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  1. Postgraduate Student Wins RGS Dissertation Prize

    Lauren Howes, an MA International Development student (2010-11), has won the RGS-IBG's Population Geography Research Group's Inaugural 'Bob Woods Postgraduate Dissertation Prize'.

    Categorised under: Alumni and Postgraduate study
  2. Middlewood Weir

    What a difference 12 months makes!

    This time last year we were carrying a news item about the exceptionally dry spring; a year on and the situation has totally changed, with Sheffield receiving a record three times its normal rainfall.

    Categorised under: Climate & Cryosphere
  3. Foodbank

    On the breadline: Foodbanks

    Hannah Lambie-Mumford, a PhD student in the Department appeared on a BBC Radio Scotland documentary on food banks at the weekend

    Categorised under: Postgraduate study
  4. It's West Pokot Week

    Once again we are hosting a week of events to raise money for educational facilities in remote communities of Kenya.

    Categorised under: International Development
  5. Public Servant

    Adam links inequality and crime

    Findings from Dr Adam Whitworth's recent research on the links between inequality and crime across England have been published in Public Servant - the internal magazine of England's civil service.

    Categorised under: Social & Spatial Inequalities
  6. Mteleo sign

    Development students help Mbara pre-school

    Over the last three years our students have raised over £4,000 helping communities in a remote part of north-western Kenya.

    Categorised under: International Development, Postgraduate study and Undergraduate study
  7. Volcanoes and helicopters

    Andrew's TEDxMunich talk now available on TED website

    Last year Andrew McGonigle gave a talk on his work in volcanology at TEDxMunich.

    Categorised under: Environmental Reconstruction & Observation and Research
  8. Heather Pore

    Heather named as IEMA Graduate Award Winner 2011

    Heather Poore, (BSc Geography, 2009) Youth Volunteering Project Manager at Global Action Plan has been awarded the IEMA's Graduate Award 2011.

    Categorised under: Alumni and Undergraduate study
  9. PG newsletter 6

    Postgraduate Newsletter Winter 2011/12 Edition

    The latest edition of our Postgraduate Newsletter has just been published.

    Categorised under: Postgraduate study
  10. High Bradfield Weather Station

    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.

    Categorised under: Climate & Cryosphere
  11. Green Talents

    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...

    Categorised under: Research
  12. Athens fieldclass

    Another successful Athens fieldclass

    25 Level 3 BA students and three members of staff have just returned from another successful GEO358 Geography of Europe Fieldclass to Athens, Greece.

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study
  13. Teaching Geography Autumn 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".

    Categorised under: Alumni and Undergraduate study
  14. Graduation

    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.

    Categorised under: Undergraduate study
  15. James Hirst

    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.

    Categorised under: Alumni