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Festival of Social Sciences 2024

From robotic sheepdogs to tackling global challenges: Explore the free Festival of Social Science in Sheffield

The UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to Sheffield this month to shine a light on how the city’s world-leading social scientists are tackling some of the most urgent problems facing society.
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Sheffield leading the way in Early Career Researcher Network for the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences

The British Academy has launched their new Early Career Researcher Network cluster in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Professor Tony Crook Legacy Seminar

Join us on the 9th of October 2025 for an afternoon event to celebrate the contribution of Professor ADH (Tony) Crook CBE to applied housing and planning policy research.
Academics from the University of Sheffield's Centre for Machine Intelligence being presented with an award on stage at the UKAIRS symposium
Academics from the University's Centre for Machine Intelligence have won an impact award at the UK's first national conference for AI research. The award recognises their research that is driving the responsible use of AI. Credit: UK AI Research Symposium

University of Sheffield researchers win UK first national AI prize

A new award recognising the strength and impact of the UK’s AI research, has been awarded to academics at the University of Sheffield.

Professor Prem Sikka

Political peerage for Professor Prem Sikka

Professor Prem Sikka, Chair in Accounting and Finance in the Management School, has been nominated for a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life, meaning he is to become a member of the House of Lords.
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Call for carers and those requiring care to create artistic submissions for digital exhibition on covid-19 experiences

Academics from the Sustainable Care programme at the University of Sheffield are calling on unpaid carers, care workers and people who require care to participate in creating artistic submissions for a digital exhibition on covid-19 experiences.

Bartholomew House, home to the School of Law

University of Sheffield launches partnership with The University of Law

Collaboration will allow students to pursue a pathway to qualification as a solicitor with a leading provider, and enable Sheffield’s School of Law to focus on research-led teaching in law and criminology.

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Insecurity underpins property rights in Lagos – no matter what class you are

Dr Tom Goodfellow explores the eviction of marginal communities from the waterfronts of Lagos, and the wider phenomenon of insecure property rights which affects many, if not most Lagosians.

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Our trade deals will impact healthcare access across Europe

Dr Matt Wood talks about the need to see transparency in the UK's negotiating positions and explanations of these inconsistencies to ensure core NHS principles are not threatened, in a new blog for the UK in a Changing Europe.