Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
People with a specific interest

Time:
09:00 - 13:00

Location:
Showroom Workstations, Sheffield, S1 2BX

A hands-on opportunity to think different about everyday green spaces and try out evaluation tools in Sheffield’s city centre green spaces:

• self-directed onsite filming (a 'user-eye view')
• partnership capacity analysis (who does what and how?)
• rec-mapping (measuring recreational experience)
• Sheffield City Council's open space evaluation method, the Sheffield Standard.

Organised by Dr Nicola Dempsey and Dr Alice Mathers, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
General audience

Time:
11:00 - 15:00

Location:
Jessop West Exhibition Space, Sheffield, S3 7RA

This event will display an alternative map of Sheffield University, which will have been made by volunteers prior to and during the event. Participants can discover how mapping can be used to record varied ideas about of places, and use maps as a tool to document their own experiences.

If people are interested in volunteering to help build the map, please contact us via the link below.

Organised by Camilla Priede, The Institute for Lifelong Learning, University of Sheffield

Booking:
Via website

Suitable for:
Schools or colleges

Time:
09:45 - 15:00

Location:
The Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences, Sheffield, S1 4DP

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield will be hosting three events as part of the Festival. At these events researchers will present research projects covering a range of subject areas including architecture, sociology, education, geography, East Asian studies, politics and town planning.

The events are free to attend. Each event is aimed at children and young people of different ages. Members of the public are welcome to attend any of the events.

Please note:
This event date is only for primary schools.

Organised by Professor Jackie Marsh and Lisa Procter, The University of Sheffield

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
General audience

Time:
10:00 - 19:00

Location:
The Creative Lounge, Showroom and Workstation, Sheffield, S1 2BX

Abstinence education is being promoted in some schools and youth settings despite evidence of negative outcomes including increased risks of unprotected sex and delaying or no advice on sexual health. The event offers alternatives that centre on young people's expressed needs for comprehensive sexualities and relationships education (SRE).

Organised by Dr Julia Hirst, Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) Dept of Psychology, Sociology and Politics SHU, Public Health Hub (PHH), and Centre for Sexual Health and HIV

Booking:
Via website

Suitable for:
Professionals as part of their work

Time:
09:30 - 14:00

Location:
Firth Hall, Sheffield, S10 2TN

This project, linked with the BIG Energy Upgrade Project, aims at stimulating the debate on fuel poverty. A diverse group of stakeholders including academics, NHS, councils, housing associations and charities will share their views on fuel poverty, on how they define, identify and tackle it in their everyday practice.

Organised by Prof. Lenny Koh and Dr Marina Ciaraldi, Centre for Energy,Environment and Sustainability - University of Sheffield

Booking:
Via website

Suitable for:
Schools or colleges

Time:
09:45 - 15:00

Location:
The Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences, Sheffield, S1 4DP

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield will be hosting three events as part of the Festival. At these events researchers will present research projects covering a range of subject areas including architecture, sociology, education, geography, East Asian studies, politics and town planning.

The events are free to attend. Each event is aimed at children and young people of different ages. Members of the public are welcome to attend any of the events.

Please note:
This event date is only for secondary schools.

Organised by Professor Jackie Marsh and Lisa Procter, The University of Sheffield

Booking:
Invitation only

Suitable for:
Schools or colleges

Time:
10:00 - 15:00

Location:
Interdisciplinary Centre for the Social Sciences, Sheffield, S1 4DP

This interactive event involves college students coming to the University of Sheffield and engaging in different entrepreneurial activities. The event highlights the entrepreneurship work of Drs Peter Rodgers, Nick Williams and Tim Vorley (Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development) and then engages the students with the research.

Organised by Dr Peter Rodgers, Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development, University of Sheffield

Please note:
this event is invitation only.

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
General audience

Time:
10:00 - 16:00

Location:
The Electric Works, Sheffield, S1 2BJ

The event will seek to explore how business and education can work together to make a real difference. Specifically this event will look at the role of sector partnerships as a driver for new models of responsible business practice, aimed at making an impact through an ethos of social sustainability.

Organised by Stephen Dobson, Sheffield Hallam University and Sheffield Business School

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
Schools or colleges

Time:
16:00 - 17:30

Location:
High Greave Junior School, Rotherham, S65 3LZ

Young people will share their collaborative research on Language as Talisman with doctoral students. Three events are planned, one at a school and two in community locations in Rawmarsh. The young people will present their research using arts practice methodologies to doctoral students from the University of Sheffield.

Please note:
this event is only for postgraduate students.

Organised by Kate Pahl, University of Sheffield with High Greave School, Sheffield, and the Youth Service, Rawmarsh

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
Professionals as part of their work

Time:
17:00 - 20:00

Location:
Showroom 5, The Showroom, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX

This event will examine what work-basedcyber-bullying is, how it differs from traditional bullying and what impact itcan have. It will also involve dissemination of research findings and engagingwith the business community to explore what practices organisations can employto reduce the negative effects of work-based cyber-bullying.

Organised by Dr Christine A Sprigg, Institute of Work Psychology (IWP), Management School, University of Sheffield in collaboration with the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (I-WHO), University of Nottingham.

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
People with a specific interest

Time:
17:30 - 19:30

Location:
Jessops West Building, University of Sheffield, 34 Leavygreave Rd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7RD

The economic crisis is the key economic and political issue in the world today. The causes of the crisis, and political responses to it, are highly controversial and contested. At this event you can hear the views of three leading radical researchers in this field, and discuss and debate them.

Tea and coffee served from 17.00.

Organised by Dr Jamie Gough, Research Exchange for the Social Sciences, Sheffield University

Booking:
Not required

Suitable for:
General audience

Time:
18:30 - 20:00

Location:
Monteney Primary School, Sheffield, S5 9DN

The event will draw on two research projects that have explored children's play and its relationship with media and technology in Parson Cross, Sheffield, from 1950 to the present day. The children and adults who participated in the projects will disseminate findings, using a range of interactive approaches.

Organised by Jackie Marsh, School of Education, University of Sheffield

Please note:
this event is open to all. Booking is not required.

Booking:
Via website

Suitable for:
Professionals as part of their work

Time:
09:00 - 16:00

Location:
The University of Sheffield Management School, Sheffield, S1 4DT

This event will develop the notion of excellence and performance to enhance the sustainability and leadership in the 21st century in all organisations. Building from the individual, it will focus on using the real life experience of top level sports athletes, clinical operational staff, and a senior fire arms trainer and commander in the police, to explore and challenge thinking in performance and leadership.

Organised by Dr Paul Thomas, Sheffield University

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
People with a specific interest

Time:
09:30 - 16:30

Location:
The Circle, Sheffield, S1 4FW

The seminar provides an arena for debate of problems and exchange of good practice in enterprise zones management - issues particularly relevant in the current environment dominated by efficiency-seeking principles and restrained budgetary conditions. The seminar brings together academics, policymakers, representatives of institutions in charge of enterprise zones and businesses operating within them.

Organised by Pawel Capik, Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University; International Business Subject Group

Booking:
Via website

Suitable for:
Schools or colleges

Time:
09:45 - 15:00

Location:
The Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences, Sheffield, S1 4DP

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield will be hosting three events as part of the Festival. At these events researchers will present research projects covering a range of subject areas including architecture, sociology, education, geography, East Asian studies, politics and town planning.

The events are free to attend. Each event is aimed at children and young people of different ages. Members of the public are welcome to attend any of the events.

Please note:
This event date is only for sixth forms/colleges.

Organised by Professor Jackie Marsh and Lisa Procter, The University of Sheffield

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
General audience

Time:
10:00 - 19:00

Location:
Creative Lounge at the Showroom/Workstation, Sheffield, S1 2BX

This event will take the form of an exhibition based around a dialogue between the cities of Salford and Sheffield, in an attempt to understand why the former witnessed disorder last year and the latter did not. The exhibition will consist of photography, maps, poster displays and quotes from residents.

Organised by Dr Bob Jeffery, Sociology and Politics Research Group, Sheffield Hallam University

Booking:
Invitation only

Suitable for:
Schools or colleges

Time:
13:00 - 15:00

Location:
Prince Edward Primary School, Sheffield, S12 2AA

Working with thirty children at a Sheffield primary school, this workshop will develop children’s understandings of later life and facilitate reflection on the differences and similarities between people at various ages. Participants will be encouraged to explore representations of age in the media, recognising and challenging stereotypes of older people.

Organised by Sarah Howson, New Dynamics of Ageing Research Programme, University of Sheffield

Please note:
this event is invitation only.

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
Professionals as part of their work

Time:
19:00 - 21:00

Location:
Novotel, 50 Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PR

The event will be a panel led discussion around the issues of financial literacy. The panel will consist of company accountants and representatives from the audit profession. Also represented will be corporate chief executives, senior non-financial managers from both the public and private sectors, and academics.

Organised by Professor Trevor Hassall, Sheffield Hallam University

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
Professionals as part of their work

Time:
08:30 - 12:30

Location:
The Quadrant, Sheffield, S9 4WG

This event will get businesses to think about the steps that they need to take to develop themselves as more resilient to external shocks and strengthen their potential for growth.

The number of participants at this event is restricted to 40 so to register your interest please use the link below.

Organised by Tim Vorley and Nick Williams, Centre for Regional Economic and Enterprise Development

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
General audience

Time:
10:00 - 19:00

Location:
Creative Lounge at the Showroom/Workstation, Sheffield, S1 2BX

This event will take the form of an exhibition based around a dialogue between the cities of Salford and Sheffield, in an attempt to understand why the former witnessed disorder last year and the latter did not. The exhibition will consist of photography, maps, poster displays and quotes from residents.

Organised by Dr Bob Jeffery, Sociology and Politics Research Group, Sheffield Hallam University

Booking:
Via website

Suitable for:
People with a specific interest

Time:
10:30 - 16:00

Location:
The Showroom, Sheffield, S1 2BX

The event provides third sector organisations with insights into building organisational capacity and collaborative relationships for the purposes of public service delivery. It explores both the challenges and opportunities inherent in what appears to be the 'marketisation' of service provision by frontline organisations and the infrastructure organisations that support them.

Organised by Tracey Chadwick-Coule, Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University

Booking:
Invitation only

Suitable for:
Schools or colleges

Time:
13:00 - 15:00

Location:
Prince Edward Primary School, Sheffield, S12 2AA

Working with thirty children at a Sheffield primary school, this workshop will develop children’s understandings of later life and facilitate reflection on the differences and similarities between people at various ages. Participants will be encouraged to explore representations of age in the media, recognising and challenging stereotypes of older people.

Organised by Sarah Howson, New Dynamics of Ageing Research Programme, University of Sheffield

Please note:
this event is invitation only.

Booking:
Invitation only

Suitable for:
Schools or colleges

Time:
14:00 - 15:30

Location:
Holy Trinity School, Barnsley, S71 2BD

The event will focus on the impact and aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis and the UK government's austerity measures. It will address issues that are of particular relevance to young people. This interactive event will involve contributions from a panel of academics and practitioners and a question-and-answer session.

Organised by Professor Jason Heyes, University of Sheffield

Please note:
this event is invitation only.

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
Schools or colleges

Time:
14:30 - 15:15

Location:
Rawmarsh Community Centre, Rotherham, S62 6LN

Young people will share their collaborative research on Language as Talisman with doctoral students. Three events are planned, one at a school and two in community locations in Rawmarsh. The young people will present their research using arts practice methodologies to doctoral students from the University of Sheffield.

Please note:
this event is only for postgraduate students.

Organised by Kate Pahl, University of Sheffield with High Greave School, Sheffield, and the Youth Service, Rawmarsh

Booking:
Via email

Suitable for:
General audience

Time:
10:30 - 13:30

Location:
Talbot Specialist School, Sheffield, S8 9JP

The behaviours of young men with the labels of autism can sometimes be interpreted mistakenly as 'sexual' by those around them and lead to restrictive outcomes for the young men themselves. This event will focus on how research can lead to new and more enabling understandings of such behaviours.

Organised by Dr Nick Hodge, The Autism Centre, Department of Education, Childhood and Inclusion, Sheffield Hallam University in partnership with Sheffield Autistic Society and Talbot Specialist School, Leadership and Innovation Hub.

Booking:
Via website

Suitable for:
General audience

Time:
12:00 - 16:00

Location:
Regather Works, Sheffield, S11 8BU

A one day exhibition celebrating co-operation for positive social change in Sheffield, featuring guided tours, presentations, workshops, food, drink and entertainment - provided exclusively by Sheffield based co-operatives and happening at the Regather Works - a community centre for co-operation in Sharrow, Sheffield.

Organised by Gareth Roberts, Regather Co-Operative Limited