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30 January 2025

Funding secured to support doctoral research in the arts and humanities

Sheffield Hallam University has been awarded funding for 15 PhD studentships by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of a significant investment in arts and humanities research across the UK.


20 December 2024

New plaque celebrates first women to petition for the right to vote

A new plaque to commemorate Abiah Higginbottom, a Sheffield woman who led the first-ever petition for the right of all women to vote, has been unveiled at Sheffield Hallam University.


29 November 2024

Councils should work with unions to improve vulnerable workers’ rights

Councils could help improve rights for local workers most vulnerable to insecure, exploitative and unsafe working conditions by working with trade unions, new research shows.


22 October 2024

Explore Hallam’s free events for this year’s Festival of Social Science

The UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to Sheffield this autumn to delve into the ideas that shape our everyday lives through the pioneering work of the city’s world-leading social scientists.


07 November 2023

White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership awarded five-year funding

The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership has been awarded funding for a further five years to support doctoral scholarship and training in the social sciences at Sheffield Hallam University.


25 September 2023

From school food memories to AI in social care: Explore the Festival of Social Science 2023 in Sheffield

The UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to Sheffield this autumn to delve into the ideas that shape our everyday lives through the pioneering work of the city’s world-leading social scientists.


20 June 2023

Sheffield Hallam researchers awarded funding to create wearable dementia technology

Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have been awarded £80,000 funding by the Longitude Prize on Dementia to create a wearable dementia assistant


09 June 2023

Warfare threatening environmental health crisis in Syria

New research suggests that 12 years of warfare in Northwest Syria is contaminating soils, posing risks to agriculture and food security in a region already under critical stress.


25 April 2023

Future Now Festival of Creativity returns to venues across Sheffield for 2023

Future Now Festival of Creativity has returned to Sheffield, showcasing creative work from Sheffield Hallam University’s graduating students.


17 February 2023

New exhibition reflects on Sheffield’s floods

Academics and students from Sheffield Hallam University have added to the new Ruskin Collection displays at the Millennium Gallery reflecting on the impacts of flooding in Sheffield


19 December 2022

Sheffield Hallam helps local authorities to broaden reach of Family Hubs

New research from Sheffield Hallam University, commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE), has helped to identify barriers some families are experiencing in accessing Family Hub services.


10 November 2022

National Meme Day: New study finds memes help to alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression

National Meme Day: New study finds memes help to alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression


03 November 2022

New £4 million Digital Good Network launched to ensure technologies are beneficial to society

Sheffield Hallam University is part of a new Digital Good Network (DGN) which will explore how digital technologies can be used in ways that benefit people, society and the economy.


28 September 2022

Rough sleepers disproportionately criminalised by PSPOs

People experiencing street homelessness are disproportionately criminalised in areas with Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs), according to a new report from Sheffield Hallam University.


21 July 2022

Child victims of trafficking share their views and experiences in new research

Young victims of modern slavery have shared their experiences following identification of human trafficking through the UK immigration and social care systems in a new interim report published today.


28 April 2022

Hallam academic leads memorial for anti-colonial activist Joseph Bilé

A plaque to commemorate Joseph Bilé, one of the most important German-speaking Black political activists, has been placed in Berlin thanks to a Sheffield Hallam academic.


01 March 2022

Social justice professor recognised with prestigious fellowship

A Sheffield Hallam University social justice professor whose research aims to transform care and protection of child victims of human trafficking has been conferred as a fellow of the prestigious Academy of Social Sciences.


12 November 2021

Covid-19 internet memes can be a coping mechanism for those with anxiety

Internet memes related to Covid-19 may act as a coping mechanism for people suffering from clinically significant symptoms of anxiety, a new study has found.


30 March 2021

New research reveals hidden meaning behind selfies

Different camera angles used by men and women when taking selfies serve as a type of non-verbal communication about the photo taker’s intentions, according to new research.


15 December 2020

Behaviour experts recommend praise to encourage compliance with Covid-19 guidelines

People are more willing to adhere to Covid-19 restrictions if they are praised for their efforts and told why guidelines are changing, according to behavioural science experts from Sheffield Hallam University.


09 December 2020

New research project to explore impact of anti-social behaviour powers on homeless people

The impact of anti-social behaviour powers on the lives of homeless people will be explored in a new research project led by Sheffield Hallam University