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  1. Fluorescent dye

    Andrew Sole: quick profile

    Glaciologist Dr Andrew Sole joined the department over the summer after being awarded a Social Science Research Fellowship. Here he gives a brief outline of his career and talks about where his work here at Sheffield will be focussed.

    Categorised under: Climate & Cryosphere, Research, Ecosystem Dynamics & Biogeochemistry and Staff
  2. The Intern

    Internship competition starts soon

    We're very pleased to announce that the Geographical Association and the Department of Geography have agreed to another paid 4-week summer internship with the Geographical Association (GA) in 2013. 

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study
  3. Danny Dorling

    Danny becomes video star for the Festival of the Mind

    A specially created animation based on the work of Danny Dorling and Ben Hennig launched yesterday as part of Festival of the Mind showing how Sheffield is connected to the rest of the world more today than it has ever been.

    Categorised under: Research, Social & Spatial Inequalities and Staff
  4. EU flag

    'Mind the Gap' highlights education inequality across the EU

    A team of authors, led by the department's Dr Dimitris Ballas have just published a new European Commission report showing that where you live in Europe can strongly influence your education and prospects in life.

    Categorised under: Research and International
  5. thumb

    Sheffield placed in worldwide top 50 geography departments

    The Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield has been placed in the top 50 geography departments worldwide in the world's largest and most extensive university rankings

    Categorised under: Research, International, Postgraduate study and Undergraduate study
  6. Phil Wookey

    Phil Wookey joins the department

    Phil Wookey joined the department as Professor of Physical Geography from 1 August

    Categorised under: Staff
  7. TUoS-NUS

    Workshop builds on collaboration with National University of Singapore

    The "Decentring Knowledge: geographical perspectives on keywords" workshop builds on the emerging collaboration between the Geography departments at Sheffield and the National University of Singapore

    Categorised under: International
  8. walk

    Come along to our Intro Week Welcome Walk!

    All undergraduate and postgraduate students are invited to join Geography staff and members of the GeogSoc committee on a special walk to the Peak District to welcome all our new Geography students to Sheffield

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study
  9. Pondicherry

    Tariq researches southern Indian architecture

    During August 2012 Tariq Jazeel is a Visiting Fellow at L'Ecole Francais d'Extreme Orient, in Pondicherry, South India

    Categorised under: Research
  10. Jack

    Scholarships allow students to explore

    The new Harley Scholarships support students in fieldwork and studying abroad

    Categorised under: Alumni and Undergraduate study
  11. Jamie blogs for time capsule

    Jamie Smith (BA Geography, 2010) has written a blog entry which has been selected as a contribution to the National Policing Improvement Agency's “Policing 2012: a 100 blog time capsule”

    Categorised under: Alumni
  12. Graduation

    Academic Prizes 2011-12

    We are pleased to announce this year's prizes.

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study
  13. BAS

    Shrinking ice sheets

    Chris Clark has received NERC funding to investigate historical ice sheet retreat.

    Categorised under: Research
  14. Blencathra

    Geography Student Photo Competition 2012

    The department is very pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Geography Student Photo Competition.

    Categorised under: Postgraduate study and Undergraduate study
  15. Peter is Olympic torchbearer

    Peter Moss (L1 BSc Geography) will bear the Olympic torch next week as it makes its way towards the Olympic Stadium.

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study