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Seven Police Officers and a WhatsApp Group: What Could Go Wrong? (2024)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss, L. (2024). Seven Police Officers and a WhatsApp Group: What Could Go Wrong?. Journal of Criminal Law, https://doi.org/10.1177/00220183241299610

Provides a case comment on the recent matter of Cobban & Borders v DPP [2024] EWHC 1908 (Admin) following a High Court Appeal on the Appellants original convictions of sending grossly offensive communications as prohibited under to s.127(1) of the Co... Read More about Seven Police Officers and a WhatsApp Group: What Could Go Wrong?.

"‘I’m my own biggest critic’ – an autoethnographic reflection of an early-career researcher’s first year as a Lecturer in Law" (2023)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss, L. (2023). "‘I’m my own biggest critic’ – an autoethnographic reflection of an early-career researcher’s first year as a Lecturer in Law". The Law Teacher, 57(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2023.2281765

Embedding my discussions in the wider literature around the neoliberal university and adopting an autoethnographic approach (the keeping of a diary), I explore the thoughts and feelings that I have felt over my first year of teaching and researching... Read More about "‘I’m my own biggest critic’ – an autoethnographic reflection of an early-career researcher’s first year as a Lecturer in Law".

Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice. (2023)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss, L. (2023). Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, 14, 1-9

As the neoliberal state has taken hold of the university sector, we as academics are feeling increasing pressure to publicise ourselves, our scholarship, and our research online. In recent years there has been a drive in showcasing our work across so... Read More about Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice..

Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice (2023)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss, L. (2023). Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/wdxt-g215

As the neoliberal state has taken hold of the university sector, we as academics are feeling increasing pressure to publicise ourselves, our scholarship, and our research online. In recent years there has been a drive in showcasing our work across so... Read More about Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice.

“I’m my own biggest critic”: an autoethnographic reflection on an early-career researcher’s first year as a lecturer in law (2023)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss, L. (in press). “I’m my own biggest critic”: an autoethnographic reflection on an early-career researcher’s first year as a lecturer in law. The Law Teacher, 57(4), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2023.2281765

Embedding my discussions in the wider literature around the neoliberal university and adopting an autoethnographic approach (the keeping of a diary), I explore the thoughts and feelings that I have had over my first year of teaching and researching i... Read More about “I’m my own biggest critic”: an autoethnographic reflection on an early-career researcher’s first year as a lecturer in law.

‘I did not know I could learn so many skills, from playing games’ – Using reflection as a form of assessment in legal ed game-based learning. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Higson-Bliss, L. (2023, September). ‘I did not know I could learn so many skills, from playing games’ – Using reflection as a form of assessment in legal ed game-based learning. Paper presented at Legend Fest 2023, Leeds University

Introducing game-based learning into teaching law to Foundation Year students has revolutionised the classroom. Not only has it allowed students to interact with each other and filled the classroom with laughter, it has allowed students to pick up tr... Read More about ‘I did not know I could learn so many skills, from playing games’ – Using reflection as a form of assessment in legal ed game-based learning..

Using the criminal law to regulate online behaviour (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Higson-Bliss, L. (2023, August). Using the criminal law to regulate online behaviour. Paper presented at School of Computing and Mathematics Research Seminar Series, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, England, UK

Discuss the use to the Malicious Communications Act 1988, s.127(1) and (2) of the Communications Act 2003 and part 10 of the Online Safety Bill to regulate behaviour online.

Will Someone not Think of the Children?’ The Protectionist State and Regulating the ‘Harms’ of the Online World for Young People (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Higson-Bliss, L. (2023, April). Will Someone not Think of the Children?’ The Protectionist State and Regulating the ‘Harms’ of the Online World for Young People. Paper presented at British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association, University of Amsterdam

Since 2018, following a green paper exploring the regulation of the online world (HM Government, 2018), the Conservative Government in the United Kingdom have continued the rhetoric that they wish to become one of the safest places in the world to go... Read More about Will Someone not Think of the Children?’ The Protectionist State and Regulating the ‘Harms’ of the Online World for Young People.

Prosecuting Communication Offences: Interpreting the Harms Model (2022)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss, L. (2022). Prosecuting Communication Offences: Interpreting the Harms Model. Criminal Law Review, 271-289. https://doi.org/10.3316/agispt.20220322064068

This article explores the Law Commission’s 2021 paper - Modernising Communications Offences: a final report. The Commission recommends replacing the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003 with a new offen... Read More about Prosecuting Communication Offences: Interpreting the Harms Model.