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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).
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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.
A chart showing the core samples used in the research.
Source: Deltares, Utrecht University, TNO Netherlands Geological Service, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), University of Leeds, University of Sheffield, University of Amsterdam, LIAG and BGR.

New data on historic sea level rise will help scientists see into the future of global warming

New research on historical sea-level rise will give scientists new knowledge into how global warming will affect the earth’s rapidly melting ice sheets.
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Dr Kate Miltner joins UK Young Academy

We are pleased to announce that Dr Kate Miltner has joined the UK Young Academy, an interdisciplinary network of early-career professionals and researchers working together to tackle pressing global and local challenges and promote lasting change.
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Conference of the Parties (COP) 29

The Faculty of Social Sciences is well represented at this year's COP currently underway in Azerbaijan with delegates from a range of disciplines.
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Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) Re-launch

The Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) are relaunching with an event on the 3rd of December entitled "Reclaiming a positive future vision of caring from the perma-crisis of social care".
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BAFTA-nominated actors 5 times more likely to have attended private school than UK population.

Research from the Sutton Trust, including the School of Education's Dr Mark Taylor, find younger adults from working-class backgrounds are 4 times less likely to work in the creative industries compared to their middle-class peers.
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Comment: Georgia - how this pivotal swing state flipped back to the Republicans

Researcher Katie Pruszynski, from the Department of Politics and International Relations, writes for The Conversation

| The Conversation
Part of the cover of "Controlling the Capital", a new book co-edited by Tom Goodfellow

Autocrats and cities: how capitals have become a battleground for protest and control

Even where anti-authoritarian protests have proved futile time and again, urban populations rarely remain quiet. Tom Goodfellow from the School of Geography and Planning explores how protests and authorities interact in rapidly urbanising areas.

| Published by The Conversation