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Dr Nicola Roberts is an Associate Professor of Criminology at the University. After researching domestic violence and offender rehabilitation in the probation service for her post-graduate qualifications (MSc in Criminology, PhD in Criminology), she continues to research gender-based violence evaluating bystander interventions and analysing women's perceptions and strategies of safety. Read her latest research in these areas: 1. on ‘the dark and desolate campus: what can be done to enhance students’ perceptions of safety on-campus’? With Emerald Publishing in the Safer Communities journal here: https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-01-2022-0006. The findings are important for HEIs and campus security. 2. on 'the makings of an exclusive community: students' perceptions of dangerous others', published with @SpringerNature in Higher Education international journal here: https://rdcu.be/cMy9k for the full article or https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-022-00850-8. The findings are important for maintaining an open and inclusive university campus. 3. on ‘variables predicting the odds of failing to progress onto the second year of study for criminology students in a UK university’ published in the Journal of Further and Higher Education, a Routledge journal @tandfonline, here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/B3NEAQSC86FEPSZCTYEE/full?target=10.1080/0309877X.2022.2088268. The findings are important for HEIs in retaining students. 4. co-authored research on ‘“I just think it’s really awkward”: transitioning to higher education and the implications for student retention’ published with @SpringerNature in Higher Education international journal here: https://rdcu.be/cPbtm for the full article or https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-022-00881-1.1. The findings are important for HEIs in retaining students. 5. co-authored research on ‘a qualitative evaluation of bystander training: what works?’, published with Wiley Open Access @wiley.com, in The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, for the full article here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hojo.12487. The findings are important for the design and delivery of future bystander training.