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University of Sheffield awarded University of the Year for Student Experience

The University of Sheffield has been named Daily Mail University of the Year for Student Experience 2024.
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Grow-your-own households eat more fruit and vegetables and waste less

Household fruit and vegetable production, in allotments and gardens, could be key to a healthy and food-secure population, a new study from the University of Sheffield has found.
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University of Sheffield top in the Russell Group in National Student Survey

The University of Sheffield has been placed top in the Russell Group, according to the latest National Student Survey published this week (10 August 2023).
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NERC Fellowship awarded to deliver ‘cutting-edge environmental science’

Dr Thomas Guillerme, from the School of Biosciences, is one of 12 “talented” early career researchers to be awarded a share of £7.9m through the prestigious Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Independent Research Fellowships (IRF).
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The evolutionary distinct African Forest Elephant plays a vital role in ecosystems, creating openings in the Congo forests and dispersing the seeds of a wide-range of tree species, yet poaching for their ivory has led to widespread declines.

Global wildlife trade risks altering evolutionary history and ecosystem function, study suggests

Some of the world’s most distinct and ancient animal species, which play crucial roles in our planet’s ecosystems, are exploited for the wildlife trade across large parts of the world, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.