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    Sheffield placed in worldwide top 50 geography departments

    The Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield has been placed in the top 50 geography departments worldwide in the world's largest and most extensive university rankings

    Categorised under: Research, International, Postgraduate study and Undergraduate study
  2. Phil Wookey

    Phil Wookey joins the department

    Phil Wookey joined the department as Professor of Physical Geography from 1 August

    Categorised under: Staff
  3. TUoS-NUS

    Workshop builds on collaboration with National University of Singapore

    The "Decentring Knowledge: geographical perspectives on keywords" workshop builds on the emerging collaboration between the Geography departments at Sheffield and the National University of Singapore

    Categorised under: International
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    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

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study
  5. Pondicherry

    Tariq researches southern Indian architecture

    During August 2012 Tariq Jazeel is a Visiting Fellow at L'Ecole Francais d'Extreme Orient, in Pondicherry, South India

    Categorised under: Research
  6. Jamie blogs for time capsule

    Jamie Smith (BA Geography, 2010) has written a blog entry which has been selected as a contribution to the National Policing Improvement Agency's “Policing 2012: a 100 blog time capsule”

    Categorised under: Alumni
  7. Graduation

    Academic Prizes 2011-12

    We are pleased to announce this year's prizes.

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study
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    Shrinking ice sheets

    Chris Clark has received NERC funding to investigate historical ice sheet retreat.

    Categorised under: Research
  9. Blencathra

    Geography Student Photo Competition 2012

    The department is very pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Geography Student Photo Competition.

    Categorised under: Postgraduate study and Undergraduate study
  10. Peter is Olympic torchbearer

    Peter Moss (L1 BSc Geography) will bear the Olympic torch next week as it makes its way towards the Olympic Stadium.

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study
  11. Hunter Prize

    André receives R Alison Hunter Prize

    André Bisson has been awarded the R Alison Hunter Prize enabling him to engage in a "potentially life-changing" piece of work.

    Categorised under: Alumni and Undergraduate study
  12. Irish ice flows

    Gold from ice?

    Chris Clark has presented a keynote to the Irish Association for Economic Geology explaining how traces of valued minerals have been smeared across the landscape by ice flows during the last glaciation.

    Categorised under: Research
  13. Youth Music Voices

    Singing the Olympic celebrations

    Ruth Hindmarsh (Level 2, BA Geography) has been selected to become a member of the 100-strong Youth Music Voices choir who will be performing throughout the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study
  14. Success

    Geography celebrates successes

    May has been a remarkable month for the Department of Geography, its students and staff.

    Categorised under: Research, Undergraduate study and Staff
  15. Richard Phillips

    Richard Phillips joins the department

    Professor Richard Phillips joined the department as Professor of Human Geography from 1 May.

    Categorised under: Staff