Halloween Late: The Science of Science Fiction
2018-11-02 19:30 - 22:30 UTC | Millenium Gallery, Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PP, United Kingdom
Join us for a very special Halloween Late at the Millennium Gallery as we explore the science of sci-fi.

Discover that truth can be stranger than fiction…

It’s the end of the world and Tom Cruise isn’t coming to save you… Join us for a series of talks presented by various experts exploring the underlying science of science fictional worlds, from Armageddon to Jurassic Park
We’ll be exposing the science of world-ending microbiology. Whether it’s the alien bacterium in the Andromeda Strain, or the global plagues in Contagion and Shaun of the Dead, plagues are often at the heart of science fiction, but what is the science behind the fiction? Antimicrobial resistance is already being considered one of the greatest threats to global public health – can you save yourself…?
Space: The Final Frontier – can you dock the space station or build a moon lander fit for humans? We’ll be challenging you to become astronauts and work on your team building skills
Superhero Supercells – our scientists will be exploring the superheroes of the human body – supercells
B-Movie Mayhem – we’ll be showing a host of classic B Movie Sci-Fi shorts throughout the event

There will be a whole host of interactive experiences, music and a pay bar. Dress in your best sci-fi cosplay and expect an evening that’s out of this world.
Date: Friday 02 November 2018
Time: 7.30 PM to 10.30 PM
Venue: Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PP

Price: Free entry, £3 suggested donation, admission for this event is 18+ only.
How to book: Just turn up

Staff Development Session: Using Twitter
2018-04-12 12:00 - 13:30 | HC.0.32, Heart of the Campus, Sheffield, S10 2BP
Due to the success of the ‘Staff Profile Raising Event’, this opportunity is available for all staff, but may be of specific interest to those involved in recruitment and Course Leader roles.
The session is designed to be very practical and give you the necessary skills to use Twitter.
Twitter can be used in a variety of ways, whether that is to develop your career, access information, make links to practice, develop a community of practice/course identity, communicate with students or raise the profile of your course.
All we ask is that you bring a device if you have one and download the app if you can. Hope to see you there!
– Jo McNamara @SHURadiotherapy @sheffhallamuni

Professor Tony Blackshaw's Inaugural Lecture
2018-04-11 18:00 - 20:00 | HC.0.06, , Heart of the Campus, Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S10 2BP, United Kingdom
This is not a Professorial Lecture
You are invited to attend the Professorial Tony Blackshaw’s Inaugural Professorial Lecture, titled ‘This is not a Professorial Lecture’. Tony joined the University at the turn of the century. He is author of 10 books and numerous refereed journal articles. Tony has particular expertise in the sociology of leisure, but he has published on a variety of other topics, including sport and community studies, and is known internationally for his work on the sociology of Zygmunt Bauman. In recognition of the diversity of his expertise, Tony has been invited scholar at a number of universities across the world as well as at organisations outside the academy, such as L’Oréal (Paris).
Book your tickets here.

Translating Research into Practice and Impact – Lessons from Love Fighting Hate Violence
2018-02-15 17:00 - 20:00 | HC.0.06, , Heart of the Campus, Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S10 2BP, United Kingdom
Dr. Christopher R. Matthews
With increasing focus on ‘impact’ as a part of REF, there has been an ongoing debate around how best to achieve, enhance and measure this more practical side of research. Within this talk I explore two distinct ways in which impact can be understood. This foundation will then be used to consider how academics might want to develop their own impact agenda. The Love Fighting Hate Violence campaign will be used as a case study to offer some context. The talk will conclude with a light practical session where we will all ‘feel’ the impact of research (sports kit not required).

Cycling, Bread and Circuses? When Le Tour Came to Yorkshire and What It Left Behind
2018-02-08 17:00 - 20:00 | HC.0.06, , Heart of the Campus, Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S10 2BP, United Kingdom
Professor Karl Spracklen, Leeds Beckett University
In the summer of 2014, there was no way of getting away from it: Le Tour de France, the most famous and prestigious professional men’s cycling events, was coming to Yorkshire (UK), and Skipton, where I live, was in the middle of it. The message from people in tourism was that this was great for Yorkshire because businesses would be making money; politicians were also telling local people to feel happy that they had won the right to host Le Tour. Research shows how leisure activities bring out the good in us, but also how so much of our leisure lives today is managed. Leisure activities have value if they are freely chosen, if they generate a sense of belonging, and if they are not part of some trick to take our money. Juvenal was the first person to point out how leisure activities are used by the people with power to keep their power, and stop people from complaining about the lack of freedom. At that moment in 2014, Le Tour coming to Yorkshire felt more like a trick to take people’s money and keep them in chains than something that would bring communities and families closer together.
In this paper, I will reflect on what happened when Le Tour came to Yorkshire through an analysis of newspaper reports, photographs taken by myself two years on from the two days Le Tour arrived in Yorkshire, and, more significantly, an auto-ethnographic account of what it was like to be there. I will argue that Le Tour allowed local communities to embrace a cosmopolitan European identity alongside their existing northern English or Yorkshire identities, and that the race itself allowed spectators to be proud about the northern English landscape through which the cyclists battled.

LGBT History Month
2018-02-08 - 2018-02-28
LGBT History Month Quiz – http://bit.do/LGBTHMQuiz
A Part of Sheffield History: Friends of Edward Carpenter – http://bit.do/FoEC
Exploring LGBT spaces & communities – http://bit.do/LGBTspaces
Fear, Outrage, Love & Hope: Protecting LGBT+ rights in Africa and the Middle East – http://bit.do/LGBTrights
