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Kanye West performing: Lollapalooza Chile 2011
Photo: Rodrigo Ferrari

Kanye West banned from UK: legal expert explains why

Jonathan Collinson, Lecturer in Law with the University of Sheffield, comments on the UK government preventing Kanye West, legally known as Ye, from entering the UK.
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Two University of Sheffield Students Named Among UK’s Top 10 Future Lawyers for 2026

Two outstanding students from the University of Sheffield’s School of Law have been recognised among the UK’s most promising legal talent, earning places in Target Jobs’ Top 10 Future Lawyers for 2026.
A world top-100 university - QS 2026

The University of Sheffield’s Faculty of Arts & Humanities ranked in top 100 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject

Team photo of oralists before their first round

Sheffield Makes History at the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

For the first time, the University of Sheffield has advanced to the Jessup International Law Rounds in Washington DC. After defeating top-tier UK teams, our students are taking their talent to the global stage. Support their journey to the final.
Students in a Sociology lecture in the Elmfield lecture theatre

Seminar: New directions in hate reporting research: agency, heterogeneity and relationality

On Wednesday 13th February 2019, the Centre for Criminological Research hosted a seminar on hate reporting by Professor Catherine Donovan from Durham University, UK.