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The University of Sheffield has been named UK University of the Year in the 2011 Times Higher Education Awards.
Judges said that the University “stood out as a result of a strategy based on its values and rooted in its founding principles” and praised our “determination and grit” in focusing on our local community.
University guides also confirm our position as one of the UK’s leading universities. The 2010 Virgin Guide to British Universities says that “Sheffield is a top university across the board”.
Teaching quality assessments rate our teaching very highly across a wide range of subjects, and official research assessments confirm our reputation as a centre for world-class research in many disciplines.
We have nearly 25,000 students from 128 countries, and over 5,500 staff. The University of Sheffield is a popular choice with applicants for university places, and once they arrive our students enjoy the experience so much that many settle in Sheffield after they graduate.
Our research partners and clients include Boeing, Rolls Royce, Unilever, Boots, AstraZeneca, GSK, ICI, Slazenger, and many more household names, as well as UK and overseas government agencies and charitable foundations.
Our academic partners include leading universities around the world. International partnerships include Worldwide Universities Network (USA, Europe and China) and our partnership with Leeds and York Universities (the White Rose Consortium) has combined research power greater than that of either Oxford or Cambridge.
The University’s history stretches back to 1828, when the Sheffield School of Medicine was founded, and our University Charter was granted in 1905.
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Lecturer in Languages Education, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Economics, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Romantic Literature, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in the Department of French, Francophone and Luxembourg Studies, University of Sheffield
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Impact Fellow for Centre for Freedom of the Media, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Journalism and Digital Media, Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Accounting, University of Sheffield
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Research Lead Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies, University of Sheffield
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Director, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sheffield
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PhD student at the School of Journalism, Media, and Communication, University of Sheffield
