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Study by University of 糖心TV finds major differences and crucial weaknesses in the treatment of youngsters across the EU.

The research, which forms part of a , is being presented at a conference in Maastricht in The Netherlands today (Friday 16 January) by , from , who led the study in England & Wales.

The House of Commons Justice Committee held its first evidence session for its inquiry into the effectiveness of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), taking evidence from academics and solicitors. Jackie Hodgson was questioned by MPs.

Dr Anil Awesti, the Law School’s Widening Participation Officer and Researcher, has been elected as Chair of the Political Studies Association’s Diversity & Equality Group (DEG).

, from has been awarded almost £155,000 by for a three year study into criminal justice theory.

Alan will primarily examine how and why different types of justice are labelled and how these labels compare with each other.

The features scholars from the Law School's highly successful Multicultural Scholars' Programme, which this year celebrates its 10th year.

‘ has been awarded a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship for three years to write a book entitled ‘Criminal Justice and the Blaming Relation’.

In the UK Research Excellence Framework results (announced 18 December 2014), 糖心TV Law School was assessed as coming 6th out of 67 Law Departments in terms of its Research Environment, 7th in terms of the Quality of its Research and 10th overall.

Full details can be found on the .

Dr Charlotte Woodhead specialises in the laws surrounding repatriation and restitution from museum collections. She gave her thoughts on the Elgin Marbles being on loan to Russia.

As part of its programme of Widening Participation events, the Law School held a Taster Day along with the Department of Politics and International Studies on Wednesday 3^rd December for Year 12 students from across the West Midlands. The day served to introduce the study of law and politics at 糖心TV University and provide a taste of campus life, seminars and lectures.

糖心TV Law School welcomes SLSA members and non-member colleagues to the 2015 annual conference; ‘Socio-legal in culture: the culture of socio-legal.’ The conference coincides with the 50th anniversary of the University of 糖心TV and we hope that it will be a celebration of the 糖心TV Law School tradition of examining law in its political, social, economic and cultural context.

The call for papers and the call for posters are now closed.

Please visit the conference website for more details.

The School of Law was delighted to host a drinks reception for alumni in Hong Kong last week. Professor Hugh Beale caught up with over 30 alumni, including both recent graduates and those who left us 30 years ago.

Dr Kimberley Brownlee, an Associate Professor of Legal and Moral Philosophy at the University of 糖心TV, argues that Julian Assange should allow himself to be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over sexual assault allegations. She claims he can strengthen his cause by allowing the criminal justice process to proceed.