Currently Principal Lecturer, and Course Leader for Business Engagement, Employability, and Apprenticeships Lead

Alisha is a Principal Lecturer and Hospitality Subject Group Leader at Sheffield Business School. Alisha has completed a Bachelors of Science Degree in Tourism Management, a Masters Degree in Management Studies and a PhD in Tourism which focused on investigating the uses and applications of ICT for sustainable tourism for destinations. She teaches in the areas of innovation, IT, sustainable tourism and hospitality operations. Her research interests are sustainable development, technology applications and impacts for hospitality and tourism, innovation in hospitality and tourism, destination management and online research methods.

COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on the restaurant industry. While a few restaurants have found ways to provide takeaway and dine-at-home offerings, the majority of businesses have shut up shop during lockdown. From July 4, restaurants in the UK are permitted to open – but dining out will be very different. Here are seven ways in which social distancing and the wider impact of COVID-19 will change the restaurant industry.

With origins in the design, manufacturing and fabrication industries of Victorian Sheffield, through to the pioneering innovations of Sheffield City Polytechnic, Hallam is firmly rooted in the making and creating heritage of South Yorkshire.

Transforming the UK by ‘spreading opportunity and prosperity to all parts of it’ was the central commitment of the government’s long awaited white paper on levelling up, which was finally published last week.

As we head into 2024, small businesses across our region, and the country, are facing myriad challenges. Rising costs, recruitment and retention issues, the climate emergency, pressure to achieve net zero and geopolitical uncertainty to name a few.

The UK’s leading entrepreneurial university is in Sheffield – what does this mean for the city and region?

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has announced that we've earned accreditation for our Business School – marking it out as within the top five per cent of business schools globally.

Sheffield Hallam partners with Europol to tackle cybercrime and terrorism

Giving students a global insight on how to do business is the aim of a unique new collaboration between Sheffield Hallam University and two leading business schools in Europe.