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University of Sheffield strikes due to begin amid £23m cuts to staff costs

University of Sheffield strikes due to begin amid £23m cuts to staff costs

by Erin Griffiths | Apr 28, 2025 4:17PM | News

Staff at the University of Sheffield are planning a series of strikes ahead of exam season, after cuts and fears of compulsory redundancy. The Sheffield University College Union (UCU) voted overwhelmingly in favour to support industrial action after significant cuts...
Pair narrowly avoid prison after admitting hair salon drug distribution

Pair narrowly avoid prison after admitting hair salon drug distribution

by Erin Griffiths | Mar 3, 2025 3:21PM | Top Story

A judge told two people they had “escaped going to prison by the skin of your teeth” at their sentencing at Sheffield Crown Court. Dean Richard Hassan, 46, a self-employed plasterer, and Jenna McGarry, 39, a beauty salon employee, narrowly avoided jail...
“We need to keep fighting against gendered violence”: UN Campaign takes to Sheffield’s streets to tackle gendered abuse

“We need to keep fighting against gendered violence”: UN Campaign takes to Sheffield’s streets to tackle gendered abuse

by Erin Griffiths | Dec 13, 2024 12:22PM | News, Top Story

As the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence came to an end earlier this week, Sheffield University’s Women’s Officer Eloise Taylor, 19, reflects on their message.  The UN campaign, originally created to challenge violence against women and girls, ran in...
“You’re left in the dark, getting worse and worse” says Crohn’s sufferer

“You’re left in the dark, getting worse and worse” says Crohn’s sufferer

by Erin Griffiths | Dec 6, 2024 3:36PM | Long Reads

More is needed to  be done to speed up the diagnosis of painful and debilitating bowel conditions according to one sufferer.  As part of Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week, Liam Slaney, voiced his concerns that the NHS is over-stretched leaving patients...
Louise Haigh: Everything we know and what her constituents think

Louise Haigh: Everything we know and what her constituents think

by Erin Griffiths | Nov 29, 2024 4:00PM | News

The streets of Sheffield Heeley were divided this morning following the resignation of MP Louise Haigh as Transport Secretary. Haigh resigned from her position this morning, following a charge of misleading the police after a mugging incident in 2013. However, a local...

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