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New research projects announced to tackle overheating in UK hospitals

Three new research projects have launched which aim to enhance patient safety by addressing the urgent threat of extreme heat in NHS buildings.
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Black History for Every Day of the Year wins book awards

We’re delighted to share the news that Black History for Every Day of the Year, by Dr Yinka Olusoga, has won two awards at the School Library Association’s Information Book Awards 2025.
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Tougher action on criminal landlords needed to overhaul failing system new research finds

Research findings by Dr Xavier L’Hoiry forms part of four new reports highlighting how councils and police forces across the UK are failing to crack down on criminal landlords operating at the margins of the private rented sector.
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Our experts react to the chancellor’s autumn budget

We asked our experts to react to chancellor Rachel Reeves' much anticipated autumn budget, here they share what they made of her announcement.
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Top 100 for Social Sciences: 2022 THE World University Rankings 2022

We've been ranked in the top 100 in the 2022 THE World University Rankings for Social Sciences.

Using street lighting to support pedestrian safety at night

Professor Steve Fotios and his colleagues from the Lighting Research Group (in the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield) are researching ways to enhance street lighting, in order to support the visual needs of pedestrians.
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Student loneliness through the pandemic: how, why and where?

As a group whose connections with both people and place have suffered as study moved online in the Covid-19 pandemic, students’ loneliness has grown in severity and visibility.

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The effect of terrorism on public attitudes and individual wellbeing

A new project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will explore how to develop adequate capabilities to manage the consequences of terrorist attacks.
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BEaStly Business: Examining the illegal trade in bears, eels and songbirds

Political ecologists begin investigation into the illegal trade of European species, sometimes facilitated by legal companies and infrastructures.