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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

Spotlight on Sheffield: A student’s guide to the best spots in the city

After living in Sheffield for four years, my time here comes to an end, along with my studies at the University of Sheffield. It’s...

Ball season approaches: Should we be breaking the bank on end of semester celebrations?

Uni balls are a long-standing tradition, and they are, without a doubt, a great way to celebrate making it through another semester or year...

Tackling Exam Season: Top tips on boosting productivity and prioritising wellness

It’s that time of the year again: sunkissed light nights, populated beer gardens and the light flurry of Crookes Valley Park blossom floating among...

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...

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

Touring Production Review: Picture You Dead

Picture You Dead is the seventh stage adaptation of the popular TV show GRACE, spinning a detective story involving mystery, murder and priceless works...

Touring Production Review: &Juliet

& Juliet is a feel-good musical based on the famous William Shakespeare ‘Romeo and Juliet’. It tells the story of an alternative ending- what...

Book Review: To My Trans Sisters ~ Charlie Craggs

A heartwarming book that occasionally struggles with its message, but a powerful read nonetheless

Touring Production Review: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake is absolutely all it’s cracked up to be - it’s startlingly innovative, hilariously contemporary, and still it maintains the traditional...

Entertainment

Charli XCX vs Green Day: What Makes a Headliner?

Whilst being second-billed under Green Day, Charli XCX arguably had one of the most talked-about sets of Coachella, with some even calling it “Bratchella”....

Mad Sounds: The must-see gigs in Sheffield this summer

The Steel City has always been known for its amazing music. From Pulp to the Arctic Monkeys, Sheffield has embroidered itself into Britain's incredible...

‘What Was That’: Lorde’s Return

There are few artists I would consider to be absolutely essential to setting the trends and norms of any generation’s soundscape; Lorde is one...

Review: SABLE, fABLE – Bon Iver

After a five-year hiatus comes Bon Iver’s fifth studio album. SABLE, fABLE, initially released as an EP, has been accompanied by an intense promotion...

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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