Welcome Week Fair
Thursday 22nd September saw the School of Law and Social Justice host their very first Welcome Week Fair. These ranged from Student Support stalls, the Law Clinic, Interchange and the Student Societies specific to Law and SSPC.\n
Posted on: 30 September 2022
Punishing Rape
On 3rd October 2021, then UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. It was just a few days after Wayne Couzens, a serving Metropolitan police officer, had been given a whole life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Andrew Marr opened the segment by asking Johnson what women should do if they are stopped by a police officer. Johnson insisted that we should trust the police.
Posted on: 20 September 2022
International Day of Charity 2022
To mark International Day of Charity, Dr. John Picton reviews Margaret Simey’s classic text, 'Charitable Effort in Liverpool in the Nineteenth Century' (Liverpool, University Press, 1951).
Posted on: 5 September 2022
Conference: Policing Domestic Abuse - COVID to VAWG
Last week, Blackburne House played host to the Policing Domestic Abuse: Covid to VAWG two day conference, organised by Dr Jane Richardson and Professor Barry Godfrey. Here is a little introduction on the project and what went on.
Posted on: 5 July 2022
International Albinism Awareness Day
On 18 December 2014, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 69/170, proclaiming 13 June as International Albinism Awareness Day. In this blog, PhD student Chisomo Kaufulu discusses ways that states can attain substantive equality for people with Albinism.
Posted on: 13 June 2022
World Hunger Day 2022
May 28, 2022 is designated 'World Hunger Day'. In this blog Professor Emeritus Barry Goldson reflects upon child poverty and hunger in both 'poor' and 'rich' worlds.
Posted on: 27 May 2022
Ukrainian Refugees and Modern Slavery
Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery and its often exacerbated by war, as a country becomes inhabitable and those native to said country wish to go somewhere safer. Molly Green, Postgraduate Research Student in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, discusses this issue in relation to the Ukraine crisis.
Posted on: 24 May 2022
Liverpool Law Clinic Event 2022
Thursday 28th April saw the first Liverpool Law Clinic Open Evening event of 2022. Hosted in the School of Law and Social Justice Building, we sat down with Siobhan from the Clinic to talk all about it!
Posted on: 10 May 2022
Leading the Charge for Change: New Online exhibition opens on pioneer social reformer, Eleanor Rathbone
Thursday 12 May marks 150 years since the birth of pioneer social reformer, suffragette, and independent MP, Eleanor Rathbone who – throughout her career – played an important role in supporting and advocating for underrepresented groups and displaced communities within and beyond the UK.
Posted on: 6 May 2022
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Welcome Week Fair
Thursday 22nd September saw the School of Law and Social Justice host their very first Welcome Week Fair. These ranged from Student Support stalls, the Law Clinic, Interchange and the Student Societies specific to Law and SSPC.
Posted on: 30 September 2022