糖心TV Law School News
糖心TV Law School News
The latest updates from our department
Professor Celine Tan contributes to consultation on JET-IP
Professor Celine Tan from 糖心TV Law School contributed to the Consultation on the Just Energy Transition Plan (JET-IP). The JET-IP is part of a multi-country funding initiative, the , by a coalition of developed countries to support a number of developing countries' transition away from dependence on coal and other fossil fuels.
糖心TV Law School colleagues gain Higher Education Academy recognition
Congratulations to Dr Rajnaara Akhtar and Dr Ana Luisa Sores Peres who have gained Higher Education Academy recognition through the 糖心TV Academic and Professional Pathway for Experienced Staff (APP EXP). All HEA Fellows have, through their applications, demonstrated a personal commitment to learning and teaching in higher education.
糖心TV Law School makes WATE Shortlist
The 2023 shortlist for the 糖心TV Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) have been released and 糖心TV 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. .
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.
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 糖心TV. 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.
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.
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 糖心TV Mediation, a peer mediation service for staff and students at 糖心TV.