Sheffield Hallam University
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Sheffield Hallam University
(SHU) is a higher education
institution in South Yorkshire
, England
, based on two sites in Sheffield
. City Campus is located in the city centre, close to Sheffield railway station, and Collegiate Crescent
Campus is about two miles away, adjacent to Ecclesall Road
in south-west Sheffield.
The university is the fourth largest in the UK after The Open University and the Manchester
universities, with more than 33,000 students, 4,360 staff and 572 courses.
1905 The City of Sheffield Training College on Collegiate Crescent admitted its first 90 students.
1967 The Owen Building is constructed. Built in a functional 1960s design, it has been modernised and renovated numerous times since construction.
1969 The Sheffield School of Design merged with the city’s College of Technology to form Sheffield Polytechnic
.
1976 Sheffield Polytechnic absorbed the city’s two teacher training colleges, and was renamed Sheffield City Polytechnic.
1987 The institution becomes a founding member of the Northern Consortium
.
1992 Sheffield City Polytechnic became Sheffield Hallam University
(SHU), with the right to award its own degrees.
2004 SHU appointed its first clinical medical Honorary Professors.
2005 SHU was reorganised into four large faculties (see below). The new Faculty of Development and Society, with an emphasis on 'people, places and spaces', brought together education, geography, humanities, law, and social sciences. At the same time, with the intention of further developing research and teaching in the new Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, a new Clinical Academic Group was launched. The building that had been designed and constructed to house the National Centre for Popular Music
became the university's students' union building (the HUBS). The former students' union building, the Nelson Mandela Building, was sold and has since been demolished.
2007 SHU took over the teaching of nursing
and midwifery
from the University of Sheffield
. These activities are based at the Collegiate Crescent Campus.
2008 The Psalter Lane
campus (formerly the Sheffield College of Art) was closed, and the activities transferred to the City Campus. The Psalter Lane site has been sold and is to be used for housing. A £26 million energy-efficient Furnival Building (renamed Cantor Building in 2011) opened in September. The building, which includes teaching spaces and an art gallery
is said to be "the impressive new entry point to the campus".
SHU is divided into four faculties:
Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences (ACES):
Art & Design; Business Systems & IT; Communication & Media; Computers & Computing; Engineering & Technology; Mathematics & Statistics; and Multimedia & the Internet.
Faculty of Development and Society (D&S):
Architecture & Planning; Built Environment; Education; English; Geography & Environmental Science; Humanities; Law & Community Justice; Social Sciences, Performing Arts.
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing (HWB):
Biosciences; Diagnostic Radiography; Nursing & Midwifery; Occupational Therapy; Operating Department Practitioners; Paramedic Studies; Physiotherapy; Radiotherapy & Oncology; Social Work; and Sport.
Sheffield Business School (SBS) – formerly known as the Faculty of Organisation and Management (O&M):
Business & Management; Facilities Management; Finance; Food & Nutrition; Language & Culture; and Tourism, Hospitality & Events Management.
Through these centres of excellence, a number of spin-off companies have been formed, including:
, the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN)
for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire.
In the most recent university league tables, SHU was placed 49th out of 119 UK universities by The Guardian
, 68th by The Independent
, 69th by The Times
and 64th by The Sunday Times
.
was installed as Chancellor of SHU in a ceremony at the Millennium Galleries
on Friday 5 October 2001. Winston has a long history in academia, being at present, and for the majority of his career, a full time faculty member at Imperial College London
.
Former staff
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
(SHU) is a higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
institution in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, based on two sites in Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
. City Campus is located in the city centre, close to Sheffield railway station, and Collegiate Crescent
Collegiate Crescent
Collegiate Crescent is a crescent forming part of the Broomhall Estate in S10, Sheffield, that intersects with Ecclesall Road. One of two campuses of Sheffield Hallam University occupies many houses and villas on the left hand side of the crescent until the road crosses Park Lane. This university...
Campus is about two miles away, adjacent to Ecclesall Road
Ecclesall Road
|thumb|200px|right|Ecclesall Road South, which runs through a large part of the Hallam Constituency, the second wealthiest in the UK.Ecclesall Road is a road in Sheffield that runs for about 3.5 miles south-west from Sheffield's city centre under the number A625...
in south-west Sheffield.
The university is the fourth largest in the UK after The Open University and the Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
universities, with more than 33,000 students, 4,360 staff and 572 courses.
History
1843 As the industrial revolution gathered pace and Sheffield was on the verge of becoming the steel, tool and cutlery making capital of the world, the Sheffield School of Design which is now in collegiate crescent campus was founded. For over a century it enjoyed a distinguished history as one of Britain’s top schools of art and design.1905 The City of Sheffield Training College on Collegiate Crescent admitted its first 90 students.
1967 The Owen Building is constructed. Built in a functional 1960s design, it has been modernised and renovated numerous times since construction.
1969 The Sheffield School of Design merged with the city’s College of Technology to form Sheffield Polytechnic
Polytechnic (United Kingdom)
A polytechnic was a type of tertiary education teaching institution in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. After the passage of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 they became universities which meant they could award their own degrees. The comparable institutions in Scotland were...
.
1976 Sheffield Polytechnic absorbed the city’s two teacher training colleges, and was renamed Sheffield City Polytechnic.
1987 The institution becomes a founding member of the Northern Consortium
NCUK
The Northern Consortium is an educational charity, owned by eleven universities in the north of England, which provides pre-university courses for international students as preparation for study outside of their home country...
.
1992 Sheffield City Polytechnic became Sheffield Hallam University
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
(SHU), with the right to award its own degrees.
2004 SHU appointed its first clinical medical Honorary Professors.
2005 SHU was reorganised into four large faculties (see below). The new Faculty of Development and Society, with an emphasis on 'people, places and spaces', brought together education, geography, humanities, law, and social sciences. At the same time, with the intention of further developing research and teaching in the new Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, a new Clinical Academic Group was launched. The building that had been designed and constructed to house the National Centre for Popular Music
National Centre for Popular Music
The National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield, England for contemporary music and culture, a £15 million project largely funded with contributions from the National Lottery, which opened on 1 March 1999, and closed in June 2000....
became the university's students' union building (the HUBS). The former students' union building, the Nelson Mandela Building, was sold and has since been demolished.
2007 SHU took over the teaching of nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
and midwifery
Midwifery
Midwifery is a health care profession in which providers offer care to childbearing women during pregnancy, labour and birth, and during the postpartum period. They also help care for the newborn and assist the mother with breastfeeding....
from the University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield
The University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...
. These activities are based at the Collegiate Crescent Campus.
2008 The Psalter Lane
Psalter Lane
Psalter Lane was one of three campuses that made up Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England. The campus officially closed on 31 August 2008 and work to demolish all but the old Bluecoat School building began in March 2010. Demolition work is scheduled to be completed by September 2010...
campus (formerly the Sheffield College of Art) was closed, and the activities transferred to the City Campus. The Psalter Lane site has been sold and is to be used for housing. A £26 million energy-efficient Furnival Building (renamed Cantor Building in 2011) opened in September. The building, which includes teaching spaces and an art gallery
Sheffield Institute of Art Gallery
Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery is a university art gallery in Sheffield, England. Part of Sheffield Hallam University the gallery is based in the Furnival Building in Sheffield's Cultural Industries Quarter...
is said to be "the impressive new entry point to the campus".
Faculties
Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences (ACES):
Art & Design; Business Systems & IT; Communication & Media; Computers & Computing; Engineering & Technology; Mathematics & Statistics; and Multimedia & the Internet.
Faculty of Development and Society (D&S):
Architecture & Planning; Built Environment; Education; English; Geography & Environmental Science; Humanities; Law & Community Justice; Social Sciences, Performing Arts.
Faculty of Health and Wellbeing (HWB):
Biosciences; Diagnostic Radiography; Nursing & Midwifery; Occupational Therapy; Operating Department Practitioners; Paramedic Studies; Physiotherapy; Radiotherapy & Oncology; Social Work; and Sport.
Sheffield Business School (SBS) – formerly known as the Faculty of Organisation and Management (O&M):
Business & Management; Facilities Management; Finance; Food & Nutrition; Language & Culture; and Tourism, Hospitality & Events Management.
Research centres
SHU has 30 research centres, including the following:- Art & Design Research Centre
- Biomedical Research Centre
- Centre for Education and Inclusion Research
- Centre for Health and Social Care Research
- Centre for Professional and Organisational Development
- Centre for Regional Economic & Social Research
- Centre for Science Education
- Centre for Sport and Exercise Science
- Centre for Sustainable Consumption
- Centre for Tourism, Leisure and Environmental Change
- Culture, Communication and Computing Research Institute
- Facilities Management Graduate Centre
- Materials and Engineering Research Institute
- Sport Industry Research Centre
Through these centres of excellence, a number of spin-off companies have been formed, including:
- Sheaf Solutions – automotive and aerospace organisation
- Hallam Biotech – biotech analysis and synthesis
- Materials Analysis & Research Services (MARS) – materials analysis and solutions
- Bodycote – materials coating
- Design Futures – product design, packaging design, research & strategy
Lifelong Learning Network
SHU is the lead partner for Higher FuturesHigher Futures
Higher Futures, established in 2006, is the Lifelong Learning Network for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire. It is one of many LLNs operating in each region across the country....
, the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN)
Lifelong Learning Networks
Lifelong Learning Networks were a joint initiative in the UK between the Higher Education Funding Council for England , the Learning and Skills Council and the former Department for Education and Skills...
for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire.
League Tables and the National Student Survey
In the National Student Survey, several subject areas at SHU have performed very well in terms of overall student satisfaction with their courses: architecture was ranked 1st, geography was placed = 1st, and planning and housing studies was placed 2nd.In the most recent university league tables, SHU was placed 49th out of 119 UK universities by The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, 68th by The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
, 69th by The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
and 64th by The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
.
Chancellor
Life peer and fertility expert Lord WinstonRobert Winston
Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and politician.-Early life and education :...
was installed as Chancellor of SHU in a ceremony at the Millennium Galleries
Millennium Galleries
The Millennium Galleries is an art gallery in the City of Sheffield, England. Opened in April 2001 as part of Sheffield's Heart of the City project, it is located in the city centre close to the city library, Sheffield Hallam University, and the city's theatre district...
on Friday 5 October 2001. Winston has a long history in academia, being at present, and for the majority of his career, a full time faculty member at Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
.
Notable alumni
- Andy AkinwolereAndy AkinwolereAndy Akinwolere is a British television presenter.-Early life:Akinwolere was born in Nigeria in 1982, and moved to the United Kingdom with his family when he was eight years old. They settled in Birmingham, where he was educated.-Education:Akinwolere attended St...
, TV presenter on Blue PeterBlue PeterBlue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having first aired in 1958. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC channel. During its history there have been many presenters, often consisting of two women and two men at a time... - Graham BarnfieldGraham BarnfieldGraham Barnfield is a British academic and pundit associated with the hard left Revolutionary Communist Party .In 1993 he began writing on cultural politics in the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt...
, pundit and happy slappingHappy slappingHappy slapping was a fad in the UK, in which someone assaulted an unwitting victim while others recorded the assault...
analyst - Lee BlackettLee BlackettLee Blackett is a rugby union footballer for Leeds Carnegie. His usual position is at wing or centre...
, Leeds Carnegie rugby union player - Richard CabornRichard CabornRichard George Caborn PC is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Central from 1983 to 2010...
, former Minister of Sport - Andy Carthy, AKA Mr. Scruff, British DJ and artist
- Eric DancerEric DancerEric Dancer, CBE, JP was educated in Sheffield at King Edward VII School and Sheffield Polytechnic, where he was awarded a Diploma in Management Studies in 1965.Former managing director of Dartington Crystal, Eric is the current Lord Lieutenant of Devon...
, CBE, Lord Lieutenant of Devon - Nikki DeanNikki DeanNikki Dean is a British TV presenter, born in Stockport and brought up in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester.Nikki Dean studied at Sheffield Hallam University gaining a BA in Media Studies majoring in Broadcast Journalism....
, TV Presenter & Journalist - Steven HallSteven HallSteven Hall is a British author. He has written one novel, produced a number of plays, music videos, concrete prose/conceptual art pieces, and short stories....
, award-winning novelist - Mark HerbertMark HerbertMark Herbert is a UK film producer and the head of the Sheffield-based production company Warp Films.He produced: Four Lions, Dead Man's Shoes, and Phoenix Nights ....
, (Film Studies 1991-94) film producer, and head of Sheffield-based Warp Films - Dame Kelly HolmesKelly HolmesDame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...
, double Olympic medallist 2004 - Chris Jones, Sale and England international rugby player
- Ben Jones-BishopBen Jones-BishopBen Jones-Bishop is an English professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Leeds Rhinos in the Super League. His usual position is at Full-Back, but he can also play on the Wing.-Playing career:...
, Leeds Rhinos rugby league player - Sean LamontSean LamontSean Lamont is a Scottish international rugby union player who plays at centre and on the wing. His younger brother Rory Lamont is also a Scotland international rugby union player.-Biography:...
, Northampton and Scotland international rugby player - David MellorDavid Mellor (cutler)David Mellor, CBE, FCSD, RDI, was one of the best-known designers in Britain. Born in Sheffield, he specialised in metalwork and especially cutlery, to such an extent that he was often referred to as "the cutlery king"...
, international designer and cutlery-maker http://www.davidmellordesign.com/ - Martin NareyMartin NareyMartin Narey was the Chief Executive Officer of Barnardo's from October 2005 before stepping down in January 2011 to spend more time with his family...
, Chief Executive of Barnardo's - Kim NobleKim NobleKim Noble is an award-winning artist and comedian. He is best known as one half of the BAFTA-nominated comedy duo Noble and Silver, who won the 2000 Perrier Award for Best Newcomer...
and Stuart SilverStuart SilverStuart Silver is an award-winning Writer/Performer/Director. He works solo and collaboratively and is co-founder of the BAFTA-nominated, performance duo nobleandsilver, who won the 2000 Perrier Award for Best Newcomer. Stuart has since appeared onstage in his own one-man show, ‘You Look Like...
, (Noble and Silver), comedians, winners of 2000 Perrier Award for best newcomer. - Ellie Reed – construction recruitment manager and candidate on The Apprentice series seven
- Nick ParkNick ParkNicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park, CBE is an English filmmaker of stop motion animation best known as the creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep....
, animator, creator of Wallace and GromitWallace and GromitWallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series consisting of four British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations...
and Oscar winner. - Stanley RoyleStanley RoyleStanley Royle was a post-impressionist English landscape painter and illustrator who lived for most of his life in and around Sheffield and Canada...
, 20th century landscape artist - David StrettleDavid StrettleDavid Strettle, , is an English rugby union player who plays on the wing for Saracens and England.- Biography :Strettle grew up in Thelwall, Cheshire, attending Lymm High School and playing for Lymm RFC. Strettle then went on to study at Sheffield Hallam University...
, Harlequins and England international rugby player - Joakim SundströmJoakim SundströmJoakim Sundström is a Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician.Born in the Baltic city of Gävle in Sweden and brought up in Buchanan, Liberia on the West African Atlantic coast. He collaborates regularly with British director Michael Winterbottom. Married to British painter Dee Ferris....
, sound designer - Guy TarrantGuy TarrantGuy Tarrant is a contemporary artist from London, England. He works with found art and has exhibited articles related to schoolchildren's vandalism.-Life and work:...
, artist - Howard WilkinsonHoward WilkinsonHoward Wilkinson is a former English football player and manager, and has recently stepped down as a Non-Executive Director at Sheffield Wednesday after formerly relinquishing the chairman role to Milan Mandaric...
, Football Association technical director, former Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday manager
Notable staff
- Marina LewyckaMarina LewyckaMarina Lewycka is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin, currently living in Sheffield, England.-Biography:Marina Lewycka was born in a refugee camp in Kiel, Germany after World War II. Her family subsequently moved to England where she now lives...
, author of several novels including A Short History of Tractors in UkrainianA Short History of Tractors in UkrainianA Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is a novel by Marina Lewycka, first published in 2005 by Viking .The novel won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize at the Hay literary festival, the Waverton Good Read Award 2005/6, and was short-listed for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction, losing to...
(2005) - Prof. F.B. Pickering, metallurgist
- Prof. I.M. DharmadasaI.M. DharmadasaI.M. Dharmadasa is Professor of Applied Physics and leads the Electronic Materials and Solar Energy Group at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Dharme has worked in semiconductor research since becoming a PhD student at Durham University as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1977, under the supervison of the...
, leads Solar Energy Group of SHU, an applied physicist and a researcher of low cost solar cells.
Former staff
- Cameron Maxfield, senior lecturer in Metalwork and Jewellery 1968–2003: artist, metalworker, silversmith, and 2008 winner of the National Metalwork Design Award for his piece Tea Bag Pot
- John Tyme (1926–2008), senior lecturer in Environmental Studies 1968–1976, environmentalist, anti-motorway campaigner, and author of Motorways Versus Democracy (Macmillan, 1978)
- Mike Wild (1939– ), senior lecturer in Environmental Studies 1969–1997, founder of the Five Weirs Walk group; co-founder of the urban wildlife trust that is now known as the Sheffield Wildlife Trust; and 2010 winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Sheffield Telegraphs Environment Awards
See also
- University of SheffieldUniversity of SheffieldThe University of Sheffield is a research university based in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the original 'red brick' universities and is a member of the Russell Group of leading research intensive universities...
- Psalter LanePsalter LanePsalter Lane was one of three campuses that made up Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England. The campus officially closed on 31 August 2008 and work to demolish all but the old Bluecoat School building began in March 2010. Demolition work is scheduled to be completed by September 2010...
Campus - National Centre for Popular MusicNational Centre for Popular MusicThe National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield, England for contemporary music and culture, a £15 million project largely funded with contributions from the National Lottery, which opened on 1 March 1999, and closed in June 2000....
- Digital Audio Learning ObjectsDigital Audio Learning ObjectsThe Digital Audio Learning Object concept was devised at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK as a simple design methodology for non-technical staff and students...
- Hallam FC
External links
- Sheffield Hallam University – Official website
- SHU Students' Union