Global success for TV documentary
April 13, 2018
A Nottingham expert in underwater archaeology has been awarded the Gold Medal for best documentary in the History and Society section at the 2018 New York Festivals World’s Best TV and Film awards ceremony, which was held in Las Vegas. The National Geographic documentary Drain the Sunken Pirate City follows Dr Jon Henderson, from the …
New project will explore exploitation in hand car washes
March 29, 2018
A new collaborative study between the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham and the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) will look at labour exploitation in hand car washes. Hand car washes have been a high profile sector with numerous media reports describing endemic exploitation and modern slavery. However, as yet there is no definitive …
Nottingham Stands Against Slavery
March 16, 2018
Dr Alison Gardner from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham has picked up a national award for her work in helping to tackle modern slavery in Nottingham. Dr Gardner received the Marsh Award for Community Activism in Combating Slavery for an event she ran at the University last June, in partnership with Unchosen, …
New award for research into how arts and humanities can improve health and wellbeing
March 15, 2018
One of the newest fields of research in the world is to get its own national award thanks to the AHRC, Wellcome and the Nottingham professor who pioneered the subject. Professor Paul Crawford is the first Professor of Health Humanities in the world. His field is defined as the application of the arts and humanities …
Protecting art and cultural heritage in the digital age
December 20, 2017
An expert in digital heritage at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was at the V&A in London earlier this month to witness the final agreement of a new declaration aimed at re-thinking our approach to reproducing, storing and sharing works of art and cultural heritage in the digital age. Eugene Ch’ng, Professor of …
Update on bid to be European Capital of Culture 2023
November 30, 2017
Statement from the 5 cities bidding to be European Capital of Culture 2023 On Tuesday we met with representatives of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport including John Glen MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism. We met to discuss the letter sent last week to the UK Government …
Nottinghamshire leaders join together to tackle modern slavery
October 20, 2017
Professor Zoe Trodd, Director of the University’s Rights Lab joined organisations from across the region on Anti-Slavery Day (18 October) to launch a joint pledge to make Nottinghamshire free of modern slavery. The joint commitment was made by Nottinghamshire Councils, businesses, churches, charities and the Police, and aims to raise awareness of modern slavery and …
The SS Thistlegorm: Bringing the sunken secrets of WWII to the surface
October 6, 2017
A new website will let people explore one of the world’s most famous diving sites on their phones or home computers thanks to a 3D virtual reality project. The new website, which launches on Friday 6 October, will give visitors the chance to explore the wreckage of the SS Thistlegorm, a British merchant steam ship …
More than 40 million people are trapped in slavery across the globe: shocking new figures reveal the true scale of modern slavery.
September 21, 2017
A Nottingham slavery expert has contributed to research published on Tuesday (19 September 2017) revealing that there are 40 million victims of modern slavery and 152 million in child labour around the world. The research was developed jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Walk Free Foundation, in partnership with the International Organization …
Ex-Chief Constable teaches businesses about change
September 20, 2017
Ex-Chief Constable Sue Fish OBE, is bringing the weight of her extensive experience working in the public sector to provide concrete real-world examples and advice to small and medium size business owners in an event hosted by the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics. “During my policing career change was a constant. Whether that was …
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