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20 March 2025

New analysis reveals rapid rise in university start-ups

New analysis by Universities UK (UUK) has revealed that by 2028, around 27,000 new start-ups – with a predicted turnover of around £10.8bn - could be established at institutions in the UK.


18 March 2025

Sheffield Hallam commits to its role as a University of Sanctuary

Sheffield Hallam has reaffirmed its commitment to provide ongoing support for refugees, asylum seekers and people seeking sanctuary across all areas of higher education.


10 March 2025

Sheffield Hallam cues up partnership with World Seniors Snooker

Sheffield Hallam University and World Seniors Snooker have announced a ground-breaking new partnership which will see students currently studying Sport Business Management get real time experience working on the 2025 World Seniors Snooker Championship.


12 November 2024

Sheffield Hallam University marks biggest ever graduation with new alternative ceremony

Sheffield Hallam University’s biggest ever annual graduation is underway with more than 10,000 students set to receive their awards over the next two weeks.


03 October 2024

Sheffield Hallam student takes top prize at World Illustration Awards

Sheffield Hallam University student Kayla Salim has been named ‘Publishing New Talent’ and ‘New Talent Overall Winner’ at the World Illustration Awards for her final year project.


16 August 2024

Sheffield Hallam University celebrates Olympic success

From medal-winning athletes to behind-the-scenes support, Sheffield Hallam University has made significant contributions to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, showcasing its commitment to sports excellence and education


14 August 2024

Hallam product design students pick up prestigious industry awards

Product Design students from Sheffield Hallam University have won three prestigious awards and received industry recognition at the 2024 New Designers showcase


05 August 2024

What the F? - Hallam students design campaign for FCUK

Fashion students from Sheffield Hallam University curated a conceptual fashion event titled ‘What the F?’ in collaboration with French Connection.


22 July 2024

Hallam student’s work awarded commendation from the British Council

Sheffield Hallam student Ngoc Duyen Nguyen has been awarded a commendation for her dissertation in the prestigious British Council MA Dissertation Awards 2023-24.


18 July 2024

Sheffield Hallam students and graduates going for gold in Paris

Sheffield Hallam University students and alumni are going for gold in Paris after being selected to represent Team GB and Team Ireland for the Olympics and Paralympics.


09 July 2024

Funded scholarship supports Ozzy to achieve his career ambition

Sheffield man, Ozzy Jama, who turned his life around through boxing has become the first student to secure a new fully-funded Master’s course in strength and conditioning coaching, helping to increase diversity in the industry.


07 May 2024

Future Now returns to showcase Sheffield’s emerging creative talent

Future Now Festival of Creativity is returning to venues across Sheffield, showcasing creative work from Sheffield Hallam University’s graduating students


15 April 2024

New campaign highlights the success stories of local students who were the first in their family to attend university

New campaign highlights the success stories of local students who were the first in their family to attend university


12 April 2024

Sheffield Hallam food and nutrition students collaborate with drinks company AG Barr

Final year Sheffield Hallam University students have been getting a taste of working in the industry as part of a consultancy challenge with drink manufacturer, AG Barr.


28 March 2024

Hallam students aim to raise another £20,000 for Sheffield charities

Sheffield Hallam students have raised over £450,000 for Sheffield charities over the last 12 years and aim to do it all again in 2024, though a series of charity fundraising events across the city.


09 November 2023

Double success for Sheffield Hallam at national Radiography Awards

A radiotherapy student and lecturer from Sheffield Hallam University are celebrating after a double success at the Radiography Awards 2023.


25 October 2023

Sheffield Hallam success at the Games Industry Awards

Students from Sheffield Hallam University have taken home one award and were shortlisted in three other categories at the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2023


02 August 2023

Turing Scheme provides global opportunities for Hallam students

Sheffield Hallam students will be able to take part in a range of international study or work opportunities after the university secured more than £660,000 through the government’s Turing Scheme.


20 July 2023

Sheffield Hallam product design students win prestigious industry awards

Students from Sheffield Hallam University’s Product Design courses have been recognised with awards from big names in the industry including Habitat and Joseph Joseph.


19 July 2023

ASPIRE programme supports more than 40 Black students into research

More than 40 students from a black background have graduated from a programme set up to help tackle inequality in research and encourage diversity at doctoral-level study.


26 June 2023

Computing students' success at Game Republic Student Showcase

Final-year computing students from Sheffield Hallam were successful in four categories at the annual Game Republic Student Showcase hosted by the University of Bradford.


16 June 2023

Student’s innovative wheelchair buggy wins design competition

A state-of-the-art buggy which affixes to wheelchairs, designed by Sheffield Hallam Student Tom Baker, has won Bolt Burdon Kemp’s Design the Change competition.


14 June 2023

Hallam students reimagine classic 90s videogame

Students from the computing department, working through Steel Minions, the computing department’s in-house game development studio, have helped launch “Zool Redimensioned” on PlayStation 4.


23 May 2023

Inspirational Sheffield Hallam students recognised with awards

Over 60 Hallam students and alumni were awarded Inspirational Student Awards across 17 categories at an event last month, recognising students who have made a real difference to their fellow students, staff, local community and employers


16 March 2023

Hallam students’ success at Royal Television Society Awards

Sheffield Hallam students have picked up five out of a possible ten awards at the Royal Television Society’s Yorkshire Student Awards


20 January 2023

Sheffield Hallam to host exhibition and film screening after visit to Nepal

A short film and collection of work created by staff and students from Sheffield Hallam University following a visit to Nepal to document human rights issues is to be shown at a variety of upcoming events in the city


19 December 2022

Hallam students spend close to 50,000 hours supporting communities through volunteering

From the Sheffield Shoebox appeal to tree planting and conservation, over 1,100 Sheffield Hallam students have supported countless projects and volunteered across more than 50 charities in the last year.


02 December 2022

Sheffield Hallam student named Apprentice of the Year

A Sheffield Hallam University student has been named Apprentice of the Year at the annual Food and Drink Federation awards.


21 November 2022

First cohort of professional policing students graduate from Sheffield Hallam

The first cohort of Sheffield Hallam’s professional policing students have graduated from the University’s this week. The two-year course is run in collaboration with South Yorkshire Police (SYP)


07 October 2022

Sheffield Hallam recognises student elite athletes

Earlier this week, colleagues, partners and support staff from Sheffield Hallam celebrated this year's cohort of performance sport athletes as part of the University's Performance Athletes Support Programme.


09 August 2022

Team Hallam takes home seven medals at Commonwealth Games

Seven medals were won by Sheffield Hallam University students and alumni competing in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.


14 June 2022

Hallam student awarded prestigious physics scholarship

Olivia Tindle from Sheffield Hallam University is one of nine talented students to receive a Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship from the Institute of Physics (IOP).


16 May 2022

Future Now festival launches in Sheffield

Future Now Festival of Creativity launches in Sheffield this week (16 May 2022) showcasing creative work from Sheffield Hallam University’s graduating students.


23 March 2022

Hallam students aim to raise another £30,000 for Sheffield charities

Sheffield Hallam students have raised over £250,000 for Sheffield charities over the last 10 years and aim to do it all again in 2022, though a series of charity fundraising events across the city.


16 March 2022

Sheffield Hallam students and staff raise over £8,000 for Ukraine appeal

Staff and students from Sheffield Hallam University are cycling the distance between South Yorkshire and the Ukrainian border to raise money for the DEC Ukraine appeal.


25 November 2021

Innovative entrepreneurs celebrated at Hallam Enterprise Awards

Ten of the best student and graduate entrepreneurs have been recognised as part of the Hallam Enterprise Awards.


25 October 2021

Hallam students join The Walk – a travelling festival of art and hope in support of refugees

Students are set to welcome Little Amal, a 3.5 metre puppet of a 10-year-old refugee girl, as part of a travelling festival of art and hope in support of refugees.


23 September 2021

Hallam students celebrate Yorkshire for film competition

Four media student groups have reached the final of the inaugural Welcome to Yorkshire Student Film Competition.


23 August 2021

Funding secured to support students to study, work and volunteer abroad

The University has been awarded more than £600,000 through the UK government’s new global exchange programme to support more students to take part in international study, work and volunteering opportunities.


13 August 2021

Hallam partners with Sheffield United to create research innovation and student placement initiative

Helping Sheffield United to outperform their competitors is the aim of a new partnership with Sheffield Hallam University which will boost player development and create student placement opportunities.


01 July 2021

Music star Ellie Goulding wears dress designed by Hallam graduate

A dress designed by fashion design graduate, Olivia Creighton, has been worn by international music star Ellie Goulding at the Cartier Queen's Cup Final.


22 June 2021

Students awaken creative skills at outdoor theatre showcase

Students are putting on a show that celebrates the joy of being creative and the thrill of working together, after a year of lockdown learning.


08 June 2021

Hallam students rev up Musical Theatre Drive In event at Meadowhall

Event and festival management students have played a key role in organising a musical theatre drive in event raising funds for a local youth housing charity.


13 April 2021

Documentary by Hallam graduates shows how Sheffield BAMER community came together during pandemic

Giving a voice to Sheffield’s Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee communities is the aim of a documentary project supported by recent graduates.


02 December 2020

Hallam student’s Happiness Bootcamp boosts Sheffield’s mental health

Sheffield Hallam student Aimee Browes has channeled her passion for exercise into improving the mental health of fellow students and the local community in Sheffield.


19 November 2020

Hallam student sports teams come together to help those in need

Sporting students at Sheffield Hallam University have donated hundreds of items to local foodbanks and run thousands of miles in aid of charity to do their bit to help those most in need during the Covid-19 pandemic.


11 November 2020

Hallam students bring Off the Shelf festival to life in series of illustrations

Students at Sheffield Hallam have captured Off the Shelf in a series of illustrations to document and celebrate the festival – one of the largest literary festivals in the UK.


29 October 2020

Hallam student named mental health nurse of the year

A ‘remarkable’ Sheffield Hallam University student who made a ‘significant positive impact’ on her course and department has been named Student Nurse of the Year (Mental Health).


27 October 2020

Students showcase entrepreneurial spirit at Hallam Enterprise Awards

A local online shopping delivery app that generated £100,000 of orders for regional retailers and a social enterprise that helps children improve their literacy and numeracy skills are among a diverse range of businesses recognised as part of the Hallam Enterprise Awards.


15 October 2020

Hallam students spend 41,000 hours helping the community through volunteering

From lifting the spirits of people in isolation to raising money for the vulnerable and frontline workers, students at Sheffield Hallam have spent more than 41,000 hours giving back to the community.


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