| 24 January 2012 |
Postgraduate Newsletter Winter 2011/12 Edition
The latest edition of our Postgraduate Newsletter has just been published... |
| 06 January 2012 |
High winds make departmental TV star
High winds across the county this week made a TV star out of one of the Department's weather stations... |
| 20 December 2011 |
Marie Curie Fellow wins prestigious Green Talent award
Dr Ana Paula Bortoleto has been awarded a prestigious Green Talent award by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research... |
| 11 November 2011 |
Another successful Athens fieldclass
Six of our former undergraduates have co-authored an article in the Geographical Association's (GA) journal Teaching Geography (Autumn 2011) providing their personal reflections on the GA's manifesto "A Different View"... |
| 12 October 2011 |
Sheffield Geography students provide 'A Different View'
Six of our former undergraduates have co-authored an article in the Geographical Association's (GA) journal Teaching Geography (Autumn 2011) providing their personal reflections on the GA's manifesto "A Different View"... |
| 26 September 2011 |
Geography at Sheffield tops 2011 National Student Survey
The Department of Geography has achieved high satisfaction ratings in the 2011 National Student Survey (NSS). Degrees in Physical Geography (98% satisfied) and Human Geography (91% satisfied) at the University of Sheffield continue to offer an excellent student experience... |
| 24 September 2011 |
Come along to our Intro Week Welcome Walk!
All undergraduate and postgraduate students are invited to join Geography staff and members of the GeogSoc committee on a special walk to the Peak District to welcome all our new Geography students to Sheffield... |
| 2 September 2011 |
James aims to make it round the world
James Hirst (BA Geography, 2008) left home this week to embark on a round-the-world bicycle ride to help raise £20,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support... |
| 7 July 2011 |
Academic prizes 2010 – 2011
We are pleased to announce this year's prizes... |
| 22 June 2011 |
Postgraduate Newsletter hot off the press!
The latest edition of the Postgraduate Newsletter has just been published... |
| 1 June 2011 |
Peter Jackson appointed Chair of the Food Standards Agency's Social Science Research Committee (SSRC)
Peter Jackson has been appointed as Chair of the FSA's SSRC, having previously served on the committee since its inception in 2008... |
| 25 May 2011 |
How melting glaciers effect ocean currents
Departmental staff have used a computer climate model to study how freshwater entering the oceans at the end of the penultimate Ice Age 140,000 years ago affected the parts of the ocean currents that control climate... |
| 20 May 2011 |
Department hosts 'Windy Day' meeting
The 17th 'Windy Day' meeting will be held at the Department of Geography, University of Sheffield on 19 October 2011... |
| 17 May 2011 |
Geography alumni awarded
Two departmental alumni have recently received prestigious awards...
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| 6 May 2011 |
Tuck in for Tikeet!
Following on from last year's success, this year's West Pokot Week is encouraging everyone in the Geography & Planning Building to "Tuck in for Tikeet"...
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| 5 May 2011 |
Three Geography staff nominated for Students' Union Academic Awards
The University of Sheffield Students' Union recognises that good teaching has an enormous positive impact on student's learning experience...
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| 21 April 2011 |
Dry spring in Sheffield and no sign of a let up
This spring so far has been unusually dry, with only 7.7 mm of rainfall recorded in March and 5.9 mm in April so far...
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| 1 April 2011 |
Nicky wins AAG Photo Competition
Professor Nicky Gregson has won this year's Association of American Geographers (AAG) Geography in Focus photo competition...
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| 8 February 2011 |
Geography Student Photo Competition 2010
The department is very pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 Geography Student Photo Competition...
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| 7 February 2011 |
Masters students return from successful Kenya fieldclass
International development students (MA International Development, MPH Public Health and International development, MSc Environmental Change and International development) recently visited West Pokot, Kenya in order to gain firsthand experience of development fieldwork...
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| 4 February 2011 |
Ben Hennig named as one of 50 'ones to watch' in the North of England in 2011
The Institute of Public Policy Research North (ippr north) has just named Ben Hennig in the Northern Lights 2011 Top 50...
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| 21 January 2011 |
Stephanie awarded 2011 Geographical Association internship
Stephanie Milton, a second year BSc student, has been awarded this year's internship at The Geographical Association...
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| 19 January 2011 |
Graduation of our first new Masters programmes
On Thursday 13 January 2011 the first group of students from our new suite of Masters programmes graduated...
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| 17 January 2011 |
Hunting down 65,000 drumlins
In a major new Channel 4 television series Birth of Britain Tony Robinson, together with Professor Chris Clark examine the forces that have shaped the British Isles...
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| 20 December 2010 |
Bringing agriculture into the city
Andrew Adam-Bradford was recently invited to Madrid to give a talk about urban agriculture at a Cafés Scientifiques organised by the British Council – Spain and La Casa Encendida...
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| 14 December 2010 |
Keep up-to-date with our Postgrads
The latest edition of our Postgraduate Newsletter has just been published...
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| 1 December 2010 |
University announces £6M PhD Scholarships
If you're amongst the best and brightest in Geography or Environmental Sciences and you want your research to have a positive impact on the world, then we want to hear from you...
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| 17 November 2010 |
Athens Fieldclass Success
Dr Dimitris Ballas, Dr Adam Whitworth and 25 Level 3 BA students have just returned from another successful GEO358 Geography of Europe Fieldclass to Athens, Greece...
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| 19 October 2010 |
Hart Distinguished Scholar 2010 announced
The Department of Geography is pleased to announce that this year's Hart Distinguished Scholar will be Professor Ted Schatzki from the University of Kentucky...
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| 1 October 2010 |
Ancient Tooth found on Masters Fieldclass
Students visiting the east Yorkshire coast on the Environmental Analysis of Terrestrial Systems Masters fieldclass this week have made a surprise discovery...
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| 5 July 2010 |
Department celebrates another year of degree success
The department again celebrates the achievements of its students with another year of degree successes...
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| 30 June 2010 |
Double dissertation award success
Andrew Cooper and Jennie Evans, who were both graduated with BA in geography last year, have jointly won the 2009 undergraduate dissertation award of the Regional Science Association...
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| 1 May 2010 |
Congratulations Alan!
Alan Gillingwater (MA in Social and Cultural Geographies) has been announced as joint first prize winner of the Landscape Research Group Masters dissertation project prize...
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| 29 April 2010 |
Harvey Armstrong debates EU regional policy
Harvey Armstrong recently participated in a European Commission debate in Brussels on the results of EU regional policy between 2000 and 2006 and their implications for future policy...
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| 28 April 2010 |
Department awarded new £420,000 Antarctic research contract
The Department has been awarded a NERC grant to examine the productivity of snow and ice-bound microbial ecosystems upon the Antarctic Peninsula...
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| 12 April 2010 |
Simon documents the Race to Number 10
Simon Roberts, who graduated in Human Geography in 1996, has been commissioned by the Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art to document campaign activity in the 2010 Election race...
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| 1 April 2010 |
Mark makes chilling discovery
A research team, including the Department's Dr Mark Bateman, publish a new paper in Nature today, identifying a mega-flood path across North America which channelled melt-water from a giant ice-sheet into the oceans...
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| 30 March 2010 |
Internship winner visits the Geographical Association
Emma Browning (BSc Geography) has become the first-ever recipient of an annual month-long internship at the Geographical Association (GA) headquarters after winning an essay-writing competition organised jointly by the GA and the Department of Geography...
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| 29 March 2010 |
Athens fieldclass success
Staff and 25 Level 3 BA students have just returned from another successful GEO358 Geography of Europe Fieldclass to Athens, Greece...
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| 27 March 2010 |
Food Activism studentship announced
The Department, in collaboration with the Social Science Collections and Research Department of The British Library, is pleased to announce the availability of a fully-funded three-year PhD studentship to undertake an oral history study of recent British food activism...
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| 26 March 2010 |
Food Glorious Food
A new exhibition at Weston Park Museum opened on Saturday 20 March, inspired by the Changing Families, Changing Food research programme, directed by Professor Peter Jackson and funded by The Leverhulme Trust...
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| 25 March 2010 |
Three PhD Scholarships announced in PV Futures - Photovoltaics for the Future
Photovoltaics (PV) permit low-carbon energy to be generated directly by consumers, and thus offer a real method for reducing the world's overall carbon budget whilst ensuring security of energy supply. Three University Scholarships have been announced...
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| 24 March 2010 |
A Drumlin is Born
Chris Clark and Felix Ng release a two-minute movie showing the first drumlin ever witnessed in actual growth...
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| 23 March 2010 |
Centenary Bursaries help students
As part of the celebrations of the Department of Geography's centenary year in 2008, bursaries funded by past alumni were set up for both undergraduate and postgraduate students...
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| 22 March 2010 |
New Masters Bursaries
The Department has announced a new raft of bursaries and funding opportunities for our Taught Masters students...
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| 10 March 2010 |
Postgrad Newsletter out
The latest edition of our newsletter for our Masters and PhD students has been published...
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| 10 February 2010 |
Gain an insight into teaching
There's an exciting opportunity for any current undergraduates who are considering teaching as a career - but you need to act quickly!...
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| 5 February 2010 |
Spring 2010 newsletter out!
The spring 2010 issue of our newsletter for undergraduate applicants Update… has just been published...
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| 26 November 2009 |
Students return from the Mojave Desert
20 Level-3 BSc Geography/EnvSci students have just returned from another successful GEO365 Dryland Fieldclass to the Mojave Desert, USA...
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| 4 November 2009 |
Geography hits the big screen
This week the Geography Department held a test screening for a groundbreaking feature film Togetherness Supreme which tells the story of the disputed Kenyan election of December 2007, and the violence that erupted after the announcement of the election results...
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| 28 October 2009 |
Changes to our entry requirements
Applicants to our undergraduate courses should note the following changes to our entry requirements. In addition, if you receive an offer from us, please do consider attending an Offer-Holder Open Day...
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| 8 October 2009 |
Geographical Association Internship opportunity announced
The Department of Geography has announced a prestigious annual internship at the Geographical Association for second-year students studying Geography and related degrees...
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| 28 September 2009 |
What a great Welcome Walk
Around 50 students joined Geography staff and members of the GeogSoc committee on the walk, which covered over 6 miles, from Endcliffe Park to the Fox House Inn near Hathersage...
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| 26 September 2009 |
Come along on our Intro Week Welcome Walk
All undergraduate and postgraduate students are invited to join Geography staff and members of the GeogSoc committee on a special walk to the Peak District to welcome all our new Geography students to Sheffield...
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| 15 September 2009 |
Welcome to GeogSoc!!
GeogSoc is a fantastic society run by students, for students. We are here for the benefit of you, to ensure you have an awesome time at Sheffield!...
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| 14 September 2009 |
Cold Steel: celebrating 100 years of Sheffield expeditions to Arctic Svalbard
Celebrating 100 years of exploration, exploitation and science in Svalbard by the Department of Geography...
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| 13 September 2009 |
34th International Glaciological Society British Branch Annual Meeting, 2-3 September 2009
The Department of Geography was proud to host 65 delegates for the 34th International Glaciological Society British Branch Annual Meeting on 2 and 3 September 2009...
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| 18 May 2009 |
Geography Society announces new committee members
The Geography Society have announced their committee members for 2009/2010...
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