Sheffield Hallam University

Information about Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam University
Motto Learn and Serve
Established 1969 (as Sheffield Polytechnic)
Type Public
Chancellor Professor Robert Winston
Vice-Chancellor Professor Philip Jones
Staff 4,000 [1]
Students 28,140 [2]
Undergraduates 20,745 <ref name="HESA" />
Postgraduates 7,105 <ref name="HESA" />
Other students 285 FE<ref name="HESA" />
Location Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Affiliations Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities
Association of Commonwealth Universities
Website [1]
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a university in Sheffield, England. It is based on three campuses, the main one is in Sheffield city centre, and the other two (Psalter Lane and Collegiate Crescent) are close to Ecclesall Road in southwest Sheffield. The University Chancellor is Lord Winston.[2]

With more than 28,000 students, over 4,000 staff and 650 courses, the University is the country's sixth largest. The Research Assessment Exercise in 2001 placed SHU joint top amongst the newer universities.

The university claims that one of its top priorities is promoting regional wealth creation through enterprise and knowledge transfer. This commitment is represented at strategic level via the Sheffield First Partnership – a high-level public, private and voluntary sector partnership which exists to develop and implement economic and social strategies for the city.

History

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A view of the Surrey, Harmer and Owen Buildings.


In 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 was founded. For over a century it enjoyed a distinguished history as one of Britain’s top schools of art and design.

In 1905, the City of Sheffield Training College on Collegiate Crescent admitted its first 90 students.

In 1969, the Sheffield School of Design merged with the city’s College of Technology to form Sheffield Polytechnic—one of the first polytechnics in the United Kingdom.

In 1976, the Polytechnic absorbed the city’s two teacher training colleges, and was renamed Sheffield City Polytechnic.

In 1992, along with the other British polytechnics, Sheffield City Polytechnic became a university with the right to award its own degrees, and was named Sheffield Hallam University.

In 2005, the university was reorganised into four large faculties (see below), including a new Faculty of Health and Wellbeing. At the same time, with the intention of further developing research and teaching, a new Clinical Academic Group was launched to incorporate the appointment of several new medically-qualified Honorary Professors, all of whom were consultants based at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest hospital trusts in the United Kingdom. In 2006, Sheffield Hallam University took over all of the teaching of nursing and midwifery from Sheffield University.

The new Faculty of Development and Society focuses on 'social inclusion' bringing together the subject disciplines of education, humanities, the built environment, and geography, applied social sciences and law. The main emphasis is on 'people, places and spaces'.

Organisation

Faculties

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The University's Owen Building, part of the City Campus on Arundel Gate.


Sheffield Hallam University is divided into four faculties:

Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences (ACES): Art and Design; Business Systems and IT; Communication and Media; Computers and Computing; Engineering and Technology; Mathematics and Statistics; and Multimedia and Internet.

Faculty of Development and Society (D&S): Built Environment; Community Justice; Education; English; Geography and Environment; Humanities; Law; Social Sciences; Planning, Urban Regeneration and Housing.

Faculty of Health and Wellbeing (HWB): Biosciences; Diagnostic Radiography; Nursing and Midwifery; Occupational Therapy; Operating Department Practitioners; Paramedic Studies; Physiotherapy; Radiotherapy and Oncology; Social Work and Sport and Active Lifestyles.

Faculty of Organisation and Management (O&M): Business and Management; Facilities Management; Finance; Food and Nutrition; Language and Culture; Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure.

Research centres

In the bid to advance its research agenda, approximately 20 research centres have been formed, including the following which have had outstanding success in government research exercises, income generation and industrial co-operation:
  • Biomedical Research Centre - BMRC
  • Centre for Education Research & Social Inclusion - CERSI
  • Centre for Health and Social Care Research - hsc
  • Centre for Professional and Organisational Development - CPOD
  • Centre for Regional Economic & Social Research - CRESR
  • Centre for Sport and Exercise Science - CSES
  • Centre for Sustainable Consumption - CSC
  • Centre for Tourism, Leisure and Environmental Change- http://www.shu.ac.uk/environment/research.html
  • Culture, Communication and Computing Research Institute - C3RI
  • Facilities Management Graduate Centre (FMGC) http://www.shu.ac.uk/fmgc
  • Materials and Engineering Research Institute - MERI
Through these centres of excellence, a number of university spin-off companies were formed, including:

Lifelong Learning Network

Sheffield Hallam University is the lead partner for Higher Futures, the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire.

Rankings

In University league tables Sheffield Hallam was ranked 80 from 120 by The Guardian, 80 from 109 by The Times, and 71 out of 119 by The Sunday Times (these being the most recent rankings in July 2007).

Sheffield Hallam was ranked 91st from 124 by the The Guardian in their analysis of the last Research Assessment Exercise (2001).

It has been argued that teaching quality assessments are biased against post-92 universities and a paper in the Quality in Higher Education journal suggested that Sheffield Hallam came top of a revised league table of teaching quality in English Universities once these biases had been removed.[3]

Chancellor

Life peer and fertility expert Lord Winston was installed as Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University in a ceremony at the Millennium Galleries on Friday 5 October 2001.[3]

Notable alumni

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Entrance of Sheffield Hallam University at night.
See also .

Notable staff

  • Marina Lewycka, writer
  • Prof. F.B.Pickering, Metallurgist
  • Prof. Chas Critcher, writer & sociologist
  • Francoise Cose, Teacher of UMC,

See also

References

1. ^ Key Facts. Sheffield Hallam University. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.
2. ^ Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06. Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
3. ^ Recounting the Scores: An Analysis of the QAA Subject Review Grades 1995-2001. Cited by Phil Baty in The Times Higher Education Supplement, 17 November 2006

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