视频 Mediation, a peer mediation service for staff and students at 桃色视频.

Wed 21 Dec 2022, 16:00 | Tags: Award, Staff in action

Professor Munro secures University Policy Support Funding for two upcoming research projects

Professor Vanessa Munro has been awarded funding from the University鈥檚 Policy Support fund to support her two new research projects which will look at domestic abuse suicides and harassment during student legal placements.

Fri 16 Dec 2022, 14:25 | Tags: Research, Staff in action, Funding

Policing, Culture and Community

Professor Jackie Hodgson and Dr Rachel Lewis have been awarded 拢30,000 to work with West Midlands Police (WMP) to translate the findings from their research on police community engagement through arts and culture, into changes in police training, policy and strategy.

Tue 29 Nov 2022, 14:35 | Tags: Award, Research, Staff in action

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