Universities

A group of Dundee University students have joined forces to lead a campaign on the local and national drug-death crisis. They have conducted a consultation involving over 1,000 students and have also designed a 113-page framework for the future, featuring 10 core recommendations that call for greate

Research into the memory recall of heavy drinkers who witness harrowing incidents has revealed insights for police investigative approaches to complex and emotionally charged cases. The study from Glasgow Caledonian University, the University of Glasgow and Abertay University found that carrying out

Students across Scotland are being encouraged to enter a national award designed to support research that could change the way we own and use land in Scotland. Entries are now open for the Scottish Land Commission’s National Student Award 2023, which will grant one lucky Scottish-based student

Aberdeen law student Hamza Afzal is one of 10 finalists and the only Scottish student in the running for the Undergraduate Future Lawyer of the Year Awards 2023. The 21-year-old, who is studying Scots law with English law, was one of more than 5,000 entrants from across the UK to take part in the co

Scottish solicitors are being asked to share their views on the support offered to vulnerable accused individuals in Scottish criminal procedure.

A researcher from the University of Dundee has co-edited a new book exploring how to tell Scotland’s history in the context of calls to decolonise institutions and curricula.

Researchers have found that defendants who don’t “swear by Almighty God” when in court run a higher risk of being found guilty by jurors who themselves swear by God. In countries such as Britain and Ireland court witnesses must declare they will provide truthful evidence, but those

University of Aberdeen law students have triumphed for a third consecutive year in the Scottish finals of an international competition that pits the country’s best budding negotiators against each other. Sulaiman Yusuf, 23, and Lilac Cabbad, 26, battled it out against teams from Edinburgh, Gla

Glasgow University has won the first Scottish Universities Roman Law Moot, which took place at the University of Glasgow on 25 March. The competition was based on a problem set in the time of the Emperor Justinian and was designed to familiarise students with the Roman juristic literature while also

Researchers have released a short film featuring testimonies from victims of domestic abuse and stalking. The animated short is informed by a Glasgow Caledonian University study of women's experiences of the Scottish criminal justice system after reporting stalking and coercive control.

The Edinburgh Law School mooting team has won the Royal Celtic Society’s 200-year anniversary moot.

A major international summit could be the last hope in ensuring safe and sustainable water supplies for the planet, a University of Dundee expert has warned. Professor John Rowan, director of Dundee’s UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, is an invited speaker to the UN 2023 Water C

Dr Mitchell Lennan and Dr Constantinos Yiallourides, lecturer and honorary lecturer at Aberdeen University's School of Law, have contributed chapters to an edited collection on the rule of law for oceans. The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans – Designing Legal Solutions, edited by Dr Froukj

Professor Jo Shaw, head of Edinburgh Law School, will receive an honorary doctorate in law from the University of Helsinki on 16 June 2023. The University of Helsinki’s Conferment Jubilee celebrations commence on 20 March 2023 with the announcement of the university’s new honorary doctor

A new research project will examine the attitudes of Scottish survivors of domestic abuse towards the sentencing of offenders. The Scottish Sentencing Council has commissioned Professor Nancy Lombard, a professor in sociology and social policy at Glasgow Caledonian University, to carry out the resea