Equality: the big picture

November saw the twentieth anniversary of disability anti-discrimination legislation in Britain. To mark this anniversary the UK charity Scope highlights the challenges faced and successes gained over the past 20 years and shines the spotlight on the struggles and victories campaigners experienced on the continuing journey towards equality for disabled people.  Follow the link to Scope’s […]

Guest post by Emma Hanlon, final year Forensic Science student We’ll be featuring a number of guest posts to mark UK Disability History Month – here’s our first. Before coming to Sheffield Hallam I had personal experience of how difficult obtaining support in the work place and education system can be due to a disability. […]

After waking up Friday morning to see that the government is planning to drop feminism from the A-level politics syllabus, it’s interesting to see this interactive BBC article that ranks gender equality by country. It’s worth having a go! If the current rate of change continues, the economic gap between men and women will not […]

Friday 20 November 2015 will see Sheffield’s annual commemoration of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. This day is a vital opportunity for transgender communities and their allies to unite and make their voices heard against the injustices that are still levied at transgender lives. So far in 2015, more than 20 transgender people are […]

Guest Post by Dave Darwent, Associate Lecturer in Sheffield Institute of Education’s Post 16 & F.E. PGCE team I knew I was gay long before I knew the vocabulary to identify or define myself. Looking back as an adult, I knew I was gay aged 5 and I still have vivid memories of things I said […]