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Am image of a man up a ladder installing some solar panels on the roof of a typical semi-detached house.

Government urged to tackle inequality in ‘low-carbon tech’ like solar panels and electric cars

The UK government needs to go beyond offering subsidies for low-carbon technologies like electric cars and solar panels for energy and heating, if it is to meet its net-zero targets by 2050, a new report from the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield suggests.
School dinner on a tray
Photograph: Heather Ellis

Immersive School Dinners exhibition offers food for thought

A new School Dinners exhibition, created in collaboration by researchers from the СŷÊÓƵ of Sheffield, brings the mixed memories and tastes of school food to life.

Tony Crook looking at the camera.

Professor Tony Crook Legacy Seminar

The School of Geography and Planning is holding an afternoon event to celebrate the contribution of Professor ADH (Tony) Crook CBE to applied housing and planning policy research.
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Dr Tim Herrick made a Principal Fellow of the HEA

Congratulations to Dr Tim Herrick on being awarded Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Authority (HEA).
Children and teacher using digital media in the classroom

FORTITUDE: Empowering children & young people through law and play

Professor Dawn Watkins, from the School of Law, is leading a project to teach children and young people about their legal rights and responsibilities and is seeking participants to help with evaluation.
A book cover showing a clown crossing a road

Understanding Well-being Data

A presentation and discussion of Dr Susan Oman's book Understanding Well-being Data. It follows well-being data back centuries, showing they have long been used to track the health and wealth of society.
A city next to a forest

Smarter, Greener Extractivism

Upcoming research seminar from Pat Brodie, School of Information and Communication Studies at СŷÊÓƵ College Dublin, Ireland, organised by the Information School Digital Societies Research Group.
Kate Campbell Pilling

Law Teacher of the Year 2024

A huge congratulations to Kate Campbell-Pilling who has been shortlisted for this year's Law Teacher of the Year award.