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Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards

Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award winners announced

Colleagues across Social Sciences were among those honoured for their exceptional achievements and the far-reaching impact of their collaborations in the University's second annual Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards.
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Professor Kate Dommett co-chairs new taskforce to champion research access to social platform data

Smart Data Research UK (SDR UK) has formed a new taskforce to address longstanding challenges researchers face in accessing data from digital platforms with Professor Kate Dommett as co-chair.
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University of Sheffield ranked within top 100 universities in QS World University Rankings

The University of Sheffield has been ranked within the top 100 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2020, reaffirming its position as a leading global university for teaching and research.
SOC Professor Sue Yeandle

University of Sheffield Professor honoured by King in Birthday Honours

University of Sheffield Professor, Sue Yeandle, has been appointed OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in the King’s Birthday Honours.
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Living with data

Professor Helen Kennedy has been awarded a grant from the Nuffield Foundation for a new project that will investigate how we 'live' with data.
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New report from White Rose intern highlights the scale of the housing challenge in the Western EU

As part the ongoing relationship between the University of Sheffield, the White Rose Partnership and the UK Centre for Collaborative Evidence, Aya Nay Haddad has undertaken an internship in the White Rose office in Brussels.
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Top marks for School of Education postgraduate programmes

Three of the School of Education’s postgraduate programmes have received glowing reports after inspections from Ofsted and the British Psychological Society earlier this year.
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Automated landlord: Digital technologies and post-crisis financial accumulation

Dr Desiree Fields is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography and is also an Associate Fellow of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute and Visiting Researcher at the Sheffield Urban Institute.

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Trivial and normative? Online fieldwork within YouTube’s beauty community

Dr Florencia Garcia Rapp joined the School of Journalism, Media and Communication as a lecturer in Media Audiences and Users in April, having previously worked at University of Antwerp, Belgium.