Research at Sheffield Hallam University
There’s no doubt that cutting edge research and innovative development and their application to markets and customers are vital to the UK’s economic success. Here at Sheffield Hallam, both fundamental and applied research underpin our teaching and research culture.
We have 16 research centres and institutes and several specialised research groups. Many have national and international reputation, featuring key research areas such as materials science, art and design, sports science and engineering, biomedicine, and economic and social research. Our reputation is reflected in the fact that we are one of the leading new universities in the UK, building on our previous successes in the 2001 and 2008 Research Assessment Exercises (RAE).
The results of RAE 2008 show that 68 per cent of research activity at Sheffield Hallam was rated at international quality or above, and all submitted Units demonstrated international research excellence in their quality profile. The University was placed sixth for research power compared with all other post-1992 universities, showing both quality and volume of research
In addition we're driving and promoting cross-disciplinary research, such as encouraging traditional science disciplines to bring together artists, designers, healthcare professionals and industrial partners in their research activities. And through are portfolio of European and International research projects, we are working in partnership with academic research institutes, industry, SMES, public, voluntary and community sectors, and not least the end users themselves to achieve economic and social transformation.
We have an ambitious growth strategy to sustain and develop our programme of research, so we're building on our research environment to support this, investing in infrastructure, research careers and a sense of research community.
