Five COVID customs which emerged during lockdown
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.