News

22 September 2020

The case for choosing nature-based solutions to infrastructure

Tom Wild is an ecologist with a background in environmental planning. Based in the Department of Landscape Architecture, Tom’s current work focuses on water management and the benefits of nature-based solutions in infrastructure.

14 September 2020

Geographer awarded ERC funding to unravel scientific mysteries

Urban geographer Jonathan Silver has been awarded a European Research Council grant Starting Grants award to unravel scientific mysteries.

Landscape Architecture summer exhibition

14 September 2020

Does architecture play a role in the climate emergency?

Empowering students to become global citizens and inspire new ways of building

26 August 2020

Digital learning in the Faculty of Social Sciences

Departments within the Faculty of Social Sciences have been working hard to create an enjoyable and inspiring experience for our students that’s both accessible and motivational, regardless of the circumstances.

Social Sciences students set to benefit from new work placement opportunities

Students in the social sciences are set to benefit from more work placement opportunities thanks to new funding awarded to the University of Sheffield.

22 September 2020

Maker{futures} project provides families with imaginative maker kits for Festival of the Mind

Maker{Futures}, a project from the School of Education which aims to support and promote maker education in schools, libraries, museums and at home, will be part of Festival of the Mind.

10 September 2020

Festival of the Mind returns and launches digital platform for 2020 with live and online events

For the first time this year’s events - including podcasts, films and performances - will be hosted in a new online festival hub enabling Sheffield’s creative talent to be brought to a wider audience.

7 September 2020

Indonesian rainforest cleared for oil palm plantation

80 per cent of Indonesian rainforest vulnerable to palm oil destruction is not protected, research shows

More than 80 per cent of the Indonesian rainforest, mangroves and peatlands most vulnerable to being cleared for palm oil production is completely unprotected by the country’s Forest Moratorium, according to new research.

27 August 2020

Illustration of a woman and man in red and yellow

Match Made in Heaven: Love and desire through the eyes of British Muslim women

Anthology to be published exploring love and desire for British Muslim women.

26 August 2020

Political peerage for Professor Prem Sikka

Professor Prem Sikka, Chair in Accounting and Finance in the Management School, has been nominated for a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life, meaning he is to become a member of the House of Lords.

20 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.

3 August 2020

Bartholomew House, home to the School of Law

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.

3 August 2020

Insecurity underpins property rights in Lagos – no matter what class you are

Dr Tom Goodfellow explores the eviction of marginal communities from the waterfronts of Lagos, and the wider phenomenon of insecure property rights which affects many, if not most Lagosians.

31 July 2020

Doctor typing on a laptop with a stethoscope next to them on a table.

Our trade deals will impact healthcare access across Europe

Dr Matt Wood talks about the need to see transparency in the UK's negotiating positions and explanations of these inconsistencies to ensure core NHS principles are not threatened, in a new blog for the UK in a Changing Europe.

29 July 2020