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Professor Nicola Wake

Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

Professor Nicola Wake is Honorary Subject Sections Secretary for the Society of Legal Scholars. Nicola has published widely on vulnerable offenders within the criminal justice system, has secured funding from prestigious providers, and is leading on two impact case studies. Nicola is currently leading the Law Department in applying for the Faculty of Business and Law Athena Swan Silver Award. Nicola is a research mentor to academic colleagues, and supervises several PhD students.

Nicola teaches across a number of modules, and is experienced in associate head departmental leadership, programme leadership, programme (re)validation processes, and external examining.

Nicola Wake

Campus Address

Room CCE1-314
City Campus East
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
NE1 8ST

Professor Wake's research interests include: criminal law and justice specifically domestic abuse victims who offend in response, human trafficking, and the secure estate.

  • Kathryn Nisbet A New Partial Defence Framework for Victims of Domestic Abuse Who Kill Their Abusers Start Date: 01/10/2024
  • Carole Burrell Does patient care improve when mental health professionals practice at the 'top of their licence'? (draft title) Start Date: 29/06/2022

  • Law PhD July 12 2016
  • Teaching & Learning PGCHE July 31 2009
  • Law LLB July 31 2008
  • Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2012


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