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The latest news about research, events, staff and students from the Sheffield Methods Institute.
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Lowering voting age boosts long-term participation in elections

Young people given the vote from age 16 in Scotland are not only more likely to continue voting as they get older, but do so in higher numbers, a new study shows.
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Audience Diversification in the Arts, working with Deakin University, Australia

Dr Mark Taylor has been working with Deakin University - Melbourne, with their initiative to help arts and cultural organisations diversify their audiences.
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“Fighting the academic machine”: using illustration to depict student reading experiences.

Dr Will Mason (SMI) & Dr Meesha Warmington (School of Education) investigated student reading experiences in HE. In this blog, Will and Meesha unpack the results of the study, introducing 4 illustration by Harry Venning.
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Evaluating the Transformation of Mental Health in Sheffield

Dr Abigail Tazzyman, in partnership with Professor Damian Hodgson from Sheffield University Management School, have worked with healthcare and voluntary sector partners to learn lessons on transforming mental health services.
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Re-launching the Remembering Baby website

Professor Kate Reed has re-launched the Remembering Baby website to coincide with Baby Loss Awareness week.

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SMI Advisory Board – Working with experts, professionals and colleagues from academia.

This month saw our new Advisory Board convening – helping to define the next phase of growth for the SMI.

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Spaces of (dis)connection: Migrant essential workers – New Exhibition

The exhibition is inspired by research focussing on migrant essential workers – which the SMI’s Dr Aneta Piekut is a Co-Investigator on the project.

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Setting our students up for their next big step - Graduation 2022

After all their hard work and commitment our students have now graduated and will be taking their next big step into further study or a professional career.