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University of Sheffield Philosophy named ‘Department of the Year’ in Inaugural BPA Prizes

A world top-100 university - QS 2026

The University of Sheffield’s Faculty of Arts & Humanities ranked in top 100 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject

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University of Sheffield Philosophy PhD ranked in global top 10 for quality and climate

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What if we stopped treating social care like a service? A small village community in Yorkshire showed me another way
A world top-100 university - QS 2027

University of Sheffield strengthens top 100 global standing with 10-place rise in QS World University Rankings 2027

The University of Sheffield has risen 10 places in the QS World University Rankings 2027 to be ranked 82nd in the world and 14th in the UK, reinforcing its position as a world-leading university
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Research project launches free tool to make AI safer and more trustworthy
Professor Julie Gottlieb, keynote at the SHP Summer Conference, July 2025
Professor Julie Gottlieb, keynote at the SHP Summer Conference, July 2025

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: Julie Gottlieb on the Politics of the ‘War of Nerves'

"Keep Calm and Carry On: that’s not how people felt as the second world war loomed. But maybe, as Trump stalks, that old slogan is finally making sense". Gaby Hinsliff draws on Julie Gottlieb's work on the Munich Crisis.

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Hannah More Letters Online features in BBC Bristol

Letters written by a prominent abolitionist are being digitised, filling in a "massive bit of the jigsaw" in the abolition campaign history, experts say.