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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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Sheffield researchers help national charity Play England secure £18m in the chancellor's budget for England's play areas

Researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences have helped national charity Play England secure £18m in the chancellor's budget to improve and update children’s play areas.
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Congratulations to our new Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

Three Faculty of Social Sciences colleagues have been successfully nominated to become Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences: Jackie Harrison (Journalism); Damian Hodgson (Management School) and Kate Reed (Sociological Studies).
Professor Damian Hodgson

Congratulations to Professor Damian Hodgson on his Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences

The Sheffield University Management School community would like to congratulate Professor Damian Hodgson who is a member of the Organisation Studies research cluster on being elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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Project launches examining how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts children’s play

A new project exploring how children play during the COVID-19 pandemic has
received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
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Dr Lucy Mayblin awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize for asylum and migration research

We are delighted to announce that Dr Lucy Mayblin has been awarded a prestigious prize from The Leverhulme Trust in recognition of her research achievements in the area of asylum and migration.
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Green infrastructure: contributing to air quality, health and wellbeing

A new collaborative research project which explores how green infrastructure and other nature-based solutions contribute to air quality, health and wellbeing.