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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.
photograph of Monica Macias speaking

Black Girl from Pyongyang: Book talk by Monica Macias

On the evening of February 26th, the Centre for Korean Studies had the privilege of hosting author Monica Macias for a sold-out talk on her memoir, Black Girl From Pyongyang.
Green flyer advertising the 2025 German writing competition

German Writing Competition 2025 Launches

The ever-popular writing competition in German is back for 2025.

How Scholars in East Asian Studies are Fighting to Halt the Deportation of 48 Uyghur Men

Discover how researchers including East Asian Studies academic David Tobin are fighting to defend the human rights of 48 Uyghur men facing deportation to China.
Migrants poster

Film Screening Event: Migrants

Stories of migration, identity and belonging.

Understanding the Declaration of Martial Law in South Korea

Dr Yookyeong Im, Dr Derek Kramer, Dr Sarah Son provide insight into president Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law, and the subsequent protests.