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Yesterday, staff and friends of Hallam ran the Sheffield Half Marathon on behalf of the Hallam Fund to raise funds for Sanctuary Scholarships.

Congratulations to each one of our runners! Thank you for supporting students who choose to come to Hallam to achieve their dreams and feel safe. After an amazing few weeks, they have raised over £1,500 to support our sanctuary scholar students.

If you would like to support these students and our amazing runners, check out the Hallam Fund's JustGiving page: https://bit.ly/3PSo7Rc

You're invited! Our final year events management students have organised some fantastic charity events throughout April at a range of Sheffield venues.

All funds raised are shared equally between three beloved charities: Cavendish Cancer Care / Weston Park Cancer Charity / Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS and Charity

Come along and have a great time while supporting our hardworking students and the amazing work of their chosen charities. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3TSFFOj

hallam charity events - OUR EVENTS PROUDLY PRESENTED BY FINAL YEAR EVENTS MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

Since 2016, AESSEAL has supported over 100 female engineering students at Sheffield Hallam through its 'Women in Engineering' scholarship and bursary programme.

On Wednesday, 13 students visited AESSEAL's headquarters in Rotherham to hear from current female engineers about their career journeys and to tour the state of the art facilities.

"Listening to women in the engineering sector share their stories with our students was truly inspirational and very timely ahead of this week’s International Women’s Day. It is wonderful to see how the University’s partnership with AESSEAL is helping to unlock doors traditionally difficult for women to step through. We are very grateful for AESSEAL’s continued commitment to supporting the next generation of female engineers to fulfil their potential.” - Professor Liz Mossop, Sheffield Hallam University's Vice-Chancellor

We've launched our first Hallam Fund Winter Appeal, to provide emergency financial support for some of our most vulnerable students.

For students who are care experienced or estranged from their families, this can be a difficult time of year. With the help of our alumni and supporter community, they can access emergency bursaries to pay for accommodation, food and high street vouchers. They will also receive a gift hamper and handwritten card - so they know someone is thinking about them over the festive season.

Receiving support helps students and provides vital financial aid to those who do not have a family network.

We want our students to succeed. And we want them to know they are cared for. So far, our alumni and supporter community has raised over £12,500, which can make a difference to the lives of over 500 students.

Learn more about our Winter Appeal: https://bit.ly/3TleRYd

Congratulations to Vivienne Parry OBE, who received an honorary doctorate this afternoon in recognition of her distinguished contribution to increasing the understanding of science and academic research through public engagement.

Vivienne is a scientist by training and has spent her career as a writer and broadcaster specialising in health, ethics and public understanding of science. In 1994, she became a presenter of the iconic BBC TV science programme Tomorrow's World. She also presented hundreds of science-based radio shows for BBC Radio 4, as well as being a newspaper columnist, principally for the Times. She hosts major science events across the world including for the G7 and G20 and has a part time role as Head of Public Engagement at Genomics England.

Vivienne studied Immunology and Genetics at UCL and sat on the University Council for ten years and served as its Vice Chair until 2015. She served as a Board member of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) from 2018-2021 and has been a member of the MRC Council and of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

Congratulations to Uriah Rennie, who received an honorary doctorate this morning in recognition of his distinguished contributions to sport and his work with communities across South Yorkshire.

Uriah is a former International FIFA and FA premiership football referee and was the first black referee to oversee Premiership League games. Over the course of his refereeing career, he officiated over 300 Premier League games, including the 2001 play-off Final.

Uri is a very proud Sheffielder, who studied his MBA at Sheffield Hallam University and continues to be based in the city. For 30 years, he has worked for Sheffield City Trust (SCT) and is now Community Liaison Manager. He has been a magistrate in Sheffield since 1996 and is an ambassador of The Children’s Hospital Charity and a Trustee of Voluntary Action Sheffield. Uri is also a patron of Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity and St Luke's Hospice.

He is an active champion of education and sport across the South Yorkshire region and a role model and shining example of how sport can transform the lives of young people. This is seen through his presidency of the Sheffield Federation for Schools Sports.

Congratulations to Standing at the Sky’s Edge, who received an honorary doctorate yesterday in recognition of the distinguished legacy which has been created through brilliant connection of storytelling to place, with Sheffield at the heart of the narrative. This award was accepted on behalf of the wider company, cast and creative team by Robert Hastie (Director), Chris Bush (Writer), and Rupert Lord (Co-producer).

Standing at the Sky’s Edge is an award-winning British musical set on Sheffield’s Park Hill estate. A celebration of strength and solidarity across six decades, the musical originally opened at the Crucible in March 2019, winning Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards and the 2020 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre.

Last year Sheffield Theatres, in co-production with the National Theatre and Various Productions, revived the show at the Crucible before transferring to the Olivier Theatre, where it went on to win two Olivier awards including Best New Musical. The show transfers to London’s West End in February 2024, co-produced by National Theatre Productions and Various Productions led by producer Rupert Lord, who has championed and developed the show from its inception.

Sheffield Theatres National Theatre Standing At The Sky's Edge

Congratulations to Standing at the Sky’s Edge, who received an honorary doctorate yesterday in recognition of the distinguished legacy which has been created through brilliant connection of storytelling to place, with Sheffield at the heart of the narrative. This award was accepted on behalf of the wider company, cast and creative team by Robert Hastie (Director), Chris Bush (Writer), and Rupert Lord (Co-producer).

Standing at the Sky’s Edge is an award-winning British musical set on Sheffield’s Park Hill estate. A celebration of strength and solidarity across six decades, the musical originally opened at the Crucible in March 2019, winning Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards and the 2020 South Bank Sky Arts Award for Theatre.

Last year Sheffield Theatres, in co-production with the National Theatre and Various Productions, revived the show at the Crucible before transferring to the Olivier Theatre, where it went on to win two Olivier awards including Best New Musical. The show transfers to London’s West End in February 2024, co-produced by National Theatre Productions and Various Productions led by producer Rupert Lord, who has championed and developed the show from its inception.

Congratulations to Professor Philippe Sands KC, who received an honorary doctorate this afternoon in recognition of his distinguished contribution to public international law, literature, and the arts.

Philippe is an author and renowned expert in international law. He is Professor of Public Understanding of Law at UCL where he is also Director of the Centre of International Courts and Tribunals. He was called to the Bar in 1985 and appointed King’s Counsel in 2003. Philippe is a Barrister at 11 King's Bench Walk in London and is a respected expert in public law, arbitration, international law and environmental and natural resources. From 2011-2013 he was a member of the independent Commission on a Bill of Rights, which was established by the UK Government. He has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School since 2019.

Philippe has authored numerous acclaimed books, including East West Street (2016) and The Ratline (2020). His latest book, The Last Colony, A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy, was published in September 2022. He is also a regular contributor and commentator on international law and justice in publications including the Guardian, Financial Times and New York Times, and appears regularly on the BBC and CNN. Philippe was President of English PEN for five years until April 2023 and is a member of the Board of the Hay Festival of Arts and Literature.

Congratulations to sathnamsanghera who received an honorary doctorate this morning in recognition of his distinguished contribution to the social sciences through his writing on race, identity and shared British history.

Sathnam Sanghera grew up in Wolverhampton, the son of Indian Punjabi parents who immigrated in the late 1960s. When he started school in the UK, he could not read or speak English. He went on to graduate from Cambridge with a first-class degree in English Literature and Language in 1998. He is a journalist and author and started his career with the Financial Times, he joined The Times as a reporter and feature writer in 2007.

His first book, the memoir The Boy With The Topknot: Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton (2009) was named Mind Book of the Year in 2009 and was adapted by BBC Drama in 2017. He has gone on to write Marriage Material (2013) and EmpireLand: How Modern Britain is Shaped by its Imperial Past (2021).

He has won numerous prizes for his journalism, including Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2002 and Media Commentator of the year in the 2015 Comment Awards. In November 2021, his Channel 4 documentary series about race, Empire State of Mind, received positive reviews in the UK media. In 2016, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Congratulations to Ian Stuart, who received an honorary doctorate this afternoon in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the banking sector and your continued advocacy for Sheffield as a hub for finance in the North of England.

Ian Stuart has been Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HSBC UK Bank plc since April 2017. As one of the UK’s largest banks, HSBC UK serves over 14 million retail, commercial and private banking customers, supported by 23,500 colleagues. In addition to the HSBC UK brand, it also includes HSBC Private Bank (UK), M&S Bank, first direct and HSBC Innovation Banking (UK). As CEO of HSBC UK, Ian is also a member of the HSBC Holdings plc Group Executive Committee.

Ian has worked in financial services for over four decades. He joined HSBC as Group General Manager and Head of Commercial Banking Europe in 2014, having previously led the corporate and business banking businesses at Barclays and worked at NatWest/RBS for over 20 years. He started his career at Bank of Scotland in 1979.

Ian was awarded a Freedom of the City of London for his services to finance, received an Honorary Masters Degree from The London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF), is the global Executive Sponsor of HSBC’s Ability Employee Network and a member of the UK Finance Board. He is also a Business Ambassador for Meningitis Now.

Congratulations to Tim Campbell MBE, who received an honorary doctorate this morning in recognition of his distinguished contribution to business and enterprise.

Tim appeared as a contestant in series one of The Apprentice in February 2005 and was hired by Sir Alan Sugar in the final episode, screened in May 2005.

He is the founder of his own social enterprise, Bright Ideas Trust, and co-author of one of Amazon’s Top 10 business books for 2010, 'What’s Your Bright Idea?'. He joined Zishi Cornerstone as Marketing Director in 2021 and has supported the company’s link with Sheffield Business School since then. Zishi Cornerstone are an approved partner for the purposes of delivering financial markets teaching on two courses at SBS.

Tim has a firm belief in education as a facilitator of social mobility, he currently sits on the City of London Education board and is Chair of Governors at an outstanding London secondary school.

He was awarded the MBE for Enterprise Culture in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List.

Congratulations to Dr Sara Hornby, who received an honorary doctorate this afternoon in recognition of her distinguished contribution to engineering and innovation through research and development.

Sara spent her early career in the UK working in the steel industry at Firth Brown Tools engineering and British Steel Corporation. Her initial Air Liquide roles in the US and Canada, managing multi-disciplinary, multi-industry, multi-location team members, developing new technologies and bringing best available technologies to the metals industry, coupled with other EAF steelmaking specific positions, put her in good stead to set up her own company, Global Strategic Solutions Inc., in 2003. Global Strategic Solutions supplies expert consultancy to the metals and related industries, to both public-held and private companies.

Sara holds 5 patents and has authored over 136 International papers, seminars and courses. She is a world leading expert in new technology development aimed at building a sustainable future, mitigating the impact of steelmaking on the environment through green technology and adopting this at scale in the industry.

In 2020 she was the recipient of the Benjamin Fairless Award (AIST/AIME) and the John Bell Award (AIST). She is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3) and in 2022 was awarded the Hadfield Medal and Prize from IoM3.

'Life long friendship and magical memories made over the years thanks to Sheffield Hallam University!'

Joanna and Rosalind first met in Marshall Hall on Collegiate Crescent in 1993 and have remained close friends ever since. Here they are in Canada last month for their latest meet up.

Do you still have close connections with your friends from University? Let us know: https://bit.ly/45asnki