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Professor Eleanor Davies appointed Associate Dean for Education at Sheffield University Management School

We’re delighted to welcome Professor Eleanor Davies as Associate Dean for Education at Sheffield University Management School.
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University of Sheffield researchers contribute to global UNESCO report warning of unprecedented glacier loss

Researchers from the School of Geography and Planning have contributed to a major new international publication which highlights the accelerating decline of glaciers and ice sheets and their consequences for people and the planet.
A man standing in front of an artificial ice reservoir in the Indian Himalayas
Credit: Dr George Adamson (King's College London)

€10m project will improve where artificial ice reservoirs are located in northern India to help adapt to climate change

A new €10m project will bring together experts to find the most effective place for placing artificial ice reservoirs (AIRS) in the Indian Himalayas to combat the effects of extreme weather events.
A group of students play the life size boardgame, one is holding a card and reading aloud, whilst everyone stands on the board in their own space.

Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with board games

Helping young people who have moved to University navigate online and digital spaces necessary for their education, and overcome the pitfalls they may encounter, is the subject of a new board game from the University of Sheffield.
Professor Jackie Harrison giving a lecture

Academy of Social Sciences honours Jackie Harrison with prestigious fellowship

An honour has been conferred on the head of Journalism Studies for her high-impact work to support the liberty and safety of media professionals.
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Doing qualitative research on inequalities during the Covid-19 pandemic

Researchers in the Department of Sociological Studies have launched a directory of resources about doing qualitative research in socially distant times.
Large wall in Lagos

Researching power, authority and land in Lagos: Taking an oblique approach to the unwritten

Dr Lindsay Sawyer discusses Lagos' unwritten but widely practiced rules for Insight Magazine.
The Times Higher Education Rankings for 2021

University of Sheffield ranks in the top 100 in the world for Social Sciences

Social Sciences, including Law and Education, have been ranked in the top 100 subjects to study in the world, by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021.

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MArch student designs winning bench

Sheffield School o Architecture MArch student Luke Brennan-Scott has winning bench design installed at Victoria Station in London.