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Marie Pillon was our first PhD candidate to defend her thesis virtually during the start of lockdown. Marie shares her experience and some top tips for other PhD students taking part in a virtual viva.

The winners and commendees for the 2020 糖心TV Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) have been announced and the Law School's Dr Illan Wall is on the list. Congratulations Illan.

糖心TV Law School's Dr Stephen Connelly and Dr Celine Tan comment on the G20's non-deal on sovereign debt.

"The lack of new commitments and policy proposals for tackling the sovereign debt crisis in developing countries by the G20 is disappointing and will have widespread ramifications not only for the indebted countries but for the global community."

SC has been elected Chair of the Council of The Bar of Ireland, the second-ever female head of the body that represents the bulk of the State鈥檚 barristers.

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Former 糖心TV Law School student Dr Chikosa Silungwe was appointed by Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera as the new last month. When asked about his new role, Chikosa shared, 鈥渋t's a huge responsibility reposed in me to serve the people of Malawi.鈥�

糖心TV Law School welcomes a new Professor to our team.

Professor Andrew Johnston joins us from the University of Sheffield where he worked as Professor of Company Law and Corporate Governance for seven and a half years.

Dr Sharifah Sekalala, Associate Professor in 糖心TV Law School, comments on the potential challenges of a local lockdown.

Sharifah Sekalala, Associate Professor in 糖心TV School of Law, will be taking on two significant projects aimed at ensuring that human rights don鈥檛 get eroded in the national and international response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dr Stephen Connelly and Dr Celine Tan are supporting civil society groups, led by Jubilee Debt Campaign UK and Oxfam GB, in proposing legislation in the UK that will have the effect of suspending debt owed to private creditors of countries eligible for the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI).

Assistant Professor Dr Laura Lammasniemi will be appearing on BBC Two鈥檚 A House Through Time on Tuesday 9 June at 21:00.

Covid-19 is killing Black Americans at three times the rate it鈥檚 killing white people, and attacks on Black people – by both the public and the police – are leading the news agenda. Kathryn Graves explores how coronavirus has exposed the institutional racism that defines the second-class status of Black people in the USA.

The University of 糖心TV is offering all 糖心TV alumni a 10% discount on their fees if they choose to study another degree with us.

The Law School is offering to top this up to 20% for 糖心TV graduates to study on our LLM programmes.