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PhD students working together at computer

Funded PhD Opportunities in the School of English

The School of English at the University of Sheffield is pleased to advertise three PhD projects funded by the Champernowne Trust and the bequest of Sheffield theatre director Geoffrey Ost.
Physical copies of the white paper, featuring a leaf in the shape of the UK

Prof. Joanna Gavins co-authors white paper outlining £204bn opportunity for UK’s industrial bioeconomy

BB-REG-NET, the UK’s first regulatory science network for bio-based and biodegradable materials, has published a major new white paper setting out how the UK could scale its modern industrial bioeconomy into a sector worth over £204 billion a year.
Lee Child in conversation with student

Best-selling author and Sheffield alumnus Lee Child returns to Sheffield for talk with students

Best-selling author and Sheffield alumnus Lee Child returned to campus to share insights into his writing, career and student days with English and Law students.
Madeleine Callaghan on Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

Dr Madeleine Callaghan appears on acclaimed BBC documentary Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

School of English academic joins a star-studded cast in the BBC documentary Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks, revealing new perspectives on J. M. W. Turner’s life, struggles and artistic legacy.
Centre for Poetry and Poetics (Spring, 2022-Series’ Opening event, Arts Tower, LT01 plus online. A Reading with Ansgar Allen, Andrea Brady and Richard Parker

Centre for Poetry and Poetics Spring, 2022-Series Opening event

Centre for Poetry and Poetics (Spring, 2022-Series’ Opening event, Arts Tower, LT01 plus online. A Reading with Ansgar Allen, Andrea Brady and Richard Parker
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LingLunch' research seminars

A series of online research talks open to staff and students, featuring Dr Lisa Donlan and Prof Joan Beal.

| Google Site
Latin

Voices from The Past

"Voices from the past" Symposium, Oxford, co-organised by Ranjan Sen in collaboration with the Institute for Digital Archaeology.

| Digital Archaeology
Pro-Life

The Bible isn’t ‘pro-life’ — and the Old Testament God isn’t ‘more violent’ than the New one

Dr Meredith Warren, Director of SIIBS, and external SIIBS members Sarah Rollens and Eric Vanden Eykel wrote this piece for The Independent.

| The Independant
Meg Shackleton

Megan Shackleton wins a bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics

A huge congratulations to our very own Megan Shackleton who won a bronze medal the Tokyo Paralympics.

| The Yorkshire Post