Department of Music

2nd in the Russell Group for teaching on our course (NSS Subject results 2020).

World leading arts and humanities faculty (Times Higher Education 2020).

Top 6 in the UK for research excellence (REF 2014).

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Sound Junction Satellites: Live Coding & 3-D Sound

Saturday 14 November 2020

7:30am

Octagon Centre, The University of Sheffield, Clarkson Street, Sheffield, S10 2TQ

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Sarah Watts & Anne MacGregor

Thursday 3 December 2020

7:30am

Online

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Department of Music online seminars

Friday 4 December and 29 January

12-1pm

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News

19 October 2020

Department of Music researcher honoured for world class innovation project

Dr Jennifer MacRitchie, Department of Music researcher, has been recognised for her world class music wellbeing research that is at the forefront of innovation in the UK, focusing on how music can help people with dementia.

11 September 2020

An international research study launched: Activities for wellbeing during Covid-19

Research by Prof Renee Timmers and colleagues investigates the role music and other everyday activities play in addressing wellbeing goals during the COVID-19 crisis.

25 June 2020

University of Sheffield is top in Yorkshire and Humber for graduate prospects

The University of Sheffield ranked top in Yorkshire and Humber, second amongst all northern universities and 13th in the Russell Group for the percentage of employed graduates who are in ‘highly skilled employment.’

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