Departmental news
We're always on the lookout for news about the department from students, research staff, academic staff and alumni. News items should be around 250 words long, ideally with photographs.
Send your contributions to: G.Allsopp@Sheffield.ac.uk
Search
-
Winter Graduation 2013
On Thursday 10 January our Masters and PhD students graduated
Categorised under: Alumni and Postgraduate study -
Greenland warms by 10˚C
Recent work by a team involving Professor Edward Hanna and published in Environmental Research Letters shows that some areas of west Greenland have warmed more than 10°C in winter in the last 20 years.
Categorised under: Climate & Cryosphere and Research -
Why Arctic warming may mean wetter summers
Dr Edward Hanna appeared on last night's Inside Out on BBC1 talking about why Arctic warming and the shifting jet stream may mean wetter summers for the British Isles.
Categorised under: Climate & Cryosphere, Research and Staff -
Andrew in Discovery Channel documentary
Dr Andrew McGonigle is one of a number of experts featured in a Discovery Channel's Curiosity series documentary "Volcano Time Bomb". Andrew talks about the most volatile volcanoes in the world and how communities may face unprecedented destruction.
Categorised under: Research, Environmental Reconstruction & Observation and Staff -
Departmental success with Santander Research Mobility Awards
Three members of Geography have been successful in this year’s Santander Research Mobility Awards for Sheffield staff and research students.
Categorised under: Research, International and Staff -
Dr Vanessa Lawrence visits department
Dr Vanessa Lawrence, CEO and Director General of Ordnance Survey and UN advisor visited the department last week.
Categorised under: Alumni and Undergraduate study -
GeogSoc: the Intern reaches the final stage
Over the past five weeks GeogSoc, in collaboration with SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise), have been running an Apprentice-style competition, with the final prize being a 4-week summer internship with the Geographical Association (GA) in 2013.
Categorised under: Undergraduate study -
Mapping: underpinning the world's decision-making with Dr Vanessa Lawrence
GeogSoc - the University of Sheffield Geography Society - have arranged a lecture by Dr Vanessa Lawrence, an alumni of the Department of Geography, now CEO and Director General of Ordnance Survey and a UN advisor.
Categorised under: Alumni, Undergraduate study and Social & Spatial Inequalities -
Drylands Fieldclass returns from California
28 students and staff have just returned from the Mojave Desert, California from the 2012 GEO365 Dryland Environments Fieldclass
Categorised under: Undergraduate study -
Another successful Athens fieldclass
Staff and students have just returned from another successful GEO358 Geography of Europe field class to Athens, Greece.
Categorised under: Undergraduate study -
Ben Hennig honoured with international award
Dr Ben Hennig has received the prestigious German Study Award (Deutscher Studienpreis) 2012 from the Körber Foundation at an official ceremony at the Parliamentary Society in Berlin.
Categorised under: Research, Social & Spatial Inequalities and Staff -
Department offers new Graduate Internship
The University has launched a new Graduate Internship Scheme to support its Employability Strategy, and the department is offering one of the first of these paid, six-month Internships.
Categorised under: Alumni and Undergraduate study -
Ice Sheets and Sea Level research project launched
With twenty six researchers spread across eight universities, the British Geological Survey and British Antarctic Survey, the new £3.7 million BRITICE-CHRONO research project has now officially started
Categorised under: Climate & Cryosphere, Research and Environmental Reconstruction & Observation -
Homelessness kills
Dr Bethan Thomas has been commissioned by Crisis - the national charity for single homeless people, to investigate homeless mortality. The report shows homeless people die 30 years younger than the national average.
Categorised under: Research and Social & Spatial Inequalities -
Sun shines on Welcome Walk
It was another glorious day for our annual Welcome Week Walk into the Peak District
Categorised under: Undergraduate study