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News items relating to the staff, students, courses and partnerships of the University of Sheffield Department of Geography.
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How is the Anthropocene helping you rethink the contemporary issue of environmental degradation?

In our latest masters students' blog series, Ralph Green explores the question 'How is the Anthropocene helping you rethink the contemporary issue of environmental degradation?'
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Sheffield geographers honoured by Royal Geographical Society

Three Sheffield geographers have been recognised for their contributions to the discipline by the RGS (with IBG) in their 2024 awards.
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Job alert: Research Associate in Drivers and Attribution of Antarctic Extreme Weather Events

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to join the NERC-funded highlight topic project PICANTE (Processes, Impacts, and Changes of ANTarctic Extreme weather’), led by Dr Julie Jones.

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Lecture: Can researching everyday practices usefully inform social transformation for sustainability?

The multiple crises that human societies are faced with today are fundamentally the consequences of human actions. But can research that focuses on everyday practices usefully inform wide-ranging systemic changes?
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From Cream Teas to Trauma - Research Event

Join Professor Jo Little from The University of Exeter, as she discusses her new paper 'From Cream Teas to Trauma: the development and contribution of feminist perspectives in rural geography.'
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Where the Red Kite Flies - Exhibition Launch

A photo exhibitibased on the young people that have and continue to grow up at the Lammas Tir-y-Gafel Eco Village and surrounding community. Get your FREE tickets here...
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The Marion Wiles fieldclass scholarship

The Department of Geography is pleased to announce a new scholarship in memory of Marion Wiles. Twelve new scholarships per year will support Geography masters students to undertake fieldwork.