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School dinner on a tray
Photograph: Heather Ellis

Immersive School Dinners exhibition offers food for thought

A new School Dinners exhibition, created in collaboration by researchers from the University of Sheffield, brings the mixed memories and tastes of school food to life.

Tony Crook looking at the camera.

Professor Tony Crook Legacy Seminar

The School of Geography and Planning is holding an afternoon event to celebrate the contribution of Professor ADH (Tony) Crook CBE to applied housing and planning policy research.
Photograph of Dr Tim Herrick smiling

Dr Tim Herrick made a Principal Fellow of the HEA

Congratulations to Dr Tim Herrick on being awarded Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Authority (HEA).
A photograph of the Suyuparina Mountain Glacier, in Peru.
Suyuparina Glacier, Peru

Shrinking Andean glaciers threaten water supply of 90 million people, global policy makers warned

Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the water supply of 90 million people on the South American continent at the first-ever World Day for Glaciers hosted by UNESCO.
Mayor at the formal signing of the Peace Strategy

Co-developing a city-wide strategy for peace

People in Buenaventura face ongoing violence from armed organisations. Researchers at the University of Sheffield and partners have been awarded the Economic & Social Research Council’s Societal Impact Prize for the coproduction of a peace strategy.
A map showing the economic impact of Covid-19 restrictions on the retail and hospitality industries in South Yorkshire.

City centres could lose £3 billion due to permanent changes caused by Covid-19, new study reveals

A new study from the University of Sheffield has calculated the long term economic impact of Covid-19 on city centres, and found that as the shift towards working from home moves businesses to suburban areas, centres stand to lose £3 billion in 2022.
Dr Jenny Pickerill visiting an eco-home

Professor Jenny Pickerill and Dr Ankit Kumar discuss eco-homes in new educational video

The video, produced by Time for Geography, focuses on achieving energy sustainability and examines the challenges to applying sustainable energy solutions.

| Time for Geography
A single parent holds the hand of their young child as they walk down the road.

Widening inequalities for children in the North of England cost billions, increase poverty and cost children’s lives

A major new report out today paints a stark picture of inequality for children growing up in the North of England post-pandemic compared to those in the rest of the country.
Close up image of a person's hands, pouring hand sanitiser from a bottle into their hand

Employment related COVID-19 exposure risk among disabled people in the UK

Research from the Department of Economics provides new evidence about the work-related exposure of disabled people to COVID-19.