News and events

Firth Court Rotunda
8 September 2020

Department courses ranked #2 in UK in The Guardian University Guide 2020

The guide ranks by subject area and scored the University of Sheffield within the top 10 places to study several subjects, including second for building and town and country planning related courses.
Sheffield Students' Union
21 July 2020

Planning at Sheffield tops Russell Group in National Student Survey

The Department of Urban Studies and Planning has been named the top planning school in the Russell Group for student satisfaction in the latest National Student Survey (NSS).
Students listen to tour guide in Durban

Experiential planning education with Southern partners

Staff reflect on the (post)COVID “global” University.

28 January 2021
Market stall in Durban, South Africa on a field class

Reflections on virtual field trips

'Delivering a virtual international field trip to Durban, South Africa during lockdown' reflects on the nuts and bolts of online learning and teaching.

28 January 2021
Dr Wei Yang

Dr Wei Yang is inaugurated as the President of the Royal Town Planning Institute

The University of Sheffield alumna obtained a Masters degree in 2001 and PhD in 2005 from the School of Architecture.

21 January 2021
Our department building on the edge of Western Park

Congratulations to our graduating masters students

Our masters students graduated this week remotely from our range of planning, real estate, urban design and GIS courses.

14 January 2021
Keys in a door

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