Adventure learning can help to improve students’ behaviour – new research
Taking part in adventure learning activities can lead to improvements in students’ behaviour with benefits continuing for more than a year after the activity, new research by Sheffield Hallam University has shown.
Seen. Heard. Valued. Art exhibition launches in Sheffield
Families from The Meadows nursery are marking their fight to change their area’s reputation and their own families’ futures with a powerful new art exhibition at Sheffield Hallam University.
South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre will help region meet net-zero targets and create new jobs
A pioneering sustainability centre, launched today (14 June 2023,) is set to help South Yorkshire meet the challenges posed by the climate emergency, while also providing positive opportunities for the people, places and businesses in the region.
Sheffield Hallam scoops top prize at South Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards
Sheffield Hallam has been named as the region’s best apprenticeship training provider at the South Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards 2024.
New project promotes muscle strength as a ‘building block’ for healthy ageing women
Sheffield Hallam University has secured £125,000 of URKI funding for a healthy ageing project to make muscle strength training easier for women in midlife.
Student’s innovative wheelchair buggy wins design competition
A state-of-the-art buggy which affixes to wheelchairs, designed by Sheffield Hallam Student Tom Baker, has won Bolt Burdon Kemp’s Design the Change competition.
Funding secured to support students to study, work and volunteer abroad
The University has been awarded more than £600,000 through the UK government’s new global exchange programme to support more students to take part in international study, work and volunteering opportunities.
La Trobe and Sheffield Hallam universities reaffirm global strategic partnership
The Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, has met students and toured some of Sheffield Hallam’s world-leading facilities during a visit to the University to reaffirm the global partnership between the two institutions.
Government childcare policy fails to address nursery ‘cold spots’ in disadvantaged areas
Experts in early childhood education have called on the government to focus on incentivising providers to operate in disadvantaged areas, rather than targeting funding on middle and high income earners.
Supporting science teachers to engage with or carry out research can improve their teaching practice
New research has found that training and development programmes that support primary teachers and secondary science teachers to engage with and use research can improve their teaching.