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Monthly summary – June 2018
Welcome to our monthly summary for June 2018. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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Media coverage of the Supreme Court hearing
As a result of Unlock’s intervention at the Supreme Court in a landmark legal case on the criminal record disclosure regime,…
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Finding out about your criminal record – Subject Access Requests and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
On the 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) come into effect, changing the way that personal data…
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Landmark case on disproportionate criminal records disclosure regime reaches Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear the Government’s appeal in a long running case about the disclosure of criminal records.…
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Welcome aboard!
We are delighted to announce the appointment of four new trustees to the…
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Overseas organisations that assist people with a criminal record
Receiving a conviction overseas can cause additional complications for individuals be they UK citizens or foreign nationals. Sentences given in…
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New paper published: University admissions and criminal records – Lessons learned and next steps
Today Unlock has published a paper, University admissions and criminal records: Lessons learned and next steps. For the last two…
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Details of the Supreme Court hearing
As part of our work to wipe DBS clean of old and minor criminal records, I wanted to post the…
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Unlock comment: Positive changes by UCAS to university application process for students with criminal records
Commenting on news that UCAS, the university admissions service, will no longer ask applicants to declare criminal convictions when they…
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Monthly update – May 2018
We’ve just published our update for May 2018. This months update includes: Some new…
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Monthly summary – May 2018
Welcome to our monthly summary for May 2018. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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If you’ve got an unspent conviction you might want to think twice before using a comparison website for insurance
We all know that using a comparison website is a really quick and easy way of getting a range of…
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Unlock comment: Ministry of Justice’s Education and Employment Strategy
Commenting on the Ministry of Justice’s Employment and Education Strategy, Christopher Stacey, co-director of Unlock, said: “Unlock welcomes today’s Education…
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Examples of self-disclosure statements – Help us by sending us yours
Whenever you’re asked to disclose your criminal record to either an employer or university then discussing the details with them…
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Disclosure workshops for individuals – one year on
Back in 2016, we ran two disclosure workshops at HMP Wormwood Scrubs and Pentonville. This was because the organisations working…
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Youth criminal records report published
Today we’ve launched new research on the impact of criminal records acquired in childhood and early adulthood. The report shows…
