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Dr Jennifer MacRitchie
Dr Jennifer MacRitchie, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Languages, Arts, and Societies.

https://sheffield.ac.uk/research/co-designing-future-music-technology-dementia

Dr Jennifer MacRitchie and her team are working alongside the dementia community to co-design new music technologies that meet their needs and embed lived experience at every stage of the development process.
Graphic showing Alex Stamatiadis, UK Alumni Award winner

Dr Alex Stamatiadis Wins British Council’s 2026 Business & Innovation Award

Research from a University of Sheffield PhD has led to award-winning music technology, with Dr Alex Stamatiadis recognised by the British Council for innovation in algorithmic music generation.
Wayne Wong demonstrating a roundhouse kick

Dr Wayne Wong brings martial arts stage combat to Sheffield’s Year of the Horse celebrations

Martial arts met East Asian cinema at Sheffield’s Millennium Gallery as Dr Wayne Wong brought Project Sifu to the Year of the Horse celebrations — a powerful example of research-led, embodied knowledge exchange in action.
seminar class with students around their laptops and a teacher holing papers

A Better Way to Use Debate in Language Classrooms

Dr Harsh Trivedi, French Teaching Associate with the School of Languages, Arts and Societies discusses the use of debate in modern language classrooms.
Honoré de Balzac’s article cover

Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine is a Hindu mandala

Read Dr Harsh Trivedi's facsinating exploration of the link between Hinduism and his sprawling body of work, La Comédie Humaine.
AI fingers touch

Beyond the algorithm: Shaping AI for people, not just progress

Explore the impact of artificial intelligence on society — from reimagining creativity to transforming law and challenging ethical frameworks, this campaign reveals both the promise and the peril of AI.
Refugees on sand dune near Calais

Dr Sophie Watt Explores How 'Microcamps' on the French Border are Changing Crossing Attempts

Dr Sophie Watt explores how policies aimed at curbing Channel crossings have worsened conditions in informal camps on France’s northern coast, forcing people into greater danger and pushing smuggling networks to take bigger risks.

| Published by The Conversation
University of Sheffield student Holly Satterly stood next to the Bochum Bell in Sheffield's Peace Gardens
University of Sheffield student Holly Satterly has curated an exhibition to celebrate 75 years of Sheffield and Bochum's twinning partnership. Holly, who is learning German as part of her degree, is stood with the Bochum Bell in Sheffield's Peace Gardens.

Sheffield celebrates 75th anniversary of German twinning partnership

Modern Languages & Cultures student Holly Satterly has curated an exhibition celebrating the stories of people who have helped the city of Sheffield and the German city of Bochum maintain a special 75-year twinning partnership.

The Man Who Shot Nelson: A French Take on Trafalgar

Dr David McCallam gives a 10 Minute talk on how the French responded to the crushing defeat in 1805 with satire and storytelling, offering a fascinating alternative perspective on a well-rehearsed historical event.