Press releases

Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM, the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, has joined the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab as Professor of Practice in Modern Slavery Policy.

Academics studying the global fishing industry have uncovered a novel method to identify the regions and ports at highest risk for labour abuse and illegal fishing, helping regulators and policymakers to pinpoint which regions to focus on when sourcing seafood.

An opera featuring 10 local singers who have experience of dementia care will premiere at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, this Saturday (2 April 2022).

New report from the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab warns that the rapid increase in demand for solar energy risks fuelling demand for products made with forced labour, including the polysilicon used in solar panels and cobalt used in lithium-ion batteries.

The findings of a major study exploring COVID-19’s impact on the resilience of UK companies will be revealed to policymakers, business leaders and entrepreneurs later this week.

Social inequality expert, Professor Tracey Warren, of Nottingham University Business School, has been conferred a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Parents or carers of pre-school children (under 6 years old) and healthcare professionals in the East Midlands are needed for a study about their experiences of vaccination.

British colonisation of Australia, together with the effects climate change, is likely to have contributed to the recent catastrophic wildfires in southeast Australia, a new study has found.

The University of Nottingham’s School of Geography has loaned a selection of historical maps of Nottingham to an exhibition set in an imagined future version of the city.

The government’s Nationality and Borders Bill risks causing damage to the survivors the government intends to protect, modern slavery experts warn in a new report.