News

The latest news about research, events, staff and students from the Sheffield Methods Institute.

6 March 2020

International Women's Day 2020

Celebrations for International Women’s Day are happening around the world and across the University. The SMI male academics are reflecting on the contributions made by female researchers to their own areas of interest.

14 February 2020

Making Sense of Data in the Media

We exist in a world surrounded by data and not a day goes by without something data related is in the news headlines, from 50,000 new nurses to greenwashing carbon emission claims, but what does it all mean?

3 September 2019

Let affected communities co-design strategy to end youth violence in Sheffield, says report

In May, the SMI co-hosted a symposium on youth violence.

One of the placement students delivering a presentation on their research

The SMI welcomes the 2nd Nuffield Research Placement students

Students from across South Yorkshire have been taking part in the Nuffield Research Placement scheme at the SMI.

28 August 2019

The SMI celebrates graduation

On July 18th, the SMI celebrated undergraduate graduation!

28 August 2019

Sheffield Methods Institute partnered in public symposium about youth violence, masculinity and mental health

On the 9th of June, Dr Will Mason of the Sheffield Methods Institute co-hosted a public symposium focused on the topic of Youth Violence, Masculinity and Mental Health.

31 May 2019

Placement student Ellie Painter's project — A poster about student Ellie Painter's placement project, titled 'Parkour Pproject: Investigating the local community's perception of an area for teenagers in Manor Fields Park, Sheffield'.

SMI placement module success

Praise for SMI student Ellie from partner organisation.

28 May 2019

A student giving a talk at the conference

SMI holds second student conference

All years of Quantitative Social Sciences and 2nd and 3rd years of Applied Social Sciences were invited to present their work in an oral presentation or poster presentation. It was a wonderful, insightful event, sponsored by Q-Step centre.

13 April 2019

SMI celebrates International Women's Day

As part of International Women's Day, we're showcasing some of the exciting research undertaken by our female academics in the SMI.

12 April 2019

ATD Forth World Poverty experts visit SMI

Social Research MA and PhD students from across the Faculty of Social Sciences were recently visited by a group of poverty experts from the human rights-based anti-poverty organisation ATD Fourth World.

9 April 2019