Justiciable but not Necessarily Illegal: The Power of Prorogation in the UK Constitution
September 23, 2019
Writing for a leading German law blog, verfassungsblog.de Dr Aris Georgopoulos, Assistant Professor in European and Public Law at the School of Law explains explains why he thinks that the decision to prorogue parliament is not necessarily unlawful… The UK Supreme Court is about to decide the fate of the UK Government’s decision to prorogue …
Nottingham Professor awarded Fellowship to study impact of Brexit on the UK’s financial services.
June 24, 2019
Sarah Hall, Professor of Economic Geography, is one of nine new Senior Fellows who will share funding of £4.3 million from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). She’ll be analysing the consequences of the UK’s changing relationship with Europe for the UK’s crucial financial services sector The Fellowship is part of the UK in …
University News Review — January 2019
February 5, 2019
The beginning of 2019 saw University of Nottingham stories in the news… New Year, new you! A new study, which looked at 28 top-ranking universities to see which offered the best facilities for health and fitness, found the University of Nottingham the best in the UK. iNews reported that the University topped the list for …
Race, Rights and Justice in the Age of Brexit
November 23, 2016
Professor Todd Landman,Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Social Sciences, puts forward his recommendations for the post-Brexit future and challenges everyone to consider their responsibility for living, humanely, in a post-referendum world. In Democracy and the Market, Adam Przeworski argues that transitional countries experience a significant downturn in economic performance in the short term and then as democracy takes …
Crossing the Rubicon
November 17, 2016
Aris Georgopoulos, Assistant Professor in Law, looks at why the Supreme Court Should Not Refer a Question Regarding the Revocability of Article 50 to the European Court of Justice. On 3 November the High Court issued its long awaited judgement in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union which ruled that …
How can employers and HE collaborate to better global recruitment?
November 9, 2016
Dr Nalayini Thambar, Director of Careers and Employability at The University of Nottingham considers how employers and higher education can collaborate to better global recruitment in a post-Brexit world. The University of Nottingham has been named University of the Year for Graduate Employment according to the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017. For …
Brexit, Article 50 TEU and the Constitutional Significance of the UK Referendum
November 3, 2016
In the wake of a High Court ruling today (3 November 2016) that the invocation of Article 50 TEU requires the involvement of Parliament Dr Aris Georgopoulos, Assistant Professor in European and Public Law at The University of Nottingham, gives his legal view. Article 50 TEU is the provision that governs the process of withdrawal of an …
Market jitters and Brexit uncertainty magnifies the chance of a flash crash
October 11, 2016
Dr Nafis Alam is Associate Professor of Finance and Director, Centre for Islamic Business and Finance Research, at The University of Nottingham. In this blog he reflects on the high level of volatility in the financial markets. The British pound suffered a shuddering flash crash on October 7, plummeting more than 6% against the dollar to …
Brexit and Higher Education…….Again
September 23, 2016
Professor Sir David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, talks about appearing in Parliament to discuss Brexit and Higher Education. Earlier this year the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee conducted an inquiry into the potential impact of Brexit on science and higher education. Its report was published before the referendum. Given the outcome, …
What Brexit means to London’s aspiration as an Islamic Finance Hub
July 1, 2016
Dr Nafis Alam is an Associate Professor of Finance and Director for the Centre for Islamic Business Finance and Research (CIBFR) at University of Nottingham Malaysia campus (UNMC). Here he writes about the implications of Brexit on London’s aspiration as an Islamic Finance Hub. When Manchester, under the patronage of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister …
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