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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 a result of restructuring in...

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SU ELECTIONS 2025

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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

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...

Dating in the 21st Century: Should we be swiping right on dating apps?

Whether you like them or not, dating apps have become an integral part of meeting romantic partners. With roughly one in ten online adults...

‘I’m hosting a party, it’s going to be OK’: Charli XCX’s Brat and the ‘brat summer’

Now firmly over halfway through 2024, we can say with certainty that it has been an excellent year for new music, especially for women...

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

Unrest builds as SUTCo, SUPAS & USLES announce 25/26 Merger

In a shocking move, the societies announce they will merge next year, sparking significant backlash from members on all sides

Dancing through Lives: Exploring the Flamenco

One of Spain's most recognisable dances, its history is as varied as though who practice the form

Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping ~ Suzanne Collins

The fifth Hunger Games story is an exciting return to Panem, & a long-overdue sequel story

Book Review: Brokeback Mountain & Other Stories ~ Annie Proulx

A queer classic that broke history has also broken my desire to read - it doesn't hold up anymore!

Entertainment

Women’s History Month: Honoring The Female Musicians That Paved The Way

In celebration of Women’s History Month, it’s the perfect time to recognise the talents and influence of women who have shaped the music industry....

The Hope Works Finale and What This Means for Grassroot Venues

In 2012, a new chapter in music for Sheffield was created that allowed a variety of worldwide underground and well-known rave acts to perform...

Music Society Thoughts on the Closure of the Dorothy Pax

The Dorothy Pax was not only an icon in the city but also in the UOS Music Department Society. Our socials at Pax events...

Review: So Close To What – Tate McRae

Tate McRae’s rise has been rapid and unexpected but also a well deserved show of her hard work, making her one of this generation’s...

Sport

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...

Varsity 2025: Energetic Hallam defeat Uni of after swift second round turnaround

There was no sign of Sheffield Hallam’s relegation woes affecting them as they defeated the University of Sheffield 3-1 in today’s W1 Football Varsity...

University of Sheffield complete Varsity three-peat over Hallam

The University of Sheffield prevailed yet again with another victory over Sheffield Hallam in this year’s Varsity display.

Sheffield Varsity returns with three fixtures at the Canon Medical Arena

Sheffield Varsity has returned for the 2025 edition, and it kicked off with three all-action fixtures at the Canon Medical Arena.

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