22-468: Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park is a multipurpose sports venue in Sheffield that is owned and run by Sheffield Hallam University . The venue was opened in 1992 when Sheffield Hallam University officially gained university status. It has since been used by a variety of the university's sports teams including football and rugby league. In 2013 rugby league team Sheffield Eagles joined with SHU to form
44-629: A First Class award and was ranked 15th out of 151 universities in the People & Planet University League 2015 which assesses universities on their environmental credentials. In 2020, the university was awarded The Times and Sunday Times University of the Year award for teaching quality. National Centre for Popular Music The National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield , England, for pop and rock music and contemporary culture generally,
66-655: A café and a further exhibition space. Access to this floor was free, with only the top floor forming the museum. The centre was one of the UK's Millennium Commission projects, developed to celebrate the turn of the millennium. Other Commission funded projects included the Millennium Dome and the London Eye . However the Centre failed to attract enough visitors and cash flow to ensure its viability for its 79 workers – BBC News described
88-805: A £15 million project largely funded with contributions from the National Lottery , which opened on 1 March 1999, and closed in June 2000. However, the plan for the centre was devised in the mid-1980s and Sheffield City Council were aiming to raise the money for it in April 1993 so the concept long predated the Tony Blair / Cool Britannia era of which it was seen as a notable failure. The building, designed by Branson Coates following an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competitions , consists of four giant stainless steel drums, surrounding an atrium area,
110-645: Is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station , while the Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away in the Broomhall Estate off Ecclesall Road in south-west Sheffield. A third campus at Brent Cross Town in the London Borough of Barnet is expected to open for the 2025–26 academic year. The university is the 14th largest university in
132-662: The Sheffield Hallam Eagles which acts as a reserve team for the Sheffield Eagles. In 2016 Sheffield Eagles became tenants while the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Stadium was being built. 53°24′23″N 1°23′13″W / 53.4065°N 1.3869°W / 53.4065; -1.3869 Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield Hallam University ( SHU ) is a public research university in Sheffield , South Yorkshire , England. The university
154-810: The University of Sheffield . These activities are now based at the Collegiate Crescent Campus. The following year the Psalter Lane campus (formerly the Sheffield College of Art) was closed, and the activities transferred to the City Campus. The £26 million energy-efficient Furnival Building opened in September (renamed Cantor Building in 2011 in recognition of a major donor to the university). The building, which includes teaching spaces and an art gallery has been described as "the impressive new entry point to
176-550: The Owen Building was completed. Built in a functional 1960s design, it has since been modernised and comprehensively renovated with an atrium linking it to four adjacent buildings. In 1969 the Sheffield School of Design merged with the city's College of Technology to form Sheffield Polytechnic. In 1976, Sheffield Polytechnic merged with the city's two teacher training colleges (Sheffield City College and Totley Hall College) and
198-545: The Sheffield Business School and prior to that the Faculty of Organisation and Management (OM). The new college incorporated parts of the old Faculty Science, Technology and Arts (STA) previously known as the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences (ACES) College of Social Sciences and Arts (SSA) Formerly known as the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). The new college incorporated parts of
220-451: The UK (out of 169) with 35,340 students (of whom 4,400 are international students), 4,494 staff and 708 courses. In 1843, as the industrial revolution gathered pace and Sheffield was on the verge of becoming the steel, tool and cutlery making capital of the world, the Sheffield School of Design was founded following lobbying by artist Benjamin Haydon . The day-to-day running was controlled by
242-551: The campus". For the 2025–26 academic year, the University expects to open its London campus at the Brent Cross Town development in the London Borough of Barnet . The campus will accommodate up to 5,000 students by 2030. In 2020, the university relaunched its structure moving away from four faculties and re-organising academic departments into colleges. College of Business, Technology and Engineering (BTE) Formerly known as
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#1733085074336264-487: The centre as having been "shunned" by visitors, and, despite a £2 million relaunch, the Centre closed in 2000. Ticket prices were about £21 for a family of four. It was hoped to attract 400,000 visitors a year. After seven months, there had been 104,000 visitors, and on 18 October 1999 the building's owners, Music Heritage Ltd, called in PricewaterhouseCoopers to administer its day-to-day running. The company
286-716: The local council, whilst the Board of Trade in London appointed the head. Tuition began in a 60x40ft rented room off Glossop Road. In 1850, the School of Design was renamed Sheffield School of Art. In 1905, the City of Sheffield Training College (later renamed Sheffield City College of Education) on Collegiate Crescent admitted its first 90 students. During the First World War , the Collegiate Hall
308-474: The old Faculty Science, Technology and Arts (STA) previously known as the Faculty of Arts, Computing, Engineering and Sciences (ACES) College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences (HWLS) Formerly the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing (HWB) Through the research centres a number of spin-off companies have been formed, including: British barrister, broadcaster, and life peer of the House of Lords, Helena Kennedy ,
330-413: The right to award its own degrees. In 2005, SHU was reorganised into four faculties. The new Faculty of Development and Society, with an emphasis on 'people, places and spaces', brought together education, geography, humanities, law, and social sciences. At the same time, with the intention of further developing research and teaching in the new Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, a new Clinical Academic Group
352-474: The university league tables, Sheffield Hallam University was placed 47th out of 121 UK universities by The Guardian University Guide 2021 ; 65th out of 131 by The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 ; and 67th out of 130 by the Complete University Guide 2021 . In 2019, it ranked 485th among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings . Hallam received
374-400: The upper floor of which has a glazed roof. Each of the drums has a rotating turret with a nozzle which is meant to turn with the wind and vent air. On the other side, an opening facing the wind takes inlet air down through wall cavities, being heated or cooled as required. Air is drawn out of the nozzle by buoyancy and wind pressure. The ground floor contained office space, a shop, a bar,
396-631: Was installed as chancellor in a ceremony at Cutlers' Hall on Thursday 26 July 2018. SHU is the lead partner for Higher Futures , the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire. In the National Student Survey, several subject areas at SHU have performed very well in terms of overall student satisfaction with their courses: for example, architecture and geography have both been placed first, and planning has been placed second. In
418-561: Was launched. The building that had been designed and constructed to house the National Centre for Popular Music became the university's students' union building (the HUBS). The Nelson Mandela Building, the former students' union building (when opened in 1978 was known as the Phoenix building ), was sold and has since been demolished. In 2007, SHU took over the teaching of nursing and midwifery from
440-484: Was renamed Sheffield City Polytechnic. From 1979 to 1988 students from Sheffield City Polytechnic were based at Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham. Two departments, Physical Education and Geography and Environmental Studies, were based on site. In 1987 Sheffield City Polytechnic became a founding member of the Northern Consortium . In 1992, Sheffield City Polytechnic became Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), with
462-698: Was requisitioned by the War Office to create the 3rd Northern General Hospital, a facility for the Royal Army Medical Corps to treat military casualties. A new city centre campus was constructed during the 1960s. During construction, in February ;1962, a tower crane on site collapsed during the Great Sheffield Gale . It crashed into the side of what would become the Owen Building, causing serious damage and setting back construction. In 1967,
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#1733085074336484-610: Was to be liquidated in that November if administration was not successful. It was saved in the interim although £1.1 million was owed to 200 creditors. The estimate of visitors per year was reduced to 150,000. Martin King, the chief executive who took over from Stuart Rogers, resigned in January 2000. Just prior to closure, BBC Radio 2 held an event hosted by Billy Bragg and attended by around 75 prizewinners, to see Madness perform live with support from Paul Carrack . The building became
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