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13 February 2025

New exhibition explores the rights of the River Don

A new exhibition exploring the cultural and environmental significance of the River Don, its health and its rights, will launch at Kelham Island Museum in March.


21 January 2025

A two-year study into tenancy sustainment in social housing highlights the difficulties and sacrifices tenants face paying their rent

The ‘Holding on to home: tenancy sustainment in social housing’ study from Sheffield Hallam University, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, looked at the causes of rent payment difficulties, and rent arrears, in particular.


10 July 2024

ASPIRE programme successfully supports a new cohort of 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.


12 June 2024

Mental wellbeing and social connections of middle-aged men improved by parkruns

Taking part in parkrun has a positive impact on the mental wellbeing of middle-aged men and helps them to form new friendships, according to new research.


06 March 2024

New research network will improve South Yorkshire children’s health outcomes

A new research network bringing together leading experts from across the region to improve health outcomes for children across South Yorkshire has been launched.


01 February 2024

South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub welcomes investment by Google

Google has announced investment in ground-breaking research, apprenticeships and digital skills training through the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub to help address health inequalities and drive economic growth across the region.


04 December 2023

Sheffield Hallam researcher awarded prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship

Sheffield Hallam University researcher, Dr Alice Bullas, been awarded a £1.6m Future Leaders Fellowship from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop new body measurement methods for children living with obesity.


30 November 2023

Sheffield Hallam University to support new £5m project to improve health and tackle inequalities in Wakefield

Sheffield Hallam University is a key research partner in a new £5m programme to gain more insight into why residents in Wakefield have poorer health than people living in other parts of the country.


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.


02 November 2023

Sheffield Hallam develops research-informed adult safeguarding education programme with the support of FIFA’s Research Scholarship

Sheffield Hallam University has developed a research-informed adult safeguarding education programme with the support of FIFA’s Research Scholarship to address maltreatment in professional and semi-professional football


08 September 2023

Heating on prescription scheme significantly improved health and wellbeing - new research

A scheme that provides heating on prescription to some vulnerable NHS patients significantly improved their health and wellbeing, according to new research by Sheffield Hallam University.


07 September 2023

Sheffield Hallam shortlisted for two Times Higher Education Awards

Sheffield Hallam University has been shortlisted in two categories of the Times Higher Education Awards 2023.


21 July 2023

Sheffield Hallam develops VR world to improve mental health in older adults

Sheffield Hallam University has teamed up with Age UK Sheffield, Innerva and Pixelmill Digital to launch Planet Wellbeing, a virtual reality world designed to alleviate loneliness and mental health issues in older adults


18 July 2023

New research reveals 'pervasive’ nature of gendered online abuse in sport

New research examining gendered online abuse in sport has found that it remains ‘pervasive’, with a report from Sheffield Hallam University and Loughborough University London released ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 kicking off this week


11 July 2023

Six-figure grant awarded to explore the benefits of golf for people with Parkinson's and dementia

Sheffield Hallam University has teamed up with Golf in Society (GiS) and Sport for Confidence to explore how golf can improve the health, wellbeing and quality of life for older adults who are experiencing age-related changes such as memory loss, episodes of confusion or reduced ability to concentrate.


04 July 2023

Industry experts to help transform doctoral supervision

The expertise of more than 100 supervisors from major industries including GSK, Unilever, the BBC, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, will support a £4.6 million project to transform guidance on doctoral work.


19 June 2023

Pioneering prostate cancer study marks patient milestone

Sheffield Hallam University has welcomed the 700th patient to its pioneering STAMINA study, which investigates the role of exercise in improving quality of life and combating the debilitating side effects of hormone treatment for prostate cancer.


09 May 2023

Sheffield Hallam to investigate health repercussions of low carbon monoxide exposure

Scientists from Sheffield Hallam University have been awarded £615,000 to investigate the effects of low-level exposure to CO (carbon monoxide) on the adult and developing brain.


27 March 2023

New research partnership launched to help improve responses to UK security issues

Sheffield Hallam University is set to play a key role in a new partnership that will help to address the challenges the UK faces from global security threats.


28 February 2023

Consumer spending by UK golfers increases to £5.1 billion

Spending by golfers in the United Kingdom has grown to £5.1 billion, the equivalent of £964 per adult golfer, according to an independent report from Sheffield Hallam University’s Sport Industry Research Centre (SIRC), funded by The R&A.


21 February 2023

Major study on physical activity support for Long-COVID patients launched

A major study from Sheffield Hallam University and ukactive has been launched to understand how the sport and physical activity sector is supporting people suffering from Long-COVID


20 February 2023

Fingerprint breakthrough in breast cancer detection

A team of scientists from Sheffield Hallam University has successfully developed a pioneering non-invasive method for detecting breast cancer from fingerprints, with 98% accuracy


10 August 2022

Community ownership key to levelling up Britain’s high streets, according to new research

A new report from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University and Power to Change has shone a light on the need and opportunity for supporting communities to save ailing high streets and support the levelling up agenda.


07 July 2022

Sheffield Hallam awarded £300k from UKRI for healthy ageing project

Sheffield Hallam University has been awarded £300,000 for a healthy ageing project that will address some of the barriers faced by older adults who struggle to participate in traditional exercise.


22 June 2022

First-of-its-kind study will develop VR scenarios to help children overcome social anxiety disorders

Sheffield Hallam University has been awarded £35,000 to develop a platform of home-based immersive virtual reality (VR) scenarios to help alleviate social anxiety disorder (SAD) symptoms amongst children.


20 June 2022

Government accused of withholding ethnicity data relating to Covid-19 deaths amongst NHS workers

The government has been accused of refusing to disclose the demographic information relating to Covid-19 deaths amongst NHS workers in England, despite multiple Freedom of Information submissions.


11 May 2022

Sheffield Hallam develops new methods to reduce use of animal testing in medical research

Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University are working to find alternate methods of conducting medical research that does not require live animals.


18 March 2022

New study finds 3D body measures could pave the way to a 'new BMI'

A team of health researchers from Sheffield Hallam University has found that three-dimensional (3D) body imaging technology provides crucial information that cannot be obtained using traditional methods, such as body mass index (BMI)


04 March 2022

New study finds professional football environment legitimises bullying masked as banter

A new study exploring the perceptions of banter amongst footballers has found the professional setting can legitimise and normalise bullying, and highlights the need for coaches, players and sports clubs to address the cultural expectations around banter in their environments.


03 March 2022

New research exposes systemic racism in the NHS as nurses launch Manifesto for Change

A manifesto has been drawn up to demand action from health authorities as part of a ground-breaking study that has uncovered ‘shocking and systemic’ levels of racism in the NHS.


01 March 2022

First-of-its-kind study shines a light on the ‘essential contribution’ of GP nurses

A new report from Sonnet Impact and Sheffield Hallam University has laid bare the unique contribution of general practice nurses (GPNs) and the importance of the profession under the NHS Long Term Plan.


16 February 2022

New report finds World Bank’s development investment arm ‘complicit in repression of Uyghur and other minoritised citizens’

The World Bank’s development investment arm, International Finance Corporation, has almost $500m in loans and equity investment in companies active in the oppression of Uyghur people in China, according to a new report


15 February 2022

Government should implement professional development entitlement for teachers– new report

Teachers should be given a government implemented entitlement to professional development at all stages of their career and all schools should appoint a senior leader responsible for staff development, according to a new report.


27 May 2021

Hallam joins industries green recovery research hub

Sheffield Hallam has joined a consortium which will examine how the foundation industries can grow and develop whilst achieving net zero 2050 environmental targets.


05 May 2021

Hallam publishes first qualitative study into the role of physical activity and long Covid

Academics from Sheffield Hallam University have published the first qualitative study exploring the role that physical activity plays in the experiences of people living with long Covid.


29 April 2021

Geoscientists call for action on tackling racial inequality

An article published in the journal Nature Geoscience has highlighted the shocking under-representation of students from ethnic minority backgrounds in the Geosciences.


23 April 2021

New research project to examine the impact of exercise on those suffering with systemic sclerosis

Sheffield Hallam academics will lead a major new Europe-wide research study into the effects of exercise on pain and fatigue felt by those living with systemic sclerosis.


26 March 2021

Hallam behavioural scientist leads development of new guidance to support the national vaccine roll-out

New guidance which aims to support the national Covid vaccine roll-out by encouraging people to continue to adhere to government guidelines after their first dose has been developed by a Sheffield Hallam University behavioural scientist.


24 March 2021

Hallam research used to highlight the social value of gyms

A group of 186 affordable gyms run by The Gym Group generated £1.8bn in social value since 2016, according to analysis carried out by Sheffield Hallam University.


03 March 2021

Sheffield Hallam researchers install first of its kind energy harnessing playground in India

Working with local project partners, researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have designed and installed the first of its kind energy harnessing playground that stimulates crop growth as children play and learn.


01 March 2021

New book launched to provide support for people recently diagnosed with dementia

Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University have worked alongside a poet and illustrator to launch a book which offers a new way of providing information to those who have been recently diagnosed.


25 January 2021

Developing advanced human body measurement

A new research and innovation programme is underway at Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) that is set to transform the way we measure the human body.


22 January 2021

Pandemic has ‘wiped out ten years’ progress in older industrial Britain’

Unemployment in older industrial Britain is now above the levels experienced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.


21 January 2021

Sport participation levels reduced in students from lower socio-economic groups

Students from lower socio-economic groups (SEG) are less likely to participate in sport or physical activity at university, research from Sheffield Hallam University has found.


30 December 2020

Professor of maternal and infant health awarded an MBE

Professor of maternal and infant health awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list


01 December 2020

Exploring the benefits of water-based exercise

New research published by academics at Sheffield Hallam University has found regular water-based exercise offers just as many benefits for healthy older people as other, more traditional exercises.


30 November 2020

Parliament Select Committees set to hear from Hallam academics

MPs are set to hear from three Sheffield Hallam University academics tomorrow (1 Dec) as they give evidence to Select Committees on the impact Covid-19 has had on health technology and grass roots sport.


28 October 2020

Study launched to explore impact of knife crime images on young people

The effects of knife images on young people are set to be examined as part of a new partnership project led by researchers at Sheffield Hallam.


25 September 2020

Global partnership creates unique international opportunities for Hallam students

Sheffield Hallam University has co-launched a unique collaborative degree course and joint PhD programme with partner institution, La Trobe University in Australia.


16 September 2020

Hallam project Life-Saving Lullabies wins award for social impact

A project which harnesses the power of song to spread vital healthcare messages among African women has been recognised for its social impact.