Judith Vickress’s (CF 2023) spoke at the National Rural Crime Annual Conference 2026, the first conference focused on vulnerability in rural areas.
She addressed violence against women, girls, and children in rural communities, highlighting how survivor experiences differ from urban contexts and the need for policymakers to embed rural perspectives and lived experience into strategy from the outset.
Emma Tilley (CF 2020) had her PhD research cited in the Law Commission’s final report on burial and cremation, which supports her recommendations (see pages 302-308) on the importance of burying unidentified remains to preserve opportunities for future identification through DNA testing and genetic genealogy.
By Emma Tilley,
Joy O'Neill (CF 2020) has been appointed as Chair of Trustees of Real Farming Trust, a national farming charity.
By Joy O'Neill,
Shehan Hettiaratchy (CF 2009) published his memoir The Careful Surgeon: Finding Light, Courage and Compassion in the Face of Life and Death, reflecting on his experiences as a trauma surgeon in major incidents and conflict settings.
By Shehan Hettiaratchy,
As part of the National Police Wellbeing Service’s OK9 team, Gary Botterill (CF 2015) contributed to a chapter on the OK9 wellbeing and trauma support dog programme in the book Wellbeing in Policing.
By Garry Botterill,
