Children’s Legal Centre Wales The Children’s Legal Centre Wales (CLC Wales), is taking forward work on policy advocacy, strategic litigation, legal education for children and young people, and 2 Children’s Rights Training Contracts, all with external funding. With four academic leads (Professor Jane Williams, Professor Simon Hoffman, Dr Anthony Charles and Michaela Leyshon), and Manager Hannah Bussicott, CLC Wales is now embedded at Swansea and networked across the 4 nations of the UK, and internationally. CLC Wales is influencing change on multiple child rights issues, from treatment of children in the criminal justice system in relation to strip search, to guardianship for unaccompanied minors, poverty alleviation and legal education, working to hold duty bearers to account via legal challenge and international human rights monitoring. Current campaigns have had direct impact on UK Concluding Observations 2023 , issuing their first ever recommendation to a State party to abolish strip search of children. Work in this area has been referred to in Senedd plenary and by Nation Cymru . The CLCW will be hosting the Child Law Network UK conference this year for the first time, with a public event on Wednesday 25th September bringing legal partners across the UK together to consider possible Child Rights Strategic Litigation cases. The CLCW has also been shortlisted for the University’s Research and Innovation Awards, in the category of Outstanding Contribution to Civic Mission. 15
Smart Partnership to Enhance Cybersecurity in Small Businesses The Welsh Government, in collaboration with PureCyber and Swansea University, unveiled a pioneering initiative aimed at bolstering cybersecurity measures for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across Wales. Recognising the critical need to fortify cybersecurity defences for SMEs, the Smart Partnership is designed to address existing barriers hindering SMEs from accessing robust cybersecurity solutions. This collaboration brings together the expertise of PureCyber, a leading cybersecurity solutions provider, and the academic excellence of Swansea University’s Law School. Carrying out in-depth research, and leveraging cutting-edge technologies, expertise and strategic insights, the partnership aims to identify cyber security improvement barriers, and offer SMEs an accessible multi-layered approach to cybersecurity.
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