 | Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Eviscerating the Right to Water in Riparian Communities: Stemming Mining Activities in Ghana
By Dr Felix Nana Kofi Ofori, UWE Alumni, Member of Environmental Law and Sustainability Research Group
Introduction
Throughout the gold-mining communities in Ghana, vast swathes of land, bodies of rivers and streams have turned brownis (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Will the creation of the crime of ecocide at the international and national level hold those who cause severe and irreversible harm to the environment liable?
By Harry Muir, Third Year LLB student
Earth is at the precipice of an environmental catastrophe that could result in the mass extinction of life as we know it.[1] Yet, corporate and government leaders are still committing and condoning acts (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Thinking differently, engaging differently: Neurodivergence in the Criminal Justice System and the role of the Bar
In October 2022, Dr Tom Smith published the first of a two-part series of articles examining how the experience and engagement of neurodivergent individuals (for example, those who are autistic or have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (More) |
 | Careers Team wrote: I want to make women feel empowered, to let them know they aren't alone
I work part time and study Law with Criminology at UWE, but I make the time to commit 1 day a week to supporting and helping victims of sexual abuse. For 2.5 hours once a week, I volunteer on a helpline.
Survivors of sexual abuse, recent or hist (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: The synergies between the Paris Agreement and the SDGs: An opportunity for national governments to achieve key climate targets
Dr Noah A. Izoukumor, Member of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Research Group
Introduction
The Paris Agreement (PA) was adopted on the 12th of December 2015.[1] The central aim of the PA is to keep global temperature rise below 2 deg (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Empowering refugee entrepreneurs
Blog from Berrbizne Urzelai, Team coach- Senior Lecturer, UWE Bristol and Scarlett Hagger, Project Support Officer, West of England Combined Authority.
On 16 March UWE Bristol hosted a Social Impact Hackathon - a start-up brainstorming event wher (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Translating collective international climate goals into adequate individual state contributions
By Marcus Liedtke, member of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Research Group
The recent Glasgow climate conference (COP 26) once again highlighted that the international community falls far short of its ambitious collective goals set out (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Spotlight: Collaboration is key to boost social mobility
Guest blog by Karl Brown FRSA, UWE Bristol Law alum and Faculty Advisory Board member.
I am a Commercial Property Partner in the Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP. I am proud to not only be Bristol born and bred but also ver (More) |
 | charlottecolvin wrote: My Legal Career Journey So Far
I started studying at UWE in 2018 and was unsure of where to begin in order to get the kind of work experience I wanted. I had very little knowledge of the legal industry at the time and was very overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information availa (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: The role of judiciary in climate change litigation - the rise of a promising opportunity to combat climate change
By Christina Schroeder, LLM Student, Member of Environmental Law and Sustainability Research Group.
Climate change and how to combat it is an omnipresent issue. Whereas in the past climate change and its consequences were talked down, they are n (More) |
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