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Results and Clearing 2022

Results and Clearing 2022

You can apply for available courses starting this September from 8am on Thursday 18 August.

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If you accept an offer through Clearing and Adjustments by 31 August 2022, we'll guarantee you accommodation in our University owned accommodation. You must apply by 31 August 2022 to ensure that you get your place reserved.

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5 July 2022

New special Issue of Housing Studies published

Our Sheffield University colleague Ryan Powell and Urban Institute Professor Maliq Simone have just published a special journal issue on the prospects for a global understanding of the housing challenge.

15 August 2022

Job alert: Lecturer in Environmental Planning/Management

We are seeking applications from ambitious, highly motivated and talented individuals who can deliver excellent teaching and research within the broad area of environmental policy, governance, planning and management.

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25 July 2022

From Stagflation to Stagffluence: The Hollowing Out of the Rentier Economy

As the cost of living crisis mounts, Rowland Atkinson and Andrew Baker look at the stagnation of wages and the rising polarisation between renters and owners of assets.

Published by the Byline Times.