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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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Sheffield students nominated for Landscape Institute Awards

Three students from the Department of Landscape Architecture have been nominated for Best Dissertation in the 2020 Landscape Institute Awards.
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Dr Anastasia Shesterinina one of four Sheffield academics awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

Dr Anastasia Shesterinina is the first recipient of this fellowship in the University's Faculty of Social Sciences for her project 'Understanding Civil War from Pre- to Post-war stages: A comparative approach.'

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The ambiguous conservation benefits of caviar

Rising demand for luxury wildlife products among European & North American consumers is a key driver in the global illegal wildlife trade. Hannah Dickinson's research examines the impact of caviar trade regulations upon illegal caviar trade in the EU
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Ideology, housing and English planning

In a recent paper, Dr Andy Inch shows why it is important for both theory and practice to recognise how ideology influences town planning.
The four-year research project added ornamental plants to previously bare front gardens in economically deprived streets of Salford (Image: Anna Da Silva / RHS images)
The four-year research project added ornamental plants to previously bare front gardens in economically deprived streets of Salford (Image: Anna Da Silva / RHS images)

Scientific research shows that greener front gardens reduce stress

Including a few plants in a bare front garden could reduce stress levels as much as eight weekly mindfulness sessions, new research by the Department of Landscape Architecture in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has shown.