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Volunteering over the festive season
Sheffield City Council has a number of volunteering opportunities, particularly in relation to adult social care where more support is needed in the city as a result of the pandemic.
Categorised under: Local community, Staff and Staff update
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24 Reasons to be Cheerful
This year, Inspiration for Life are raising funds for local charities through an online advent calendar - 24 Reasons to be Cheerful.
Categorised under: Research, Announcements, Digital, Local community, Staff, Industry & partners, Events and Health and wellbeing
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How we’ve managed to deliver in person teaching during a pandemic
As we complete the final week of face-to-face teaching for the term, we wanted to take a moment to thank all of you who have made the delivery of in person sessions on campus possible.
Categorised under: Staff, Learning and teaching and Students
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Thank you - recognising your contributions
Our Vice-Chancellor expresses his thanks for your extraordinary efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Categorised under: Announcements, Awards, Staff and Vice-Chancellor
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Join the GROW mentoring programme 2021 for professional services staff
The University's GROW programme is a mentoring scheme aimed specifically at staff in professional services roles. GROW is a six-month programme runs each year commencing in March and aims to help enhance your skills, maximise your potential and consider your career path by working with mentors from across the University.
Categorised under: Staff, Events and Staff update
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Join the Hog-Friendly Lockdown Litterpick Challenge
This is a national competition, and the University that collects the most litter from now until 14 December 2020 will win a hedgehog house and food for their campus.
Categorised under: Announcements, Local community, Staff, Sustainability, Competition and Events
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Do our biases need to be addressed to tackle racial inequalities?
We caught up with Dr Tony Williams, Educational Psychologist and Co-director of the Faculty of Social Sciences Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) Committee, about the importance of the University’s work in progressing race equality and understanding our own biases in a society with a history of structural racism.
Categorised under: Staff, Students, Equality & Diversity and Staff update
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Supporting managers to respond effectively to domestic abuse
To help managers, and other interested colleagues, recognise the signs of domestic abuse and support staff who are enduring domestic abuse, we will be holding a live one-hour webinar at 10 am on Tuesday 8 December 2020.
Categorised under: Announcements, Staff, Events and Health and wellbeing
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A new report by Universities UK on race equality
Susan Fitzmaurice, Chair of the University’s Race Equality Steering Group, discusses a recently published report on tackling racial harassment in higher education.
Categorised under: Staff, Students, Staff update and Equality & Diversity
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Inside our Covid-19 Testing Centre
With only a few days until our testing centre opens, we hear from the people behind the site development to find out how they’ve delivered this complex project from start to finish in just 16 days.
Categorised under: Announcements, Buildings, Staff, Students and Health and wellbeing
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Works on the former air raid shelters in Firth Court Quad
Works will shortly commence on two former World War II air raid shelters located within the Firth Court Quad. These shelters have remained relatively untouched apart from safety inspections every five years.
Categorised under: Announcements and Buildings
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New Google Meet features
More great new features coming soon to Google Meet to enhance your remote working and teaching experience.
Categorised under: Digital, Staff and Learning and teaching
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Halifax Hall’s chef to star in BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals
Luke Rhodes, Senior Sous Chef at the University's Halifax Hall hotel, will be appearing on the show this week.
Categorised under: Announcements and Staff
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Working together to keep our community safe
From printing guidance signage, to planning the safe capacity of our spaces across campus, colleagues in Print and Design Solutions, Property and Business Services, and Facilities Management, tell us about their work on campus throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and how working together and supporting each other has been the key to their success.
Categorised under: Staff and Health and wellbeing
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Our new vision – One University
Deputy-Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gill Valentine, takes a closer look at the One University pillar in our new University vision, One University – a vision for our future 2020–2025.
Categorised under: Staff, Students, Sustainability, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Equality & Diversity