Press releases

As online fraud and romance scams continue to make the news headlines on a weekly basis, a new report authored by Professor John Gathergood from the University of Nottingham, sheds light on why so many people – regardless of age, background or education – can fall victim to financial scams, costing UK consumers around £500m every year.

An urban geographer at the University of Nottingham has been awarded a prestigious 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research.

A new scoping review by the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham has highlighted the urgent need for scientifically rigorous and regularly updated estimates of modern slavery prevalence in the UK.

Ask anyone to name a river they associate with Nottingham, and they will likely say the Trent. A brand-new exhibition at the University of Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts, now puts the lesser-known River Leen at the centre of the story of modern Nottingham.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and Tufts University in the US have measured the risk of forced labour behind ingredients in recommended US diets, and hope their findings will inform how governments and institutions buy food at scale.

A study examining more than 40 years of homicide trends has revealed generational, gendered, and racial inequalities.

Dr Sabrina Li, of the School of Geography, has been awarded a prestigious UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship. The flagship fellowships support outstanding early career researchers and allow them to tackle complex challenges and develop as innovation leaders of the future.

Almost half of senior school leaders across the UK say they feel burned out “often” according to a major new survey by the Universities of Nottingham and Warwick supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) through its ESRC Education Research Programme.

Biodiversity credits designed to incentivise the conservation and restoration of natural habitats need better transparency and regulation to be effective and credible.

A new international report led by Universitas 21 (U21), a global network of leading research-intensive universities, supported by expertise from the University of Nottingham, reveals that low pay, excessive workload, and diminished professional status continue to undermine efforts to recruit and retain teachers in the UK, Sweden, Australia, and the United States.