Press releases

Vernon Coaker, former Member of Parliament for Gedling, Nottinghamshire, has joined the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab as an Honorary Professor of Modern Slavery Policy.

The University of Nottingham has secured its first ever British Academy Global Professorship and will be welcoming a leading expert in modern slavery.

A new study by social inequality experts, led by the University of Nottingham, will examine the effects of COVID-19 on the burden of work for working-class women in the UK.

A new study to investigate how COVID-19 has affected the UK waste sector has been launched.

Dr Timothy Masiko, a Teaching Associate at the University of Nottingham, has been awarded the 2020 SIEL-Hart Prize in International Economic Law for his manuscript on economic integration in Africa.

A new report by anti-slavery experts today warns that UK workers’ rights could be at risk due to changes in the UK’s legal framework post-Brexit, with workers facing higher levels of vulnerability due to the socio-economic impact of COVID-19.

Researchers in Nottingham are part of a team investigating how the coronavirus lockdown has impacted people’s relationships and routines.

Guest blog written by Todd Landman, Professor of Political Science and Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

A free online course that provides dementia carers with tools and advice to better support the people they care for is now open for registration.

The wardrobe choices of female leaders are being judged more than ever before, a new study by the University of Nottingham and Monash University shows.