Equality: the big picture

Guest Post from Tom Reaney SIGNAL’s communications officer   What is it?  National Coming Out Day is an internationally recognised day to celebrate LGBT+ individuals and their “coming out” stories. “Coming out’ is essentially that tipping point of openness and disclosure – be it widely and publicly, or local and intimately – at which a person […]

  World Mental Health Day is the annual global celebration of mental health education, awareness and advocacy. Every year – on 10 October – we join together in shining the spotlight on a particular aspect of mental ill health. The theme for 2015 is Dignity in Mental Health. To mark this year’s day Sheffield Hallam […]

  The Month of October is dedicated to Black History Month and Sheffield Hallam University has teamed up with Sheffield Hallam Students’ Union and the National Union of Students Black Students campaign to organise a series of events to celebrate Black History Month. Highlights of the programme of events include a speech by writer and broadcaster […]

Guardian article Going away to university for the first time can be daunting for everyone. But if you also have a disability and are leaving home, there can be additional factors to get nervous about – so it’s worth taking a little extra time to prepare. http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/29/top-tips-for-students-starting-university-with-a-disability

There’s a whole day dedicated to raising awareness of the issues and stigma still faced by bisexual people. But what is it, and why is it needed? Bisexuality is still widely misunderstood, misrepresented and stigmatised. Bisexual people are too often perceived as uncertain, confused or simply ‘greedy’. These offensive myths are often perpetuated to such […]