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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.
Students stood outside Firth Court

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.
Landscape Architecture Exhibition 2022

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.

Blog by MLA Landscape Architecture student Elise

“The neighbourhood board got a planting proposal and I got the practical experience I wanted”

Final year MLA student Elise discusses how her studies gave her the confidence to take on a community planting project and why it’s important for Landscape Architecture students to get back in touch with the soil.
Landscape Architecture students visit John Little's brownfield garden in Essex

Green roofs, Great Dixter and a grand piano concerto: How third years are getting to grips with ecological design

Third year students have immersed themselves in creative techniques and cutting-edge concepts in ecological design, to develop proposals for the UK’s first post-industrial nature park.
MLA student Habeebah Usman in Paris

Sheffield in Paris

Five days in the French capital saw second year undergraduates learning about the value of exploring landscapes in person. MLA Landscape Architecture student Habeebah Usman reflects on the experience.

Invest in parks and green spaces to boost wellbeing across the city, say researchers

More funding should be made available to improve, maintain and encourage people to connect with green spaces in cities, to allow residents to reap the health and wellbeing rewards they can provide, according to researchers.