Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre has celebrated the second anniversary of the Civic Fellowship programme aimed at developing strong partnerships between local community-based organisations and academic researchers.

It’s a great time to start a new job in Sheffield. I write at the start of my second month as Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University.

Sheffield Hallam staff and students have teamed up for a Nature Recovery Day, planting sphagnum moss to store carbon, help reduce flooding and provide habitat for wildlife.

Master’s students at Sheffield Hallam University have collaborated with SYNETIQ, the UK’s leading vehicle salvage, dismantling and recycling company, to help it achieve its net zero ambitions.

Degree-level apprenticeships work across many different disciplines because they are employer-led; aimed towards people at all ages and at all stages of life, based on skills gaps and demand. The principle that this kind of education should be widely available needs to be robustly defended, and the benefits that these programmes bring to Yorkshire’s economy and public services should be plainly set out.

Tim Smith CBE has been appointed as the Chair of the Board (Designate) of Sheffield Hallam University.

A new mural celebrating Sheffield, its people and its places has been painted by a former Hallam student on the walkway between Sheffield’s bus and rail stations to brighten up the interchange.

Sheffield Hallam University will be celebrating the passion of its staff, creativity of students and collaboration with industry in a Hallam curated line up of events for Off the Shelf Festival of Words (13-19 October).

Twelve civic university partnerships have been chosen to take part in a newly launched action learning programme (ALP) to help accelerate universities’ local social and economic impact.

Sheffield Hallam University is marking the two-year anniversary of the launch of its Civic University Agreement, after achieving success against several key pledges made to the region.