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Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences has a long-established reputation for producing world-leading research (REF 2014). We tackle the greatest challenges of our time and work to implement solutions.

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Bartholomew House, home to the School of Law
3 August 2020

University of Sheffield launches partnership with The University of Law

Collaboration will allow students to pursue a pathway to qualification as a solicitor with a leading provider, and enable Sheffield’s School of Law to focus on research-led teaching in law and criminology.

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3 August 2020

Call for carers and those requiring care to create artistic submissions for digital exhibition on covid-19 experiences

Academics from the Sustainable Care programme at the University of Sheffield are calling on unpaid carers, care workers and people who require care to participate in creating artistic submissions for a digital exhibition on covid-19 experiences.

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16 July 2020

How can radio empower women in the world’s poorest countries?

Dr Emma Heywood, Lecturer in Journalism, Politics and Communication in the Department of Journalism is working with communities in three of Africa’s poorest countries to assess the impact of radio on women’s rights and empowerment.

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8 July 2020

Manufacturer helps local pupils make moves with university outreach scheme

A Sheffield-based postural support equipment specialist is helping to engage children across the city in engineering after partnering with an outreach scheme launched by the University of Sheffield.
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2 July 2020

Repurposing ‘the corporation’ for a more resilient economy

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed weaknesses within large, well-established companies. But are those weaknesses caused by the pandemic, or are they the consequence of excesses in the non-financial (or non-banking) corporate sector post-2008?

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