The University in the media
17 March 2010
Broadcast Coverage:
BBC 1
Look North
Cathy Tyer, from the University of Sheffield´s Department of Archaeology, comments on the use of lasers to clean stones in an effort to help preserve Lincoln Cathedral.
Press Coverage:
Garden Design Journal
Call of the wild
Research by Dr Nigel Dunnett, from the University of Sheffield´s Department of Landscape into pictorial meadows seed mixes are mentioned in an article.
Sheffield Telegraph
Velocity house is new home for RTI
RTI International has opened a new office in Sheffield, and mentions the presence of the University of Sheffield and the University of York as reasons for doing so.
Sheffield Telegraph
Sheffield Telegraph
Tributes to a traditional doctor from a bygone era
Lawrence Brimacombe, a University of Sheffield graduate and a doctor in Sheffield, has died.
Sheffield Telegraph
Sheffield Telegraph
Six of the best young lawyers
Chris Simkins has received a Law Society award after achieving the highest grade in the Legal Practice Course at the University of Sheffield.
Sheffield Telegraph
Irish festival returns to city
Dr Kaarina Hollo, from the University of Sheffield´s School of English, will be giving a lecture on the history of Irish Gaelic and its use in the modern world as part of Sheffield´s Irish Festival.
Sheffield Telegraph
Sheffield Telegraph
I can´t imagine leaving
Claire Davis, a University of Sheffield graduate in maths and accountancy, comments on her favourite things about Sheffield.
Sheffield Telegraph
Grant helps Sabine make light work of a radical career change
Sabine Little, a member of University of Sheffield staff, has received a grant from UK Steel Enterprise to help set up a business in wedding and jewellery.
Sheffield Telegraph
Sheffield Telegraph
Duo add plenty of wit to their rhymes
Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip will be playing at Fusion and Foundry at the University of Sheffield´s Union of Students.
Sheffield Telegraph
Comedy festival
The second 2010 Sheffield Student Comedy Festival, organised by the Shrimps, an improvised comedy troupe consisting of University of Sheffield students, was held at the Union of Students last weekend.
Online News Cuttings:
Top Tech News
British government gets tough on piracy
Professor Lilian Edwards, from the University of Sheffield´s Department of Law, is quoted in an article about the government´s proposed new measures to tackle internet piracy.
Top Tech News
Pro Active Investors
Fusion IP partner Abcellute´s tissue bank gets NHS research committee approval
A partner company of Fusion IP, which has a deal with the University of Sheffield to help commercialise its research, has received a favourable opinion from an NHS Research Ethics Committee for a tissue bank unit.
Pro Active Investors
Online Higher Education Stories
Million+ speaks out against concentrated postgraduate funding
Oxford head calls for end of 'preposterous' fees limit
University? Try again in a few years warns Ucas head as 300,000 face missing out
Review aspirations, students urged
Tories propose A-level overhaul
Britons are still nervous about taking the plunge to study abroad
Fury at university fees costing less than crèches
Student fees cap must go, says Patten
275,000 ‘miss out on university’
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