Universities

Professor Guido Noto La Diega has been made the first chair of intellectual property and technology law at the University of Stirling. Professor Noto La Diega has developed an expertise in IoT, machine learning, cloud computing, robotics, and blockchain. Their focus tends to be on the intellectual p

Last month the University of Dundee Mooting Society attended the inaugural International Football Arbitration Moot in Platja d’Aro, Spain.

Glasgow’s Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar is to preside over the final of a prestigious student mooting competition. The event at the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow next Wednesday 24 May will see teams from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and City of Glasgow College battle it out ag

Eligibility for free student tuition support in Scotland will be extended to cover a wider range of immigration statuses following a court ruling. The Scottish government has published its response to a recent consultation on student support residency conditions which was launched following the deci

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.