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Editor-in-Chief at The Sheffield Tab | 🎙️Podcast Host | 🎓 Journo Student
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🪧🚨 The latest as Sheffield’s universities face 28 days of strike action @TheTabSheffield

- UoS looking to review VSS outcomes before looking a longer-term commitments
- Sheffield UCU rejected proposal to extend no compulsory redundancies commitment to April 2026

Full story ⬇️
October 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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💷 Payday delayed for Sheffield Hallam University staff amid ‘processing issue’

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Payday delayed for staff at Sheffield Hallam University over 'processing issue'
The university has issued a statement
thetab.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Pulp rocked Hillsborough Park with a memorable hometown performance last night - and brought out a special guest.

Full roundup from day one @tramlines 2025 here 👇

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Tramlines 2025: Pulp rock Hillsborough Park with memorable hometown performance
It featured a few surprises
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July 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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A name and opening date have been announced for a new venue at the site of the former Leadmill building in Sheffield.

What we know so far ⬇️

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New venue name and opening date announced for the former Leadmill building
It's only a few months away
thetab.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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🎧 “This is for the community of listeners that podcasts have built around them.”

Dino Sofos on what to expect from Crossed Wires 2025, the benefits of live podcasts, and the need for more media opportunities outside of London.

Full interview ⬇️

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Crossed Wires co-founder Dino Sofos on bringing the UK's biggest podcasts to Sheffield
The UK's 'biggest podcasting party' returns next month
thetab.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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📈 University of Sheffield returns to top 100 of QS World Universiry Rankings - rising several places from last year

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QS World University Rankings 2026: University of Sheffield surges back into top 100
It has risen thirteen places from last year
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June 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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🎵 Sheffield live music venue The Leadmill has announced the number of days until its closure.

Planned events will be relocated to other venues around the city ⬇️

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Sheffield's The Leadmill announces the number of days until its closure
After 40 years it will close this month
thetab.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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🎓 The University of Sheffield has suspended new intake for 28 of its courses in the 2025/26 academic year.

Full list ⬇️

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University of Sheffield suspends new intake for 28 courses in 2025
Engineering, linguistics, and medicine degrees are on the list
thetab.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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👀 Ed Sheeran with a surprise performance on the streets of Sheffield this evening

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Ed Sheeran surprises fans with Sheffield city centre performance
He performed some of his top hits
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May 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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🏆 University of Sheffield have secured an 11th consecutive Varsity title - also defeating Sheffield Hallam in a fiery ice hockey clash at the Utilita Arena last night 🏒

Match report and all the results from this year’s competition ⬇️

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University of Sheffield win fiery ice hockey contest and secure eleventh consecutive Varsity title
The final results are in
thetab.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Former Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane will be the new @sheffielduni.bsky.social Chancellor from November ⬇️

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Economist and AMRC chair to replace outgoing University of Sheffield Chancellor
Andy Haldane was the Bank of England's Chief Economist and is Chief Executive of the Royal Society of the Arts
thetab.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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🚨 New: Sheffield Hallam UCU announces strikes to take place next week over seven month delay to national pay award.

In a statement to The Sheffield Tab this evening, a spokesperson for the University said it is “disappointed” by the move.

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Sheffield Hallam union announces strike action to take place next week
The University said it is "disappointed" in the decision
thetab.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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❌ Proposals for a battery storage site near the Dronfield-Sheffield border has been rejected over ‘inappropriate’ Green Belt development.

Read more in Derbyshire Times ⬇️

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Derbyshire battery storage site rejected over 'inappropriate' Green Belt development
Proposals for a new lithium battery storage site on Green Belt land in North East Derbyshire have been rejected following planning appeal.
www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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🏀⛹️‍♀️ Opening wins for both sides on the first day of Sheffield Varsity 2025.

The latest results and full list of upcoming fixtures 👇

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Varsity 2025: opening wins for both teams and list of upcoming fixtures
Basketball and netball were in action
thetab.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The reason why University of Sheffield’s Alfred Denny Building is encased in scaffolding - and the cost and budget of the works ⬇️

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Multi-million pound budget allocated for Alfred Denny Building repairs
Works have been ongoing since last year
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March 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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🔋Residents have voiced their opposition to a proposed battery storage site near the Sheffield-Dronfield border, amid a Planning Inspectorate appeal hearing yesterday.

One called the potential site “a ticking time bomb”.

Read more ⬇️

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Plans for Sheffield border battery storage site are 'ticking time bomb' - ShefNews
People living close to the site of a proposed 4,000 square metre battery storage compound have described the plans as a "ticking time bomb" that would impact families, wildlife and the greenbelt.
shefnews.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The Leadmill says it faces a “challenging moment” after losing its recent legal case against landlord Electric Group.

Electric Group says they “welcome” the Court’s decision and that it “paves the way for a bright future for this venue”.

Read ⬇️

thetab.com/2025/02/20/t...
The Leadmill faces 'challenging moment' amid loss of legal case against landlord
The dispute has been ongoing since 2022
thetab.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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🚨 Breaking: Arrest made following ‘armed standoff’ at apartments in Sheffield.

South Yorkshire Police say a 47-year-old man has been arrested.

Read more ⬇️

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Arrest made in 'armed standoff' at Sheffield city centre apartment building
A 47-year-old man has been arrested
thetab.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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The police corden remains in place on Broad Street and Park Square roundabout amid ongoing police incident in Sheffield.

Student accommodation - The Pinnacles - neighbours the evacuated Gateway building.

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Sheffield student flats under police cordon amid armed standoff
Police officers were called to the area due to 'concerns for a man inside a property, alleged to have weapons and pose a risk to himself'
thetab.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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The founder of Sheffield’s Chinese Lunar New Year festival is hoping the event will become the “biggest” of its kind in the country.

Full story and the events of this year’s festival so far ⬇️

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Sheffield Chinese Lunar New Year Festival founder aspires for it to be 'biggest' in the country
Hundreds attended the city centre event on Saturday
thetab.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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💷📈 University of Sheffield vice-chancellor Koen Lamberts received a £23,650 pay rise for 2024, financial statements show.

Full story in The Sheffield Tab ⬇️

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Vice-chancellor Koen Lamberts received £23k pay rise for 2024
The second highest for any incumbent Russell Group vice-chancellor
thetab.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Tributes paid to Nobel Prize winning University of Sheffield lecturer who made “exceptional contribution” to science.

Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart died on 30 December, aged 82.

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Tributes paid to Nobel Prize winning University of Sheffield lecturer
Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart died on 30th December
thetab.com
January 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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His expenses clearly aren't the biggest issue when the Uni is facing a reported £50m shortfall over two years, but the optics are awful

Great work by @samburtonjourno.bsky.social for unearthing that one
December 5, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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🚨 Exclusive: University of Sheffield Vice-Chancellor Koen Lamberts has claimed £17,598 in business class travel expenses this year, The Sheffield Tab can reveal.

Full story 👇

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University of Sheffield vice-chancellor claims £17,000 in business class travel expenses
Koen Lamberts' registered expenses have increased 68 per cent on last year
thetab.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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🚨 Exclusive: University of Sheffield has spent £248k on security for pro-Palestine protests in 2024.

A Sheffield UCU committee member told The Sheffield Tab that it was “shocking”.

Full story here ⬇️

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Revealed: University of Sheffield spends £248k on security for pro-Palestine protests
£16k was also spent on security for other student protest action
thetab.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:31 PM