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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.

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.

Sheffield Hallam has been recognised for the positive impact it has had on businesses, amidst the uncertainty and disruption of the global Covid-19 pandemic and been named as a UK Business Hero.

Following extensive work by a multi-faith working group made up of students and staff representatives, Sheffield Hallam has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.

Sheffield Hallam University has partnered with organisations across the region to help create 6-month work placement opportunities through the Government’s recently announced £2bn Kickstart scheme.

A new forensic fingerprint method has been developed by Sheffield Hallam University which could help police to gain a greater understanding of crime scenes from blood evidence.

A new documentary from Sheffield Hallam University has laid bare the distressing reality for women suffering economic abuse in India.

In response to Black Lives Matter protests, sales of books by black British authors, such as Reni Eddo-Lodge and Bernadine Evaristo, have topped the UK bestseller lists. Several recent prestigious awards have also been won by black writers, including Candice Carty-Williams who won book of the year for Queenie at the British Book Awards. While these firsts must be celebrated, they also shine a light on publishing’s systemic practices, which have maintained inequalities and under-representation for black, Asian and minority ethnic writers and diverse books.

Ella Kissi-Debrah died in London in February 2013, aged only nine years old, having been unwell with respiratory disease requiring multiple hospital admissions for several years.

I have been tracking how people are expressing beliefs and values using folkloric practices today. It seems that during these dark times they are being used to visibly brighten our communities. Many of us will have perpetuated these customs simply for something to do – particularly families desperate for ideas to occupy children.