Month: July 2014

A band of student volunteers from Sheffield Hallam University’s events management degree course are aiming to make sure one of the UK’s biggest urban music […]

Psychologists at Sheffield Hallam University have set up a pop-up laboratory to examine how people interact with unusual visual objects and illusions. The Psychology, Art […]

An up-and-coming Sheffield designer has been commissioned to craft a winning trophy for Sheffield Hallam University’s annual business start-up challenge. Recent Industrial Design MA graduate, […]

Following the recent theft of a laptop computer from one of our buildings, the University Secretariat wants to make everyone aware of the risks and […]

Over 600 nominations were cast for the 2014 National Union of Students (NUS) Awards including the Sheffield Hallam Students’ Union entry into the Innovation and […]

As the summer school-holidays start, a new report shows that the British seaside tourist industry remains in remarkably good health despite fears that the recession […]

This summer we are investing about £600,000 in refurbishing the nursery to improve the facilities; including a conservatory, reconfiguring the layout of the building, installing […]

Cycling Proficiency Summer Extension We have decided with our partners PedalReady to extend the ‘Learn to Ride’ sessions over the summer for all our staff, […]

The holiday period is upon us where many members of SHU staff are away from the University. We are refreshing our Switch It Off campaign […]

A scheduled service outage will take place in the following buildings on Wednesday 6 August between 6pm and 10pm Southbourne & White House The Lodge […]

All staff bringing contractors on site should ensure they complete an access permit in advance of the contractor visit.  Any contractor found not carrying an […]

Two new leaflets are now available: Need to talk? and Major religious dates 2014-15. These can be downloaded from here or hard copies are available […]

As part of its continuing improvements to staff printing at the University, IS&T is making the following changes: Resetting your printing balance to zero from […]

Please be aware that at from the end of July and August a number of roads surrounding Collegiate Crescent, including Broomhall Road, are closed for […]

Ten students from Sheffield Hallam are celebrating after they were selected to represent the home nations in the Commonwealth Games. The group of students will […]

All staff now have free access to a new online Higher Education sector briefing and intelligence service – HEi-know. HEi-know provides up to the minute […]

Criminology provision at Sheffield Hallam has been labelled as the very best in the country after it received a prestigious award for teaching excellence from […]

A software update is being applied to HR system on the morning of Wednesday 23 July. The CorePortal system (Employee and Manager Portal) will be […]

This is the 2014 agreed software list  and the places where it will be installed for the start of semester one.  Everything will be ready […]

A capital item is any single tangible item with a purchase value of £5,000 or more which is held for use by the University for […]

A film commissioned for the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and directed by a Sheffield Hallam professor will be shown on national television this weekend. From Scotland […]

Slips and trips are the most common cause of accidents at work and typically account for an average of one-third of all accidents.  In 95% […]

Five Q&A sessions on the University Strategy were held in different venues during May 2014. A total of 580 members of staff attended the sessions. Videos […]

This month we are re-launching the Pass it On; Switch it Off campaign in time to coincide with the period when many members of staff take […]

Sheffield City Council will be resurfacing some roads in the Broomfield area as part of their Streets Ahead work.  This work will take place from […]

The purpose of this process is to reward individuals whose contribution, on a sustained basis, has exceeded that normally expected in their role in terms […]

From Monday 1st September, all staff will need to remember their SHUcard for swipe access to the library at Adsetts and Collegiate. What are the […]

How long do you think it would take you to walk, run or cycle the 546km distance of the first three stages of the Tour […]

Every year the University invites members of academic staff to apply for Professorships (Personal Chairs). Awards are agreed by the Professoriate Committee. Candidates have to […]

A student artist from Sheffield Hallam will help city company, Gripple, to celebrate a quarter of a century in style – with four specially commissioned pieces inspired […]

The Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery at Sheffield Hallam University is launching a new exhibition this Saturday to celebrate the Tour de France coming to […]

Three Hallam students have been recognised for their hard work away from their studies in the regional Student Employee of the Year Awards. The awards, which […]

Throughout July, August and September refurbishment work will take place to the Pennine Lecture Theatre, associated WCs and PC Labs 5221, 5222 and 5223 on Level […]

As part of the improvements to the University’s wired and wireless network, IS&T is working on its upgrade of the Science Park network hardware which […]

Following a successful pilot at Collegiate learning centre earlier in the year, we are changing to a new way of printing for students at Adsetts […]

Please remember that the annual upgrade of Blackboard will take place on  Friday 11 and Saturday 12 July. This means that the service will be […]

Last month an all staff email was sent out regarding the HESA return asking you check that your record is complete and accurate. The University […]

On Sunday 6 July, Stage 2 of the Yorkshire Grand Depart will come directly through and finish in Sheffield, entering at Midhopestones and taking in […]

The amount of food wasted by families across Britain could be slashed by almost 50 per cent, equivalent to three million tonnes of household waste […]

Thank you to everyone who got involved with our fundraising activities last week to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care – the official charity of […]

Competitor Intelligence – how you can get involved There are many reasons why it is helpful to know what other universities are doing – benchmarking […]

All staff now have free access to a new online Higher Education sector briefing and intelligence service – HEi-know. HEi-know provides up to the minute […]

Payslips We would like to remind all employees, especially those who receive variable payments such as Associate Lecturers, to check your payslip each month. Payslips […]

Online and  face-to-face throughout the week 14 – 18 July Face-to-face events each day between 1pm and 2pm, 9012 or 9221, Cantor In July SHU […]

What’s happening? The financial year end is coming which means that right now the staff in finance are stocking up on their vitamins and energy […]

The Pre-enrolment Student Liaison/Admissions Reception Team are currently having an office refurbishment and there will be a disruption to the service. Business will operate as normal […]

The University recently completed a project to update its Access and ID Control System. As part of this project all staff members have received new […]

This summer, Sheffield Hallam Active’s fitness and strength and conditioning facilities will be refurbished, expanding and modernising to provide a better service to our customers. […]

The Facilities Directorate will be running an audit of cleaning spaces throughout June and July to evaluate all spaces currently cleaned by FD staff across both campuses. The […]

From September, there will be changes to referencing from September about referencing online sources which is an increasing part of students’ information literacy. Please visit […]

A revolutionary scientific technology in high demand with Rolls-Royce and the space science department at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is to be celebrated at an international […]