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Sheffield UCU Confirms Industrial Action Dates Ahead of Potential Disruption for Students

Sheffield University UCU has announced that industrial action could affect the last three weeks of term before exams commence. 

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SU ELECTIONS 2025

2025 Sheffield Students’ Union Election Results Live

Follow along with Results Night live! Updates will appear below.

Candidates announced for 2025 Students’ Union Elections

Candidates have been announced for this years Sheffield Students' Union Elections. 46 candidates are running across six full-time officer roles, with some new roles as...

Meet your Liberation & Activities Officer candidates

Forge Press reached out to each of the nine candidates for Liberation & Activities Officer, and their interviews are listed below. A new role created...

Meet your Liberation & Activities Officer candidate: Theo Rhee

Asked why the role is so important, Theo said: “Well, for the two main sides of the role, liberation is so important in the...

Features

Role models or Risque?: The Double Standard Facing Women in Pop

With a new wave of pop-stars like Charli XCX, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter soaring to the top of the charts, it goes without...

Spring is coming: The best spots in the Peaks to soak up the sun

After what feels like a decade of rain, snow, hail and all other bad weather you can name, it’s looking like Sheffield might just...

Societies Spotlight: Pole Society

To get things started, who are you and what is your involvement with the PoleSoc committee? Hiya! I’m Sophie, I am the current Competition and...

LGBTQ+ History Month : The fight gets harder

With the arrival of another February comes the arrival of LGBTQ+ History Month, the annual celebration of everything that has made the LGBTQ+ community...

Opinion

The Rising Cost of Higher Education: Why Working Class Students are Being Left Behind

As an individual currently in her 20’s, I far too frequently hear or rather am subjected to the rhetoric, either in person or online,...

Are ‘the races’ really such a grand day out? 

Connie’s fortnightly column on student life, published on Fridays… The student race day is hyped up to be one of the best days out at...

MISTY LAMB: Why Britain needs a podcast tax

Misty Lamb’s fortnightly column on society, published on Saturdays

THAT LONDON: How I found London’s best pub next to its biggest tourist trap

George Devo’s weekly column on life in the capital, published every Monday morning…

Science & Tech

100 years down the line, UCLA scientists break the rules

New research has been done by organic chemists at UCLA to find new ways to synthesise anti-Bredt Olefins, or ABOs, which are generally considered...

Sleep – the cornerstone of human function, and yet the most neglected.

I am a self-proclaimed night owl. I know it’s bad for me, yet I still find myself awake at 3 am – phone in...

Green or growth: a question of sustainability for UK air travel

The UK government has recently announced plans to expand Heathrow Airport by building a third runway.  Chancellor Rachel Reeves outlined the details of the...

Remembering Fraser Stoddart: Former Sheffield professor’s legacy will continue to enrich the world of chemistry.

On the 30th of December, former University of Sheffield professor and Nobel prize winner Professor Sir J. Fraser Stoddart died at the age of...

Culture

Steel City Sirens announce May Bloodlust Show

The fifth & final Sirens show of 2024/25 arrives on May 9th, with an unusual collaboration

Book Review: Honourable Friends? ~ Caroline Lucas

Britain's first Green MP's thoughts on whether Parliament works is a unique take, yet one which doesn't make waves

West End Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The 'Best New Musical' of 2025 is well earned; full of heart & joy, this toe-tapping show is not to be missed!

Book Review: Baden-Powell – The Two Lives of a Hero ~ William Hillcourt

Following his life from cradle to grave, Hillcourt's personal account of Baden-Powell's life is intriguing & in-depth

Entertainment

Applications for the Tramlines Trust are now open!

Born out of the desire to give back to the culture and communities at the heart of Tramlines Festival, the Tramlines Trust increases the...

“Live music is life. Let’s keep music live.”: WaterBear College of Music advocates for grassroots venues with Keeping Music Live campaign

“Live music is life. Let’s keep music live

Tramlines announce John Cooper Clarke to perform

Iconic punk poet John Cooper Clarke has been announced to be performing at Tramlines Festival this summer in a recent press release. Pulp are...

Live Review: Junk @ Sidney & Matilda

It’s a Thursday night, and yet again, Sidney and Matilda’s rain-soaked smoking area is occupied by a swathe of students anticipating a night of...

Sport

Uni take historic victory in Sheffield Varsity ‘s ice hockey finale

The University of Sheffield claimed a rare ice hockey win in the Sheffield Varsity Finale, marking their eleventh overall win in a row. 

University of Sheffield seal Varsity victory to make it 11-in-a-row for the Black and Gold

University of Sheffield have lifted the Sheffield Varsity trophy for the 11th consecutive year, following an 11 point win over Sheffield Hallam University. In the...

Sheffield Varsity Ice Hockey: LIVE updates from Sheffield Arena

Good evening and welcome to Sheffield Arena for this evening's Varsity Ice Hockey - we'll have live updates here as the 2025 edition of...

Varsity 2025: Final third woes result in all-around uninspiring display on the pitch for Men’s 1s Football

The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam put on a disappointing 0-0 bore-draw at Sheffield Hallam Sports Park. With a bumper crowd clad with a...

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