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New research seeks to evaluate and enhance nature recovery policies

An interdisciplinary team of scientists has been awarded £780,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council for a pioneering project analysing Nature Recovery Planning.
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University of Sheffield ranked among the best in Guardian University Guide 2025

The University of Sheffield has been ranked among the top in the UK and and in the top ten for Architecture within The Guardian University Guide 2025.
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Sheffield receives top rankings in the UK for Landscape Design in the National Student Survey

The University of Sheffield leads in teaching and resources, as ranked by students in the 2024 NSS results.

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Live Works plays leading role in the growth of Urban Rooms across the UK

Towns and cities are opening Urban Rooms - spaces where people can come together to help create a future for their local area. Our urban room, Live Works, was set up in 2014 and is the first permanent university-funded urban room in the UK.

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Group of graduates announced as a winning design team for London Festival of Architecture’s “Pews and Perches” design competition

Five graduates from the class of 2023 entered the competition with a proposal that explored creative ways to use and reuse materials and that took inspiration from the Royal Docks and the communities who live there.
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Student success at Yorkshire RIBA Student Awards 2023

Congratulations to our students for their success at the RIBA Yorkshire Student Awards 2023
LSC Nigel Dunnett receives the title ‘Royal Designer for Industry’

Professor Nigel Dunnett awarded Royal Designer for Industry 2023

Professor Nigel Dunnett has been awarded the title ‘Royal Designer for Industry’ — and a lifetime Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) — at a ceremony in London on 30 November 2023.
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What can we learn from inclusive climate activism led by young people?

In newly published research, Drs Clare Rishbeth and Ambika Kapoor explore the ways in which young people are taking climate activism in the UK. Here they share what’s working well, as well as how youth and environmental organisations can do better.