The University in the media
12 March 2010
Broadcast Coverage:
BBC Radio Scotland
Scotland Live
Professor Mike Parker Pearson, from the University of Sheffield´s Department of Archaeology, speaks about his discovery of the fossilised eggs of an extinct giant bird, which led to the extraction of DNA from the fossils.
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BBC Radio Scotland
Press Coverage:
Times Higher Education
Bournemouth head takes the reins at city
Paul Curran, a University of Sheffield graduate, has been appointed the next vice-chancellor of City University London, having previously been Vice-Chancellor at Bournemouth University.
Times Higher Education
Science
Of two minds about Toba´s impact
Emeritus Professor Robert Dennell, from the University of Sheffield´s Department of Archaeology, comments in an article on the possible affects of a volcanic eruption on early humans.
Project Finance International
Lend lease funds grow
Lend Lease, a multinational property and investment company whose UK arm was involved in the building of the University of Sheffield´s new student accommodation, has completed a component of its capital raising plans.
Learning Disability Practice
Face to face
Catherine Bewley, a University of Sheffield master´s graduate and director of Values into Action, a learning disability charity, talks about her values and career path.
World´s Fair
Annual education conference
Ken Marks, from the University of Sheffield´s School of Education, helped launch the E-Learning and Mobility Project from 2002 to 2010.
Mother and Baby
I had to be brave for my new baby
Stephanie Nuttall, a University of Sheffield graduate, talks about finding out her eldest son had cancer while she was pregnant.
Yorkshire Post
Financial help for placements
The University of Sheffield has launched a new round of internships which could help both graduates and local businesses.
Yorkshire Post
Exploring our relationship with the English landscape
Simon Roberts, a University of Sheffield graduate from the Department of Geography, has travelled round the country taking pictures of the English countryside and now has an exhibition in Bradford.
Sheffield Star
Review
A review of `Immaculate´, a comedy play performed by the Sheffield University Theatre Company at the University´s Drama Studio.
Online News Cuttings:
Hold the Front Page
Former PA chief to be journalism professor
Paul Potts, former chief executive of the Press Association, has been named visiting professor of journalism at the University of Sheffield´s Department of Journalism.
Hold the Front Page
Online Higher Education Stories:
University targets for poorer students ‘failing’
Why university standards have fallen
How Neil Baldwin became Keele University’s mascot
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