The University in the media
3 September 2010
Broadcast Coverage:
BBC Radio Scotland
Newsdrive
Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Health Secretary for the Scottish Government, mentions research by the University of Sheffield´s School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) into the possible effects of a minimum price on alcohol.
Press and Online Coverage:
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Reporter´s notebook: a visiting Vice-Chancellor
Professor Keith Burnett, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, is interviewed about issues in Higher Education.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Horticulture Week
Olympic wild flowers
Dr Nigel Dunnett and Professor James Hitchmough, from the University of Sheffield´s Department of Landscape, has helped design a range of meadows for the Olympic Park in London.
City AM
Entrepreneurs get social in Sheffield
Mark Lilley, a University of Sheffield graduate and founder of Abokado, is quoted talking about the `Made´ entrepreneur festival taking place in Sheffield next week.
City AM
Public Technology
The ICT Professional: David Tosh, Swansea City Council
David Tosh, a University of Sheffield graduate and Head of Information and Customer Services at Swansea City Council, talks about his career.
Public Technology
Computer Active
Site offers uni alternatives
Research by Dr Steven McIntosh, from the University of Sheffield´s Department of Economics, into the amount of money people can earn having done an apprenticeship, is mentioned in an article.
Civic and Public Building Specifier
Nick Clegg MP opens Sheffield Solar Farm
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg MP has opened the University of Sheffield´s Sheffield Solar Farm, on the roof of the Hicks building.
Civic and Public Building Specifier
Civic and Public Building Specifier
Wakefield´s new art gallery hosts an `Art Bazaar´ open weekend
Ian Hicklin, from the University of Sheffield´s School of Architecture, is leading a tour of the new art gallery in Wakefield.
Civic and Public Building Specifier
Cornish Guardian
Architect led a rich and varied life
Barrie Briscoe, an award-winning architect who once taught at the University of Sheffield´s School of Architecture, has died.
Cornish Guardian
Bristol Evening Post
Are summer holidays now a washout? Is it time to change the timing of the hols?
Research by the University of Sheffield´s Department of Geography, about British summertime taking place earlier, is mentioned in an article.
Bristol Evening Post
Yorkshire Post
Happy ending to a tall story as residents move in to City Lofts
Residents have moved in the City Lofts apartment block in Sheffield, which has now overtaken the University of Sheffield´s Arts Tower has the tallest building in the city.
Yorkshire Post
Online Higher Education Stories:
Social class affects white pupils’ exam results more than those of ethnic minorities
India's visa policy is affecting British businesses and universities
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