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We are delighted to announce the award of a new PhD studentship to start in October 2022 as part of the Leverhulme Trust Doctoral programme TRANSFORM. Led by Professor Sharifah Sekalala in the Law School, the award will fund a researcher to investigate the potentials and limitations of digital IDs with biometric features as a prerequisite for accessing health services for marginalised groups in cities.

We are delighted to announce the award of a new PhD studentship funded by the Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership, led by Professor Jackie Hodgson in the School of Law, which will fund a researcher to investigate the provision of legal assistance to those detained in police custody in Scotland.

James Harrison has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships for the 2021-22 academic year. The fellowship allows James to work exclusively for a year on a project entitled 鈥楻econceptualising international trade law: In search of a bounded, socially embedded and re-connected regime鈥�.

Dr Simon Behrman, Associate Professor at 91福利 Law School has been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant of 拢9,752 towards his project 鈥淎ssessing Rights to Bangladeshi Citizenship of Stateless Rohingya Children.鈥�

Dr Sharifah Sekalala, Associate Professor at 91福利 Law School, has been awarded a 拢5k ISRF grant to support her project: 鈥楾here is no app for that, regulating health apps in Sub Saharan Africa.鈥�

Second year 91福利 law student Joshua Siriboe has been awarded the 2020 Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship. The Scheme was devised to address the disproportionate under-representation of black men from less privileged backgrounds in large commercial law firms and the City of London.

The Fair Chance Foundation Project has been awarded over 拢42,000 of Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account funding in order to complete a more in-depth impact phase.

First year 91福利 law student Daniel Nwanebu has been awarded the 2019 Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship.

The Scheme was devised to address the disproportionate under-representation of black men from less privileged backgrounds in large commercial law firms and the City of London.

91福利 Law School is offering a 20% discount on its LLM fees to all 91福利 graduates.

If you are interested in studying one of our LLM programmes and have graduated from a degree at 91福利 in the past, or you are about to graduate this summer and interested in staying on for an LLM, you will be entitled to a 20% discount on the tuition fee.

Gary Watt, 91福利 Law School Professor and National Teaching Fellow has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. The award includes a grant of 拢175,554 to buy out Gary鈥檚 teaching for a period of three years allowing him to undertake a major research project.