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Images of modern slavery, particularly photographs, can create an inaccurate portrayal of what it looks like, according to a new report written by academics from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham.

The University of Nottingham is working in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University (NTU) on a new study that is tracing their historical connections with transatlantic slavery. The research will examine the nature and extent to which Nottingham’s universities were connected to, benefitted from, and also challenged British colonial slavery.

A new report on adult education and lifelong learning argues that it must be a permanent national necessity

The University of Nottingham’s unique national charity, the Ann Craft Trust, that works to minimise the risk of abuse of disabled young people and adults at risk holds its annual safeguarding awareness campaign next week.

A new wearable ‘bike helmet’ style brain scanner, that allows natural movement during scanning, has been used in a study with young children for the first time. This marks an important step towards improving our understanding of brain development in childhood.

The University of Nottingham’s popular Masters of Business Administration course has leapt up The Economist global MBA rankings for 2019.

Academic research will be brought to life with film and drama during the week-long Festival of Social Sciences.

More than one thousand frontline staff from across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire have been trained to spot signs of modern slavery, since a Slavery-Free Community pledge was signed by leaders in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire in 2017.

Singing talent from the Vicky McClure Dementia Choir, featured on a BBC TV documentary, will be among the performers at a national conference in Nottingham discussing the role music can play in health and social care.

The testimony of survivors should be at the forefront of antislavery work, according a new report by the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham.