Find out the latest news from the Rights Lab Beacon of Excellence Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk http://live-uon.cloud.contensis.com/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/index.aspx?SyndicationType=2 2026-03-09T17:51:11Z Helen Taylor

Information on Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education

2026-02-25T10:03:00Z 2026-02-25T11:51:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2026/queen-elizabeth-prize-for-education.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education

2025-11-27T14:23:00Z 2025-11-27T14:52:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2025/queen-elizabeth-prize-for-higher-and-further-education.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Benedetta Lacey appointed Visiting Professor in the Rights Lab

2024-05-17T08:32:00Z 2024-05-17T08:32:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2024/benedetta-lacey-appointed-visiting-professor-in-the-rights-lab.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Siddharth Kara named 2024 Pulitzer finalist

2024-05-10T12:04:00Z 2024-05-10T12:52:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2024/siddharth-kara-named-2024-pulitzer-finalist.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on How visas for social care workers may be exacerbating exploitation in the sector

2024-04-29T14:38:00Z 2024-04-29T14:35:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2024/how-visas-for-social-care-workers-may-be-exacerbating-exploitation-in-the-sector.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on MSIF team trip to India

2024-04-29T10:06:00Z 2024-04-29T14:36:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2024/msif-team-trip-to-india.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Grant Award on Earth Observation for Social Sustainability

2024-04-29T10:06:00Z 2024-04-29T14:36:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2024/grant-award-on-earth-observation-for-social-sustainability.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on CNN interviews University of Nottingham expert on modern-day slavery

2024-03-15T15:18:00Z 2024-03-15T15:14:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2024/cnn-interviews-university-of-nottingham-expert-on-modern-day-slavery.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards 2024

2024-02-05T13:45:00Z 2024-02-05T13:36:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2024/knowledge-exchange-and-impact-awards-2024.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner visit

2024-01-26T14:31:00Z 2024-01-26T14:25:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2024/independent-anti-slavery-commissioner-visit.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on UN Global Compact Network UK Annual Summit 2023

2023-10-19T09:50:00Z 2023-10-19T09:34:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2023/un-global-compact-network-uk-annual-summit-2023.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Doreen Boyd Award

2023-09-22T10:43:00Z 2023-09-22T11:28:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2023/doreen-boyd-award.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on The domestic slaves rescued from London's richest streets - Dame Sara Thornton

2023-08-30T15:40:00Z 2023-08-30T15:36:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2023/the-domestic-slaves-rescued-from-londons-richest-streets-dame-sara-thornton.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Honorary Degree 2023: Ambassador (ret) Luis C.deBaca – Doctor of Laws

2023-08-10T09:40:00Z 2023-08-10T10:26:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2023/honorary-degree-2023-ambassador-ret-luis-c.debaca-–-doctor-of-laws.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Nelson Omoragbon, Lived Experience Consultant, Analyst and Entrepreneur

2023-07-26T08:36:00Z 2023-07-26T09:15:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2023/nelson-omoragbon-lived-experience-consultant-analyst-and-entrepreneur.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Talk by Mohammed Sabo Keana

2023-06-29T10:18:00Z 2023-06-29T09:59:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2023/talk-by-mohammed-sabo-keana.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Three Cities Fighting Slavery Documentary

2023-06-21T11:14:00Z 2023-06-21T12:29:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2023/three-cities-fighting-slavery-documentary.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Best Policy Impact Initiative Award 2022-23

2023-05-23T12:04:00Z 2023-05-23T11:51:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2023/best-policy-impact-initiative-award-2022-23.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on The Slavery-Free Campus Blueprint

2023-03-08T16:10:00Z 2023-03-08T15:54:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2023/the-slavery-free-campus-blueprint.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on Disruption of Supply Award

2022-10-31T11:30:00Z 2022-10-31T11:29:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2022/september/disruption-of-supply-award.aspx Helen Taylor

Information on CALL FOR PAPERS: Harnessing UK Trade and Investment to Address Indo-Pacific Modern Slavery Risks

2022-09-22T16:09:00Z 2022-10-06T10:08:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2022/september/call-for-papers-harnessing-uk-trade-and-investment-to-address-indo-pacific-modern-slavery-risks.aspx Susie Smithurst

Dr Minh Dang talks about the importance of listening to survivors of modern slavery

2021-10-21T15:47:00Z 2021-10-21T15:38:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2021/october/podcast-anti-slavery-day-listening-to-people-with-lived-experience.aspx Susie Smithurst

The Government of Canada commits to addressing forced labour and human trafficking in federal procurement supply chains.

2021-08-24T14:31:00Z 2021-08-25T14:37:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2021/august/rights-lab-study-ensures-canadian-government-contracts-do-not-include-slave-made-goods.aspx Helen Taylor

Professor of Contemporary Slavery Kevin Bales has received an award in recognition of his pioneering and inspirational work to end modern-day slavery.

2021-02-02T15:19:00Z 2021-02-03T08:17:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2021/february/kevin-bales-has-received-an-award-in-recognition-of-his-pioneering-and-inspirational-work-to-end-modern-day-slavery.aspx Helen Taylor

UK's response to modern slavery regarded as best in the world, says new report

2019-08-01T09:53:00Z 2019-10-10T10:23:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2019/july/walk-free.aspx Helen Taylor

Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York has visited experts in modern slavery at the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab.

2019-03-01T15:30:00Z 2019-03-01T15:55:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2019/february/royal-visitor.aspx Helen Taylor

SlaveFree Today and the Journal of Modern Slavery are pleased to announce the publication of a special edition produced in collaboration with the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham and the Antislavery Early Research Association (Antislavery ERA), a network supported by the Rights Lab's AHRC-funded Antislavery Usable Past grant project.

2019-01-07T12:13:00Z 2019-01-07T12:11:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2019/january/slavefree-today.aspx System Administrator

A new evidence briefing, jointly released today by the office of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab, finds poor reporting and low levels of action by the UK agricultural sector on modern slavery.

2018-08-15T10:00:00Z 2018-10-11T10:04:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2018/august/low-compliance-with-modern-slavery.aspx System Administrator

A team from the University of Nottingham has worked on the government response assessment for the new edition of the Global Slavery Index, which was launched today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

2018-07-19T09:45:00Z 2018-10-11T10:04:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2018/july/global-slavery-index-launches-at-the-united-nations-headquarters.aspx System Administrator

Dr Akilah Jardine, a Research Associate in the Rights Lab, is carrying out research into hand car washes (HSWs). This type of set-up has attracted a lot of attention in the UK over recent months as investigations by law enforcement bodies have unearthed numerous labour, employment, health and safety, and environment violations.

2018-06-29T10:00:00Z 2018-10-11T10:04:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2018/june/the-dirty-world-of-the-hand-car-wash.aspx Leigh Walker

Dr Alison Gardner from the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham has picked up a national award for her work in helping to tackle modern slavery in Nottingham.

2018-03-16T09:00:00Z 2018-10-11T13:48:00Z https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/news/2018/march/nottingham-stands-against-slavery.aspx