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The shift to home working during Covid-19 threatens the survival of local goods and services
The shift to home working during Covid-19 threatens the survival of local goods and services
15 January 2021

Will Covid-19 kill the high street once and for all?

The Covid-19 pandemic has not only drastically changed how we live, but also how we work, and this could have long term consequences for the future of our cities, say academics from the University of Sheffield.
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13 January 2021

Melting icebergs key to sequence of an ice age, scientists find

Melting icebergs in the Antarctic are key to triggering a series of chain reactions that plunges Earth into a prolonged period of cold temperatures.
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16 December 2020

10 ways our research has helped to understand the impacts of covid-19 in 2020

Researchers from across the Faculty of Social Sciences have been working tirelessly to understand how Covid-19 has impacted on people, policy and planet, since the pandemic hit in early 2020.

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11 December 2020

Is learning more accessible now we’re living online?

The arrival of the covid-19 pandemic at the start of 2020 forced the world into a new way of life. For many of us in the Western world, we’re spending even more time online. But how does education come into that?
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New academic report underlines challenges and opportunities confronting the UK now it has left the EU

Academics from the Department of Politics and International Relations contribute to new report underlining the challenges and opportunities that confront the United Kingdom now it has left the European Union.

19 January 2021
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Dr Eva Kipnis and team scoop Women in Marketing Marketing Scientist Award

Dr Eva Kipnis and her colleagues in the Multicultural Marketplaces network have been awarded the Marketing Scientist award by Women in Marketing Awards.

15 January 2021
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Online sessions on digital health design and development: co-produce, evaluate and implement

The Pitch-In programme at the University of Sheffield, in collaboration with Mindwave Ventures, will be hosting a series of 4 webinars in January and February 2021 to share knowledge and experiences of digital health innovation.

13 January 2021
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Girls on film: a playlist for our times this Christmas

Dr Becky Parry, Programme Director of the new MA Digital Literacies, Culture and Education at the School of Education, shares recommendations for children’s films with a unique female perspective to watch over the Christmas holidays.

18 December 2020
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Photo by Jaye Haych.

Housing exclusion in the English rental market

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) is a multi-disciplinary partnership between academia, housing policy and practice, established in 2017. Kim McKee and Jenny Preece discuss CaCHE's work for Insight Magazine.

10 December 2020