Student Profiles
Vardini and Lucy share their experiences of studying in the School of Law.
Vardini Ganesh, LLM Master of Laws
The University of Nottingham is highly ranked for its law master’s courses, which stood out to me. I loved the wide selection of modules, which gave me the freedom to explore different pillars of law. I’ve been able to learn more about equality, discrimination and criminal justice as well as AI law and commercial law.
The university also offers great student opportunities like research assistant roles and society events which excited me. Plus, the campus has such a great vibe—diverse, inclusive, and welcoming—which just made it feel like the perfect fit for me.
Although this isn’t my first time studying in the UK, studying at Nottingham has been a fresh and exciting experience. Finding good friends made it a less daunting environment and easier to settle in. If you’re an international student new to the UK, I’d say just dive into the experience. Join a few campus societies during freshers’ week, explore the city, and go to social or networking events—you never know where you will find friends or opportunities.
Lucy Nicholson, LLM Master of Laws
I picked the Equality, Discrimination and Criminal Justice module to expand on my current understanding of civil and criminal laws surrounding equality and engage with them on a critical level. I enjoy taking feminist and queer theory perspectives in my work, and the module grappled with these and many other critical standpoints.
We encountered key and pressing issues that the law currently faces that cry out for reform. We looked at questions such as: Why are some groups protected in the Equality Act and not others? Are police stop and search policies discriminatory? Should transgender and gender minority prisoners be detained according to their gender identities? Does the trial process retraumatise women as victims of sexual violence? These questions provided a springboard for an analysis of the bedrock of the criminal justice system itself.
The module was also enjoyable to hear other peoples’ opinions and views, particularly when people were from diverse jurisdictions. We learned to question why things are and how they got there, provoking thought surrounding who the criminal justice system was made by and who it was made for. More significantly, I learned to question who the law was not made for.
