New law raising the legal age of marriage to 18 in England and Wales – expert comment
February 27, 2023
Dr Helen McCabe, Associate Professor in Political Theory and expert in forced marriage at the University of Nottingham, comments on the news that the legal age of marriage in England and Wales has been raised to 18 years old. She said: “The change in the law around age of marriage is very welcome. It brings …
Nottingham and West Java discuss collaboration at COP26 to tackle environmental challenges
November 11, 2021
The Governor of West Java, Indonesia, Mr Ridwan Kamil has met with the University of Nottingham’s delegation at COP26. The meeting followed the signing of a letter of intent for collaboration between the university and West Java on sustainable transportation and renewable energy (recording of the event: https://youtu.be/uV1Xe2bgOzM) During COP26, Governor Ridwan presented the updates …
Violence against Women and Girls is Everyone’s Responsibility
July 22, 2021
Blog by Professor Louise Mullany, University of Nottingham and Associate Professor Loretta Trickett, Nottingham Trent University, in reaction to the UK government publishing their ‘Tackling violence against women and girls’ strategy. “As authors of the Nottinghamshire Misogyny Hate Crime research evaluation we broadly welcome elements of the government’s newly announced Violence Against Women and Girls …
Nottingham law experts appointed to Lord Chancellor’s panel for the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid
February 9, 2021
The Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC, has appointed Professor Sue Arrowsmith QC (Hon) and Dr Vicky Kemp, both of the University’s School of Law, to the Expert and Advisory Panel for the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid. The Panel has been set up to assist the Chair, Sir Christopher Bellamy QC, by advising on …
Why this Christmas could be a gift for advertisers
December 17, 2020
How being forced apart by Covid-19 has brought us all closer together Imagine this problem for a moment: you have a brand that you would like to market universally, or a shop that sells many thousands of products across a wide demographic of people. With such a broad market, just who do you target with …
Bumper crop of media coverage from top stories and COVID-19 expertise
August 17, 2020
The chances of switching on the TV or opening a newspaper and seeing a story featuring the University of Nottingham were massively increased this year. Academic expertise from the University has placed it at the forefront of news commentary around the globe during the coronavirus pandemic, leading to an unprecedented rise in media coverage. From …
Millions of children are being exposed to alcoholic imagery during televised sporting events, study finds
August 7, 2020
Young people in the UK are being exposed to excessive alcohol advertisements during televised sporting events, which could lead to increased alcohol consumption in under 16s, according to new research from the University of Nottingham. The results of the study, published today in the BMJ Open, showed that during all 21 races in the 2018 …
Study reveals how people with hearing loss are affected by Covid-19 lockdown
A new report into how people with hearing loss have been experiencing the Covid-19 lockdown has found there have been many negative effects on them, but also a few unexpected positive ones. The study was carried out in a rapid turnaround by experts in hearing disability at the University of Nottingham’s Hearing Sciences Scottish Section …
Raising the curtain on Shakespeare’s box office bears…and other animals
August 6, 2020
‘Exit… pursued by a bear’ is probably the most famous stage direction of all time but how much do we know about those bears and other animals that were part of public entertainment in Shakespeare’s England? Not a huge amount, according to researchers at the Universities of Nottingham, Roehampton and Oxford, who plan to rectify …
Cholera Antibiotic Resistance in Bangladesh (CARE): big data mining and machine learning to improve diagnostics and treatment selection
December 6, 2019
A new research project will address the need for rapid diagnosis of cholera by developing tools to help early detection, and provide real-time intervention in outbreaks of this deadly disease. The project will make use of portable, real-time DNA sequencing (using the Oxford Nanopore MinION), together with cloud-based solutions for large data storage and remote …
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