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2 - Criminology Matters - Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden and Dr Elizabeth Agnew speak about their individual research projects exploring young people and harmful sexual behaviour (HSB). Together they set out some of the key challenges in defining, conceptualising and responding to HSB among young people. To find out more follow Anne-Marie McAlinden https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/annemarie-mcalinden(e6193a8e-9011-4be7-85e0-79c3ea131d38).html and Elizabeth Agnew https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/elizabeth-agnew(56d451ef-598b-43b3-930d-76175bc221ba).html For further reading see: A.-M. McAlinden (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society, Cambridge University Press, 2018): https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/children-as-risk/43C59B8F7127F34329DD5F2815802FD8 QPOL blog:   http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/sexual-exploitation-abuse-children-young-people-normal-risky-harmful/ Conversation piece: https://theconversation.com/teenage-sexting-were-letting-young-people-down-by-not-talking-about-it-107054 L. Ashurst and A.-M. McAlinden (2015), ‘Young People, Peer-to-Peer Grooming and Sexual Offending: Understanding and Responding to Harmful Sexual Behaviour within a Social Media Society’, Probation Journal 62(4): 374-388.

1 - Criminology Matters: A criminology podcast series in conjunction with Lawpod - Gillian McNaull interviews Graham Ellison and Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill on their recent report. In this episode Gillian McNaull interviews Graham Ellison and Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill on their recent report: – ‘A review of the criminalisation of paying for sexual services in Northern Ireland’. They set out the context and scope of sex work in Northern Ireland before implementation of the Nordic Model which criminalises the purchase of sexual services, and discuss their findings of its impact upon sex workers, their safety, and conviction rates. Find the report here: https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/justice/report-criminalisation-paying-for-sex.pdf. Follow the work of Graham https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/graham-ellison(bb41ac14-2a33-4099-818a-6d1dedd5214b).html and Caoimhe https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/caoimhe-ni-dhonaill(101f7d1d-02dc-46ff-bd3b-9f8747cf38ff).html Find out more about the series on our blog.

Women in Law: Lucy Bill and Emily Dickinson interview Naomi Little, Nicola Mallon and Jilly Cameron from Axiom Managed Solutions. They each discuss how their law careers developed.

” In this episode, Rachel Killean sits down with Dr Tanya Serisier to discuss her book “Speaking Out: Feminism, Rape and Narrative Politics”https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319986685 and the successes, challenges and unresolved questions of ‘speaking out’ as a response to rape. This episode was recorded in conjunction with Dr Serisier’s visit to the QUB School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work in May 2019” To learn more about Tanya’s work, visit her profile here: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/law/our-staff/serisier.”

James Milliken talks to Claire Ussher from the Queen's University Careers Service about employability.

Melissa McDonnell speaks to Dr Mark Hanna from the School of Law and Dr Claire McCann, Human Rights in Practice Officer at the Human Rights Consortium about Legal Theory and its link to practice. In this third SWAN Study Choices podcast Level 2 LLB student and UG SWAN Representative Melissa McDonnell speaks to Dr Mark Hanna from the School of Law and Dr Claire McCann, Human Rights in Practice Officer at the Human Rights Consortium about Legal Theory and its link to practice. They discuss what studying legal theory involves and why it is a useful choice for careers in human rights practice work and beyond.

Dr Ciarán O'Kelly from the School of Law and Lindsey McCracken from Belfast firm FSCom about Corporate Law and where it might take you. Are you a Level 2 law student considering optional module selection for next year? Not sure of what career options are opened up by particular areas of study? In this SWAN Study Choices podcasts Level 2 LLB student and UG SWAN Representative Melissa McDonnell speaks to Dr Ciarán O'Kelly from the School of Law and Lindsey McCracken from Belfast firm FSCom about Corporate Law and where it might take you. FSCom are specialists in providing regulatory advisory services to a broad range of Financial Services institutions including Payment Services and e-money, Challenger Banks, Alternative Finance providers and WealthTech firms. If you're interested in finding out more about FSCom and the work they do, visit their website here.

How to Enhance Your Studies at QUB with the Learning and Development Services and the study skills support that is offered to law students. Melissa McDonnell is Level 2 LLB student and our undergraduate Athena SWAN Representative. In this podcast she talks to Level 2 student Shing Him Mak and Dr Ciarán O'Neill from Learning and Development Services about the study skills support that law students at QUB can avail of and how this can help your studies. Learning and Development Service offer a range of resources to support your academic work and personal development across the academic year. These include one-to-one appointments, and a range of learning resources available online. You can find out more information on the Learning Development Service website, or by contacting Ciarán O'Neill (c.g.oneill@qub.ac.uk).

Dr Peter Doran interviews George Monbiot in an electrifying discussion ranging the power of narratives in politics, the creation of a new politics to respond to political and environmental crises and the value of the commons in modern society. George Monbiot’s career as an author, columnist and environmental activist spans decades and he has written several best-selling books including Feral: Rewilding the land, sea and human life, The Age of Consent, and Heat: how to stop the planet burning. This interview was recorded on 26 March 2019 and coincided with George’s appearance at the Imagine! Festival where he delivered a talk based on his latest book Out of the Wreckage – a new politics for an age of crisis.

In the decades since The Troubles, the question of reparations has been left unanswered. This special episode of LawPod tells the story of the WAVE Trauma Centre’s campaign for a recognition payment to seriously injured victims of The Troubles. It features interviews with WAVE members Paul Gallagher, Jennifer McNern and Peter Heathwood, as well as Dr. Luke Moffett. The episode charts the stories of victims of the conflict, the origins of the campaign and the continuing effort to find a way forward in the face of political obstacles. Content Warning: This episode contains descriptions of graphic violence Resources Find out more about WAVE’s campaign here: http://www.wavetraumacentre.org.uk/campaigns/the-injured-campaign-recognition-for-all The Reparations, Responsibility and Victimhood in Transitional Societies Project: https://reparations.qub.ac.uk Audio Credits: Lasting Hope by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100178 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Horology by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is licensed under the artist’s own public-domain-equivalent license Source: http://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanaland/index.html All royalty free Musical loops Copyright © 2019 Apple Inc. All other royalty free music used in this episode was sourced from the YouTube audio library Clips of media coverage used in this episode are the property of the BBC and are used for the purposes of criticism or review consistent with fair dealing law under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988