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Report led by Prof. Joanna Gavins discovers language barrier stalling UK sustainability efforts

A new study led by Professor Joanna Gavins and published by the Bio-based and Biodegradable Materials Regulatory Network has discovered that failures in language and communication are undermining progress made towards a circular bio-economy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Free Thinking - Whale Watching

Dr Rachel Murray recently featured on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking, discussing her research into the presence of marine life in modern and contemporary literature.

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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.

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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
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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