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Top marks for School of Education postgraduate programmes
Three of the School of Education’s postgraduate programmes have received glowing reports after inspections from Ofsted and the British Psychological Society earlier this year.
Categorised under: Student Experience
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NHS should fund local green organisations to improve wellbeing, say researchers
Researchers have called on the NHS to fund partnerships with community organisations to broaden people’s connections with nature, as part of a ‘place-based’ approach to healthcare that could ease pressure on health and social care services.
Categorised under: Wellbeing And Life
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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Researchers awarded major grant to study productivity and workplace wellbeing
Researchers from the University of Sheffield Management School were awarded part of a major ESRC grant to address the UK's historically weak productivity.
Categorised under: Sustainable Growth and Wellbeing And Life
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Melbourne Arts Precinct to be transformed by Sheffield experts behind London Olympic Park planting
Landscape Architecture professors from the University of Sheffield who created the spectacular floral displays at London’s Olympic Park have been appointed planting designers for Melbourne’s new arts precinct project.
Categorised under: Sustainable Growth and Wellbeing And Life
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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Professor’s research to feature in British Academy Summer Showcase
An exhibition based on research by Professor Vanesa Castán Broto from the Urban Institute will feature in the prestigious British Academy Summer Showcase this June.
Categorised under: Sustainable Growth
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Ed Pemberton named runner up in the 2019 Bennett Prospect Prize
Ed Pemberton, Doctoral Researcher at SPERI has been named a runner up for the 2018/19 Bennett Prospect Public Policy Prize.
Categorised under: Sustainable Growth
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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Students attend World Summit of the Information Society 2019 in Geneva
Eight students from the Faculty attended the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, earlier this month.
Categorised under: Digital Society
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Rehearsing, predicting and speculating on climate futures
A major new research project, based at the University's School of Architecture, aims to examine climate change scenarios and their role in rehearsing, predicting and speculating on the future.
Categorised under: Sustainable Growth
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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Airbnb-style lets need regulation to prevent loss of private rented homes and displacement of residents, analysis says
The rapid growth of short-term lets through platforms such as Airbnb could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displace long-term residents if left unregulated, new research by Professor Alasdair Rae for the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has suggested.
Categorised under: Sustainable Growth
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New guidelines produced to help parents ensure safe use of social media among children
Children are avid social media users - despite site age restrictions - with 15 per cent having accessed content online that made them feel uncomfortable, new research has shown.
Categorised under: Wellbeing And Life
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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Invest in green space to boost wellbeing across cities, say researchers
More funding should be made available to improve, maintain and encourage people to connect with green spaces in cities so residents can reap the health and wellbeing rewards they provide, according to researchers at the University of Sheffield.
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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New view of the world could help create unlimited sustainable resources
A pioneering predictor tool developed by the University of Sheffield will give scientists an alternative way to visualise the world and help to forecast the impact of climate change, population growth and energy use.
Categorised under: Sustainable Growth
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Early-warning toolkit to help schools identify students at risk of becoming NEET
Researchers have launched an early-warning toolkit to help schools and colleges identify young people who are ‘quietly disengaging’ from education and at risk of dropping out or becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training).
Categorised under: Wellbeing And Life
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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Fashion for wearing replica football shirts was driven by fans rather than manufacturers
The fashion for adult fans wearing replica shirts – now an integral part of football’s visual and economic landscape – was initially created by fans rather than by manufacturers or marketing, according to new research published in the journal Sport in History.
Categorised under: Inclusive Society
This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.
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Brexit will cause significant harm to the NHS, but no-deal Brexit is worst option, analysis finds
All forms of Brexit will negatively impact the UK National Health Service (NHS), but the prospect of a no-deal Brexit presents by far the worst scenario, according to a new analysis involving the Professor Tamara Hervey from the School of Law.
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This article is located in a different section of the University of Sheffield website.