Law
‘Exceptional’ benefits for healthcare funding
Research from the University of Reading is being used to create a fairer, more consistent and transparent system for assessing healthcare funding requests. As we know, demand for healthcare exceeds…Read More >
The case against guilt by association
By informing the correction of a legal rule that had been misinterpreted by courts for over 30 years, research conducted at the University of Reading is profoundly affecting the application…Read More >
Modern laws for modern wars
Research at the University of Reading is being used to promote human rights and to prevent abuses of power in some of the world’s most controversial military operations. For as…Read More >
Priority setting in the NHS
For patients who are chronically or terminally ill, access to ‘last chance’ treatments can seem like a lottery. Professor Newdick’s advice as member of an independent inquiry committee has helped…Read More >
Death to hanging
For the former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the death penalty is a “cruel punishment [that] has no place in the 21st century.” By April 2017, more than two-thirds of the…Read More >
Keeping children safe
In 2018 Professor Rosa Freedman launched a safeguarding toolkit in partnership with the NGO Keeping Children Safe.