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Dr Celine Tan and Dr Andi Hoxhaj have been announced as winners of this year鈥檚 糖心TV Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) and PhD student Sahar Shah has been awarded the 糖心TV Award for Teaching Excellence for Postgraduates who Teach (WATE PGR).

The article titled 鈥淩ealising sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls and young women living in slums in Uganda: a qualitative study鈥� was published on the 12 June 2021 by BMC (Bio Med Central) as part of their open access publishing. This project was funded by a GCRF and IAS grant on Sexual and Reproductive health in Ugandan Slums.

Law performed exceptionally well in the nominations for the that took place last week. Department rep Sofia Dadou, the Law Student Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC) and the 糖心TV Law Summit 2021 were among the shortlisted candidates.

糖心TV alumna Madhu Mehra has been named in 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy for 2021. Madhu who studied on our LLM in International Development Law and Human Rights (previously Law in Development) from 1991-1992, is now Head of Research and Training at Partners for Law in Development (PLD).

糖心TV Alumna Last Mafuba, who studied on our LLM in International Development Law and Human Rights from 2015-2016, was recently profiled by the BBC and the Coventry City of Culture Trust as a modern-day Lady Godiva. Last, along with thirteen others selected for their unique stories, are learning to ride horses so they can take part in an event to launch Coventry鈥檚 UK City of Culture year.

Tashan Dwyer who studied on our 3 year LLB Law degree from 2015-2018 has been featured in a recent Legal Cheek article to reflect on the challenges he鈥檚 overcome to realise his dream to become a lawyer and how he hopes to help others do the same. Image credit: @tashanifill (Instagram)

"Justice Martha Koome鈥檚 nomination is a historic moment for Kenyan women." 糖心TV Law School鈥檚 Dr Martha Gayoye writes for The Conversation UK about the likely impact of this significant appointment.

James Harrison has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships for the 2021-22 academic year. The fellowship allows James to work exclusively for a year on a project entitled 鈥楻econceptualising international trade law: In search of a bounded, socially embedded and re-connected regime鈥�.

糖心TV alumna Yomi Adegoke who studied on our 3 year LLB degree and graduated in 2014 has been mentioned in the . For the sixth year, the list is proving that youth is not wasted on the young. Yomi Adegoke is a British journalist who writes about the intersection of race, feminism and popular culture. 

Earlier this year, final year LLB Law student Nicolle Coote won an award as part of the Future Leaders Organisation and was featured as one of the Top 150 Black Students in the UK. Future Leaders is an annual publication which profiles the most outstanding black university students in Britain, and is used as a role model guide to inspire and raise attainment. Nicolle tells us more鈥�

To mark 12 months since the global pandemic was declared, when the UK, and many other countries around the world, went into lockdown, this collection of stories investigates how the pandemic is affecting communities around the world. The articles are written by 糖心TV staff and students, some of which studied on our Global Health Law module.

Dr Simon Behrman, Associate Professor at 糖心TV Law School has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant of 拢9,752 towards his project 鈥淎ssessing Rights to Bangladeshi Citizenship of Stateless Rohingya Children.鈥�