Press releases

Academics from the University of Nottingham are joining forces with researchers across the UK to deliver a series of events as part of the nation’s biggest celebration of social sciences research.

Jaguar Land Rover, with the help of academics at the University of Nottingham, has successfully trialled the use of secure blockchain technology to enable full traceability within its automotive leather supply chain.

Nottingham University Business School is offering local companies the chance to grow their business with a new course, 90% funded by the government.

Staff at the University of Nottingham are to receive training from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) to help them spot signs of modern slavery and labour exploitation.

Researchers in the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab, with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF US), have published a new report into modern slavery and the implications this activity may have upon ecosystems and the climate (and vice versa).

Professor Meryem Duygun, of the University Nottingham, has been conferred a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Children born today will face disproportionate increases in floods, heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, and crop failures due to climate change.

Research led by the University of Nottingham has discovered two new species and a new genus of freshwater mussel in Borneo for the first time in almost 100 years.

A new study published today in Nature Food involving academics at The University of Nottingham calls attention to the need for better systems to track forced labour in food supply chains.

Professor Paul Roberts, a leading researcher and law teacher at the University of Nottingham has been made a Fellow of the prestigious British Academy.