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A human rights scholar from Cardiff University will next week (30 Nov) intensify a "clarion call" from a network of human rights scholars for governments around the world to deploy a crucial shift in their responses to climate change.

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University of Sheffield alumnus Sir Nigel Knowles has been appointed Chair of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).

The University of Nottingham has purchased an important and fascinating typescript of D.H. Lawrence's Pansies - his best known collection of poems.

Simon Holdaway, Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the University of Sheffield, comments on the questions remaining over policing in England following the murder of Stephen Lawrence 22 years ago.

Leading scholars, lawyers and expert witnesses will gather at The University of Manchester later this week to discuss the growing use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials.

New research sheds light on "grave threat" of economic cybercrime New approaches must be adopted by law enforcers to tackle the escalating problem of economic cybercrime, according to a new report from Cardiff University for the City of London Corporation, supported by the City of London Police.

"There is, almost always, a political price to pay for acts of this kind. Professor Bertrand Taith Last night US President Barack Obama apologised to the president of Medecins San Frontieres (MSF) for the bombing that killed at least 22 in the Afghan city of Kunduz.

University law professor volunteers in 'The Pack' While most of the nation enjoys the Rugby World Cup from the comfort of their homes, a School of Law and Politics professor has gone one step further by volunteering as a roving reporter during the event this September and October.

New survey shows that 70% of those who define themselves as exclusively English would vote for Brexit New findings released today by researchers from Cardiff shows the extent to which the Labour Party is currently out of sync with an increasingly politicised English national identity.

As each day brings a new dimension to Europe's catastrophic refugee crisis, The University of Manchester is able to offer considerable expert analysis on the crisis and the international community's reaction to it.

London Summit: Courts around the world under pressure to resolve climate conflicts A key group of the world's leading judges, lawyers and legal academics will meet on Thursday (17 September) for the

Academics from across the University of Sheffield share their views on the refugee crisis. Dr Lucy Mayblin, Department of Politics For administrative purposes politicians and civil servants like to make a very clear distinction between economic migrants and refugees.

Friday is the second reading debate on Rob Marris's Private Members Bill on Assisted Dying. In general terms it is the same as the Bill brought before Parliament by Lord Falconer before the election.

David Cameron has been widely reported to have agreed to amend the wording on the forthcoming referendum about the UK's position in the EU. But the new wording may not be any better, writes Professor Kenneth Armstrong, Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies. The meaning of The Clash song Should I Stay or Should I Go is probably sufficiently clear for most people who listen to it.

UCL has clarified issues raised by media coverage this week of payments of housing support allowance to staff at UCL Qatar.

As Ukraine marks 24 years since its independence from the Soviet Union, it is embroiled in the most dangerous armed conflict in Europe - against the Russian Federation.

Law researchers at Cardiff University are calling for an overhaul of proposed legislation governing the use of religious courts in the UK In a new publication, Religion and Legal Pluralism , the rese

A disabled teenager has had a decision which stopped her being provided with free school transport overturned thanks to free legal support she received from law students at Cardiff University A local

A University of Leeds literary historian is embarking on a major project to shed light on an influential but neglected contemporary of Shakespeare.

Complicated leases are preventing improvements being made to England's coldest homes, says a new report co-authored by Professor Susan Bright from the Faculty of Law at Oxford University.

The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is taking place on Friday 26 June sponsored by the United Nations. On this date 26 years ago the international community committed to stamping out torture worldwide with the UN Convention against Torture coming into effect. Since 1998, 26 June has become an occasion to commemorate the historic treaty, in which nations agreed to eradicate torture, investigate and punish perpetrators, and provide redress to victims.

In this article, Professor Julia Hörnle, of QMUL's School of Law, considers the impact and rapid development of face recognition techniques on privacy.

Sussex Law School walks for justice The Law School at the University of Sussex is raising cash with a sponsored walk to expand the free legal services they are offering to the people of Brighton and Hove.

In this article, Sam Fowles, researcher in international law and politics at Queen Mary University of London, asks whether the European Parliament will 'save us' from the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

There is no evidence that family courts in England and Wales are discriminating against fathers because of gender bias, a new study by the University of Warwick and funded by the Nuffield Foundation has found. Dr Maebh Harding, from the School of Law, reviewed almost 200 case files from 2011 and concluded that applications by fathers were in fact "overwhelmingly successful".

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Prior to the 2015 general election, the Conservative Party undertook in its manifesto to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and to enact a British Bill of Rights. In this video, Mark Elliott addresses three key questions raised by these proposals.

In this post, Sam Fowles, postgraduate research student at QMUL's School of Law, argues that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a threat to British democracy, and should not be ratified.

In 2010, Parliament voted in favour of abolishing a rule that assumes men but not women intend to give property to family, as part of the then UK Government's commitment to European equal rights laws.

Western conservation groups are seeking stricter law enforcement to tackle a trade in endangered wildlife, but an Oxford University researcher warns that this is not a 'silver bullet' solution.

The writer-in-residence of an online magazine produced by the Centre for Human Rights in Practice at the University of Warwick has been shortlisted for her work by the prestigious George Orwell Prize for Journalism.