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Musicians from across Sheffield gathered at the City Hall to show their support for the city's music scene
Musicians from across Sheffield gathered at the City Hall to show their support for the sector

Sheffield artists log 1.85 billion Spotify streams in a single quarter as new report outlines blueprint for city's musical future

Sheffield’s top artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Bring Me The Horizon and Def Leppard are racking up over 1.85 billion Spotify streams in a single quarter, reaching a combined global fanbase of over 100 million listeners, according to a new report.
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Professor Nicola Dibben elected 2026 British Academy Fellow

Professor Nikki Dibben has been elected as a 2026 Fellow of the British Academy, the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences.
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New booklet shares women’s stories of pregnancy, birth and motherhood across cultures

Birthing Stories shares women’s experiences of pregnancy, birth and early motherhood, recognising how these are shaped by culture, family, faith and community.
A world top-100 university - QS 2027

University of Sheffield strengthens top 100 global standing with 10-place rise in QS World University Rankings 2027

The University of Sheffield has risen 10 places in the QS World University Rankings 2027 to be ranked 82nd in the world and 14th in the UK, reinforcing its position as a world-leading university.
Postcolonial Pragmatics

Online workshop: Professor Eric Anchimbe on Postcolonial Pragmatics - “Centring Anti-Racist Scholarship in the Linguistics Curriculum”
Sheet Music

Mozart the performer: famous composer had a liberal approach to performing his string quartets and we should too

Mozart’s autograph manuscripts reveal he prioritised the practical considerations of performance over compositional authority, according to a musicologist from the University of Sheffield.
Diversity

Antiracism in Higher Education Online Lecture Series

What does antiracism mean in the context of the HE sector? How can we produce and embrace antiracist approaches to teaching and learning and to research?

Archaeology Dig

How new archaeological discovery in Yorkshire could rewrite British prehistory

New archaeological discovery in Yorkshire could rewrite British prehistory, as researchers from the Department of Archaeology are analysing salt residues on ceramic containers unearthed at the oldest salt-making complex ever found.

| The Independant
Goldfish

Implicit bias training is often flawed but shouldn’t be scrapped

Dr Jules Holroyd and Dr Jennifer Saul from the Department of Philosophy discuss picking up on one of the themes of the governments report on racism last week.

| Times Higher Education