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School dinner on a tray — Photograph: Heather Ellis

4 April 2025

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.

2 April 2025

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.

28 March 2025

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

21 March 2025

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.

New Project: An Even Better Arbourthorne

Lee Crookes is working on a new project with the Urban Institute's Beth Perry to address socio-economic disadvantage in Arbourthorne.

1 October 2020

Social Sciences students set to benefit from new work placement opportunities

Students in the social sciences are set to benefit from more work placement opportunities thanks to new funding awarded to the University of Sheffield.

22 September 2020

The case for choosing nature-based solutions to infrastructure

Tom Wild is an ecologist with a background in environmental planning. Based in the Department of Landscape Architecture, Tom’s current work focuses on water management and the benefits of nature-based solutions in infrastructure.

22 September 2020