Autumn 2016

Off The Shelf The festival of words returns to celebrate its 25th year with a stellar line-up including Kid Acne Welcome to Review

Welcome to the Autumn 2016 edition of Review, More than 30,000 students study here at Hallam, the Sheffield Hallam University magazine. and they achieve some amazing things in their time here. We talked to award-winning engineering student This is always one of the busiest terms as we welcome Warren Frost about the national Daily Telegraph STEM 04 06 12 thousands of new students to Sheffield, and also hold competition that he won over the summer, in which he graduation ceremonies in November for those that pocketed £25,000 and a job with Rolls-Royce. We also graduated from their courses year. At the ceremonies, spoke to recent graduate Hannah Duraid who is setting our 2016 honorary doctors will take to the stage her sights on a successful career after setting up the alongside the graduands to collect their awards for Aiming higher Focus On… Professor Laura Serrant city’s first escape game. their outstanding achievements. The lecturer who coached Briony Hallam’s new Professor of Nursing on Our research always features in Review, and in this Page to Team GB’s first ever 30 years at the forefront of healthcare This year, we honour the achievements of 10 people, edition we explore how academics are using virtual trampolining medal pages 15–16 for their contributions to various sectors. They reality technology as a training aide for amputees pages 4–5 include Sheffield’s triple world squash champion Nick learning how to use their new prosthetic limbs. You need change to spend a penny Matthew, legendary film director Ken Loach, human Engineering a winning solution New research highlights feelings rights lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith, and former Vice- In a new ‘Focus On’ feature for the magazine, we spoke Chancellor Professor Philip Jones. You can read more to new Professor of Nursing Laura Serrant, about her How an award-winning student’s idea of exclusion and identity for some about them on page 22. experiences in the profession, and how she’s now come could prevent another global travel LGBT people full circle, teaching on the course she took back in the catastrophe pages 18–19 After an incredible showcase of sport in the Rio 1980s. In future editions we’ll look to do more in depth page 6–7 Olympics, the University’s sport researchers once interviews with some of our staff, turning the spotlight Our honorary doctors again played an important role in working with onto their careers in higher education and what makes Tomorrow’s world is today’s reality We unveil the recipients of our 2016 various Team GB squads to provide performance data them tick. analysis systems to keep them one step ahead of the How virtual reality can help honorary awards competition. As well as technology support, our staff, There’s much more to read, including some highlights amputees learn how to use their pages 22–23 students and graduates were involved in competing, of this year’s Off the Shelf festival of words, which prosthetic limbs and on page 5 is a feature interview with Hallam sport features Sheffield street art legend Kid Acne, celebrity pages 8–9 Off the Shelf is 25 lecturer Paul Greaves, coach of Briony Page, for an chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and many more. The much loved Off the Shelf festival insight into his role in helping her become Team GB’s As always, feedback is very welcome – drop us a line at Hannah’s great escape of words is back with a bang first ever Olympic medal-winning trampolinist. [email protected] with any questions or comments. An enterprising graduate’s escape pages 30–31 The Review editorial team game is turning into big business 15 pages 12–13

Review editorial board News and features Guest illustrator Ally Mogg, editor Martin Webb Briony Firth [email protected] [email protected] www.brionyfirthillustration.com Jo Beattie, deputy editor Tim Ward [email protected] [email protected] Cover image Sarah Duce, news editor Kid Acne taken by Shaun Bloodworth, [email protected] who sadly passed away in September 2016 Designers David Palmer [email protected] Leanne Mallinder [email protected]

Review Autumn 2016 02 18 22 31 Aiming higher

By Jo Beattie

Bryony Page’s trampolining silver medal at Rio 2016 was one of the highlights of As a youngster Paul Greaves was a “We’ve been through some really tough “People have been so supportive back a memorable two weeks for British sport. Her coach, sport lecturer Paul Greaves, talented trampolinist. He competed at times together. When she first joined me home and it is so important to me that a national level, but he soon realised he she was really struggling with confidence that happens. The Olympics is all about relives the memory of that night in Brazil. would never make it as an athlete. so a lot of our work has been on psychology inspiring the next generation of athletes.” and making her believe in her abilities. His real passion was in coaching and by Alongside his responsibilities travelling the age of 14 he was already helping out at “She was pushing for a place in the squad the world coaching an Olympic silver his local club and his ambition was clear for London 2012 but that didn’t happen, so medallist, Paul has also recently become – to coach an Olympic medal-winning she was more determined than ever to get a lecturer in sport at Sheffield Hallam, gymnast. to Rio. and hopes through his experiences he can inspire the next generation of coaches. At the age of 19 he set up his own “We worked incredibly hard, managing trampolining club – Abbey Flyers – injuries and changing her mind-set He says: “It’s really important to me to starting with just eight members. This making sure she was in the best shape and support and inspire other young coaches soon grew to 500, and within a few years had that self-belief.” so when the lecturer post came up it was he was coaching some of the best young perfect. That work paid off when Bryony produced talent in Sheffield. the routine of her life in the final in the “It is difficult juggling the coaching with Paul completed all his trampolining Arena Olimpica do Rio to achieve a score of the lecturing but I love both and I think the coaching courses and also won several 56.040 and scoop the silver medal. students respect the fact that I have done it awards, but says he still had a desire to at the highest level.” Paul says: “The atmosphere was learn more, so came to Sheffield Hallam as phenomenal out there, particularly in the Paul will continue to work with Bryony a mature student in 2007 to study sport gymnastics arena. I was sat next to her through to Tokyo 2020 and has just started science and coaching. parents and I don’t know who was more his second year as a lecturer at Hallam. He continued to coach full-time and within nervous. One thing Paul won’t be doing in a hurry is 18 months of starting his degree he was “The priority ahead of the routine was the getting on a trampoline himself. applying his new knowledge after being overall score and technical perfection. appointed as a coach for the national Paul explains: “I won Varsity for Hallam Bryony is capable of more difficulty but trampolining team. back in 2009 when I was a student but the we wanted to make sure it was technically thought of it now terrifies me. I am much In this role he began travelling the world sound. happier to be offering advice from the with the national squad but still managed “The whole routine is only around side-lines.” to complete his degree by moving to part- 30 seconds long but it is packed with time study. And when that advice leads to Olympic complexity. success who can blame him. Then, in 2010, a talented young trampolinist called Bryony Page joined “I knew as soon as she had finished his ranks. that it would challenge for a medal. Fast forward six years and Paul’s dream The wait while the other gymnasts of coaching an Olympic medal-winning did their routines was excruciating. gymnast came true as he watched Bryony win a brilliant silver medal for Team GB at “When I realised she’d got silver, it was Rio 2016, Great Britain’s first ever Olympic incredible because I knew how much it medal in the sport. meant to her and how far she’s come. It Paul has coached Bryony through injuries just makes all the work and the sacrifices and crippling self-doubt, but is immensely worthwhile. proud of their athlete-coach relationship. “Since that night it’s been an absolute He says: “We have a solid partnership and whirlwind with media interviews, meeting an incredible bond that has come with Olympic legends like Sir Steve Redgrave training six days a week, sometimes twice and Sir Chris Hoy – it’s surreal. These a day, over the last six years. people are inspirational to me.

Review Autumn 2016 05 Engineering a winning solution

By Tim Ward

When Warren Frost, a first year engineering student, entered a national engineering competition he didn’t expect it to set the foundation for the rest of his career.

This summer, aerospace engineering “It all started in February 2016, while seem impossible but could be physically “I immediately searched the internet to had won the aerospace category of the “Rachel Riley presented the awards, student Warren won the Telegraph UK I was looking through the placements possible. This particular idea was inspired try and find if this had been thought of competition and a summer placement! and when she opened the envelope and STEM Award for his idea for solving Rolls-Royce had to offer I noticed the by a lecture by Dr Torsten Schenkel on before or if any research had been done to announced it was me, I just looked to the “I had always wanted a placement with the problem volcanic ash poses to competition for somebody to create an jet propulsion and other weird and wacky determine whether it was even possible. sky. I was truly amazed that it was me; my Rolls-Royce, because they have such a aviation. It was described by judges as idea to minimise the impacts of ash on propulsion methods, such as the Magnus I couldn’t find anything, so I thought eyes were welling up with tears. great training program and are such a ‘ingenious’ and saw 20 year old Warren air travel. Looking at the competition I effect – which is how a ball spins away it would be worth a shot to tackle the prestigious company to work for. pocket the £25,000 top prize, a place in initially thought that I wouldn’t have a from its original path. problem set out within the challenge. “It still hasn’t really sunk in what I the awards mentoring scheme, and a chance as it is a national award with great “The next stage of the competition took “My idea was about blocking airflow “A month later I had an email from the have achieved. It just goes to show work placement with engineering giant sponsors, believing I didn’t have the brains me to London to present my idea to the through the engine, so that the ash award sponsors, the Telegraph, saying that that no matter where you come from Rolls-Royce. or the confidence. judges. I was up against the winners of the couldn’t get into the core and damage I had been shortlisted down to five within you can do it; all you need is drive design, energy, healthcare and innovation Here, Warren explains how it all came “I knew from my studies that there are vital components. This would defy all the aerospace category and inviting me to and determination to achieve great categories, and after speaking to the other about. three main problems caused by volcanic conventions of a jet engine as it is ‘air- present my idea to Rolls-Royce in Derby. things. finalists I knew instantly that it would ash within a jet engine, all of which cause breathing’ but taking the principles of a I couldn’t believe that they had chosen “A few months ago I started thinking about be tough as there were contestants from serious damage and are expensive to rocket engine, using oxidiser instead of air, my idea with four others out of so many the impact of the volcanic ash clouds and Oxford and Cambridge universities. “That has truly been the best day of my repair. I thought the engine may still be able to entries to go and present to them in person. how they affected air travel following life, the day that I will look back on and operate. “Going into the final presentation, I was the eruption in Iceland in 2010. Little did “A few hours later I thought of a concept “Going to Rolls-Royce and seeing their HQ think ‘this is where my life starts.” surprisingly more relaxed than when I I know that those early thoughts and that I thought might work, inspired by was a fantastic and inspiring experience. went into the semi-finals at Rolls-Royce. ideas would lead to me winning a national a lecture I had earlier that day. During Shortly after presenting my idea, I was told I felt I was more prepared for what was to competition, a dream internship with one lectures and tutorials at Hallam I am that I had actually been chosen by Rolls- come and also excited by the possibilities. of the most prestigious companies in the always encouraged to think differently, Royce to progress to the final, and that I world and to top it off, a cheque for £25,000. [and] create concepts that might at first

Review Review Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 06 07 A team of health professionals, engineers and games designers are exploring how Virtual Reality technology can help amputees learn how to use prosthetic limbs. Tomorrow’s world becomes today’s reality

By Martin Webb

With 2016 arguably the year that essence, using Oculus Rift as a training putting the coffee jar under my armpit, I virtual reality finally made its programme.” was able to grip it with my prosthetic hand breakthrough into the mainstream, a for the first time. That meant a lot, because And from there, the Virtual Reality team of experts at Sheffield Hallam is it took me back to how I was before I lost Prosthetics (VRP) project was born. proving that VR is much more than just my hand.” a gaming experience. The cross-department team included a The VRP project could see a significant physiotherapist, a health psychologist, a When Sheffield Hallam games developer change in the way amputees train for games designer, a materials engineer, an Ivan Phelan met colleagues at the Imagine their prosthetics, particularly given the industrial designer, an analytical scientist Project, a collaborative conference for financial pressures on the NHS and the and a 3D artist. academics and researchers from different direction of travel to provide more care in areas of the University, all conversations Following funding from the Wellcome the home. led to new Oculus Rift VR technology. Trust, the project was able to move to The VRP project certainly fits this modus the next stage – the development of the Discussions quickly moved on to Oculus operandi, with the training for prosthetics technology. Rift’s potential in healthcare, and as ideas providing a much more effective, speedy progressed, they began to explore the idea The team combined the Oculus Rift virtual and less appointment-heavy care pathway of using VR as a training aide for amputees reality with a Myo armband. The armband – benefiting patients and the NHS. learning how to use their new prosthetic is worn on the end of the amputated limb Ivan continues: “Patients often have to limbs. and can read the muscle activity of a user’s travel for up to an hour and a half to get to arm, and then translates these messages Ivan explains: “The idea started off as a ‘try the hospital, for several training sessions. into the virtual arm shown on the Oculus before you buy’ type project. The VR could With this technology, you could be able to Rift headset. let people see what it was like to have a use it at home instead. type of prosthetic before committing. The patient wearing the headset can then “The NHS contacts we’re working with can see a virtual arm and move it around, “It was not until we met people from the see the potential. It’s now about working grabbing items with the hand and mobility clinic that we realised there was together with the NHS to build a big trial, practising how to move their muscles to an unmet need. The main issue to getting with the hope of rolling it out nationally in control the prosthetic arm. an advanced prosthetic arm from the NHS the future.” is you need to prove you need one and that After spending time developing the And while the prosthetic limb research you can use one. technology and using themselves as test gathers pace, the VRP team is already patients, Ivan and his team were ready to “The issue here is that the arms are looking at other cutting edge healthcare move on to testing their design with an bespoke and expensive so you can’t applications for the technology. amputee – joining up with an NHS trust just get one for a loan for the purpose of and patients at the Northern General A pilot project to explore how VR can training. The amputees currently use a hospital in Sheffield. help burns victims is well underway, training system that is very abstract and with a further use for patients suffering patients found frustrating and boring. Patient Kevin Everson had been wearing from phantom limb syndrome also being a prosthetic hand for 30 years, but when “It was at this point we discussed explored. he was given a Bebionic hand he found he applying VR to this complex problem, could do things he couldn’t do before, like For more information on the Virtual and hypothesised that we could use the cut his own steak, or stand up while riding Reality Prosthetics project visit immersive qualities of virtual reality as a his bike uphill. vrprosthetics.shu.ac.uk route for enabling amputees to effectively see their limb in action and adjust to Kevin says: “The day I got the new hand using it, before taking the limb on – in I made a cup of coffee, and instead of

Review Review Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 08 09 News News Supporting role for new design Hallam hits podium performance at Rio 2016

Academics at Sheffield Hallam are Public Health and Innovation Minister, So with over 80% of women surviving creating a specially designed bra for Nicola Blackwood, said: “It is fantastic breast cancer beyond five years, improving women undergoing breast radiotherapy, that more women than ever before are the delivery of treatments and reducing which they hope will improve the surviving breast cancer. But it is also side effects for women living beyond their accuracy of treatment and help patients important that they feel confident and cancer could have a huge impact. maintain dignity during radiotherapy. supported during what can be a tough “As part of our study and design process treatment regime. Working with Sheffield-based lingerie we have consulted with women who have designer, Panache Lingerie and Sheffield “This is exciting and innovative research undergone treatment and are in various Teaching Hospitals, the ‘SuPPORT 4 All’ with the potential to improve both the stages of recovery. From these discussions study is developing a bra that allows accuracy and experience of radiotherapy.” we know that having the ability to wear accurate positioning of the breast on a a bra during treatment can be key in Throughout the study, which is being Sheffield Hallam has helped more athletes than ever achieve success in Rio through coaching, day-to-day basis and aims to reduce the maintaining dignity, which would vastly funded by the National Institute for Health sports technology, and a double gold-medal winning graduate. dose received by organs that lie close to the improve the patient experience during a Research’s Invention for Innovation (i4i) breast such as the lungs and heart. particularly difficult time.” programme, the team are consulting Experts from Sheffield Hallam’s Centre for “We have continued to support the In the pool, sport and exercise science Apart from aiming to improve accuracy with radiotherapy practitioners and Clare Robertson, Head of Innovation at Sports Engineering Research (CSER) were English Institute of Sport’s Research and student Max Litchfield, 21, from Worksop of radiotherapy treatment, the study patients who have previous experience Panache said: “We are extremely excited involved with ten medal winning teams Innovation Programme to help GB athletes (pictured above), narrowly missed out on a should also provide improved dignity and of undergoing breast radiotherapy. Tests to be working with the Sheffield Hallam including GB Boxing, British Canoeing achieve success.” medal finishing fourth in the men’s 400m modesty for patients, since, in the majority are currently being carried out using a University and Sheffield Teaching and British Gymnastics, through the individual medley final. It was Max’s first of radiotherapy centres worldwide, women prototype design, with the aim of moving Hospitals on this study. As well as supporting GB teams, Sheffield development of innovative technology Olympics and he did brilliantly to reach are required to expose the affected breast on to testing the product with patients in Hallam staff have helped individual “This work is incredibly important for solutions to improve performance. the final, setting two personal bests along during treatment. The bra, which is a clinical setting by early 2017. athletes too, with sport lecturer Paul patients receiving treatment for breast the way. currently under development and is being Bespoke performance data analysis Greaves coaching gymnast Bryony Page Project lead, Professor Heidi Probst at cancer and we are honoured to be able tested on healthy volunteers, is suitable to software systems designed at the to a brilliant silver medal in trampolining. Max said: “I’m very happy. It’s a shame to Sheffield Hallam University, said “We’re to bring our 30 plus years of experience be worn during treatment and can be used University were used by athletes and their come in fourth and miss out on a medal, incredibly excited to be working on a within the lingerie industry to the project. Hallam graduate Niccolo Campriani shot with existing radiotherapy positioning coaches from across several GB teams. but two PBs in a day, I can’t complain at study aiming to improve the accuracy of The bra will assist medically and provide to glory winning two gold medals in the equipment to stabilise the breast. These systems have enabled them to that really.” treatment, while also transforming the modesty and comfort during treatment. men’s 50m rifle three position and the access a wealth of performance statistics At the moment, most practitioners across experience for women undergoing breast We are proud to play a part in supporting men’s 10m air rifle events. and data on their opponents, giving them the globe rely on the use of permanent radiotherapy.” women during this challenging time.” comprehensive feedback to support their The 28-year-old Italian studied a Master’s pin point tattoo marks alongside laser “Every day around 130 women in the own personal improvement. degree in sports engineering at Hallam, systems, to position the patient under the UK will be told they have breast cancer. graduating in 2013. At London 2012, radiotherapy beam. The bra may remove Dr David James, Acting Director of CSER, Globally around 1.5 million women are Niccolo won a gold and silver medal in the need for these marks which are often said: “We are renowned for our work with diagnosed with the disease annually. shooting. His double gold triumph in Rio a concern for patients. elite sports teams and governing bodies made him Italy’s most successful athlete and this continues to be a major focus for at the 2016 Games, and one of the most the Centre. successful Olympic shooters in history.

Review Review Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 10 11 Hannah’s Great Escape

A graduate’s bright business idea has really taken off and shows no signs of slowing down.

By Jo Beattie

Heading into an unremarkable building the building side of things and I did a lot We have had a number of people come in an industrial area of Sheffield to of the other day-to-day running of the out, particularly if they fail, who joke they attempt to escape from Alcatraz doesn’t business.” are getting divorced. Generally speaking, sound like a typical way to spend an it’s fairly light-hearted… Although one of Hannah got some help from Sheffield afternoon in the city. our customers came with a group of work Hallam’s enterprise hub and says the colleagues on a team building exercise but But Sheffield Hallam graduate Hannah support was a huge factor in helping to get she found them to be so dysfunctional as a Duraid’s brainchild – The Great Escape the business off the ground. group that she left her job and started her Game – offers just that. She says: “The advice we received was own business!” And with more than 17,000 bookings in great. They helped with all kinds of While teaching was Hannah’s first love, its first year – from groups of friends, to problems and issues you don’t even think the success of her business has meant families and hen and stag parties – there’s about when setting up a business and we she has reassessed her future plans, with clearly an appetite for it. were able to network with other start-ups ambitions to grow and develop it further. which was invaluable. The idea to set up Sheffield’s first escape “Our aim now is to ensure that we do game came to 22-year-old Hannah after “We have been able to employ 15 members not plateau but continue to build on our she took part in games with a similar of staff this year to run the rooms and success”, says Hannah. “Hopefully our new concept while travelling around Asia after assist with marketing. They are a really venture in Leeds will prove popular, it’s a completing her degree in 2013. great team and they are passionate about really vibrant city and our new premises the concept which is really important to Hannah, and her Australian partner Peter are right in the centre so we’re really us.” Lecole whom she met while travelling, set looking forward to opening. to work on their idea in 2014 after Peter Since opening the business, it has gone “Teaching is on the back burner, for now, moved from the other side of the world to from strength-to-strength. And now the but in terms of the business all I can say is live in the UK. pair have opened three further rooms at watch this space.” their Sheffield site, called Alcatraz, Placebo Hannah, originally from Leeds, says: “We and Homicide. They’ve also just signed a Whatever the future holds, this is one decided to set up the business after we lease on new premises in Leeds city centre. adventure from which Hannah is in no went to an escape game in Leeds for my rush to escape. friend’s birthday and it was nowhere near “It’s amazing how quickly the business has as good as the ones we’d experienced while taken off,” says Hannah. “We continue to travelling. make little changes to the rooms and the staff have great ideas too which helps to “I said to Peter that we should set up our keep things fresh. own. Initially we just thought it would be a side project but we had seen it work so well “I think the fact that we have such a broad abroad and we were so passionate about appeal helps; we genuinely get all kinds of making our vision a reality, we ploughed people through the door. all our savings into it.” “People like the fact that you put your Despite juggling studying for a PCGE in technology away and it’s all about working primary education at Sheffield Hallam together, talking to the people you are here with setting up the new business, Hannah with and making memories.” and Peter’s dream became a reality less Given the nature of the game, Hannah says than six months later in January 2015 there are often disagreements but most when the doors opened on a mad scientist players come out with a smile on their face. themed escape room. Hannah says: “There is a time limit and “We have both been very hands on from you are in a confined space so it can get the start,” explains Hannah. “Peter is a a bit stressful if you don’t work together. carpenter by trade so he was involved in

Review Review Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 12 013 Focus on… Professor Laura Serrant

By Sarah Duce

Thirty years ago Laura Serrant was one dying within two weeks of diagnosis and “I was almost moved to tears,” says Laura of the first nursing students to graduate I witnessed individuals and communities as she recalls the moment Cecilia Anim from Sheffield City Polytechnic. Now, being disrespected, abused and vilified for made history at the RCN congress in 2014. she’s back as Professor of Nursing, simply belonging to what were termed ‘risk “It marked a great turning point in nursing, aiming to inspire future generations groups’. not only because of the diversity which is of nurses. now represented at the highest level of this “I did a lot of outreach work with professional body, but because it signified Professor Laura Serrant’s long and varied prostitutes, BME communities, drug and that, at last, the importance of selecting career in healthcare has seen her work alcohol dependants and the homeless and a candidate who can represent nursing to tackle social attitudes towards HIV my early years as a newly qualified nurse and looked beyond the visible differences and AIDS in the early 1990s and travel to working in sexual health were shaped by that often separate us. It was an incredibly America and the Caribbean to research the affects and effects of AIDS on society.” special moment.” prostate cancer among black men. Laura’s unconventional move into Various research scholarships and awards She has helped to shape national academia came after she was asked funded the pilot for her PhD study which healthcare policy in high-profile roles to cover a health education evening at identified a gap in sexual healthcare with the Government and NHS England. Arnold and Carlton College in Nottingham services for black men. A Winston Churchill following a friend’s skiing accident. And now the woman named one of the Fellowship meant she was able to travel ‘most inspirational women in healthcare’ “It was only supposed to be for six weeks to America and the Caribbean to explore has returned to the institution where she but I continued in Further Education for 8 how effective their community initiatives first qualified as a nurse to become the years whilst continuing as a nurse,” says were and whether they were transferable University’s new professor of nursing. Laura. “I was eventually offered a full-time to the UK. role in the college and by the time I came Born in Nottingham to Dominican parents, Laura explains: “In the UK, black Caribbean to leave in 1998, I had worked my way Professor Serrant qualified in 1986 after and African men have a very high death up to become director of care, health and studying on one of the few nursing degree rate from prostate cancer, higher than they childcare services.” programmes in the country. Based in should have. Early diagnosis is key as well Collegiate Hall at Collegiate Campus, Laura After having three children, Laura secured as sticking with treatment. Black men tend was the only black student amongst the her first job in higher education in 1998 at to have late diagnosis because they don’t 30-strong cohort that had enrolled onto the the University of Nottingham where she go to their GP early enough and they don’t four-year course. spent nine years, including time as head of stick with treatment. Adult Health. Laura says: “Being the only black student “The fellowship looked at why this is and was a source of pride for me as I was She then went on to undertake a number of whether it was an issue because they are the first person in my family to go to research roles at the University of Lincoln a minority. In both countries, they had university. I always felt well supported by and the University of Wolverhampton regular recall screening and caught people the university, especially Peter Twomey followed by an 18-month secondment earlier and was very much normalised over my personal tutor – it was also sometimes as head of evidence and strategy at NHS there whereas it’s not in the UK.” difficult – especially when patients refused England, informing the development of the Following the death of her father to prostate to be touched by ‘that black nurse’. But I new nursing and midwifery strategy that cancer five years ago, Laura now has an always knew this was what I was meant launched in April this year. even bigger incentive to improve outcomes to do.” She was also part of the Government’s for men with the disease and is exploring Laura’s first job after qualifying was in Independent Advisory Group on BME how she can collaborate with colleagues gynaecology at the Jessop Hospital and issues relating to sexual health and HIV in the University to develop services and during that time she returned to the which saw the development of the first innovative ways to encourage men to go to University to study a part-time Masters national strategy for sexual health and HIV their GP early and stick with treatments. degree in Women’s Studies. for England in 2001. “It’s really is great to be back in this But when the HIV and AIDS pandemic Yet despite these high-profile roles and incredibly diverse city,” said Laura. “I struck in the early 1990s, Laura went to the Health Service Journal naming her am one of less than 10 BME professors of work in sexual and reproductive health – as one of the most inspirational women nursing in the UK so the fact one of us is in a move that would inform a huge part of in healthcare, a top clinical leader and Sheffield is a big thing and it’s important her career. a ‘pioneer’ for BME groups, Laura’s two to be seen and important for people to see most stand-out moments of her career that. Following the birth of her son in 1990, were the unveiling of the Mary Seacole Laura returned to Nottingham to work as “I absolutely loved being a student here and statue outside St Mary’s Hospital, London a nurse and outreach worker around HIV I think it’s brilliant for our students to have – the first ever to a named black woman and AIDS. a professor here who used to be a student in England and the result of 12 years of and was in the exact same position as they She recalls: “I remember people were fundraising and campaigning – and the are now. terrified of everything at the time and we election of the first black president of the had no idea what caused it. People were Royal College of Nursing (RCN). “It really is a privilege to be back at Hallam.” News News First Hallam Fund campaign World-first physical activity raises £73,000 programme gets Sheffield moving

A campaign to raise money to support The University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor backgrounds, providing bursaries to students from disadvantaged and under- Chris Husbands joined the student callers students who are struggling to afford represented backgrounds has so far to show his support and spoke to several life-changing opportunities to develop secured more than £73,000 in pledged donating alumni. their career, or through supporting applied donations. research which is impacting positively on He said: “We are a University not just communities. The University’s Development and talking about its contribution to creating Alumni Relations team ran the month- opportunity for young people who face Those who could benefit from the fund Thousands of people living in Sheffield team was the most physically active. Fans “We want to make it easier for people to long telephone campaign for the newly significant disadvantage, but genuinely include students from households with have pledged to ‘move more’ as part of a of Sheffield Wednesday were the winners become more physically active as part established Hallam Fund, which aims committed to action.” the lowest incomes in some of the most world-first physical activity programme. of the derby competition while Sheffield of everyday life and this was one big to provide additional support to the deprived areas of the UK (and particularly The campaign will run annually with the Teaching Hospitals was the organisation step towards revolutionising health and student and academic community for those from the city region); students who Move More Month – an innovative project hope of securing £250,000 through regular that clocked up the most minutes in the wellbeing in Sheffield.” transformational activities. are leaving foster care; students with led by the National Centre for Sport and donations over a five-year period. Move More workplace challenge. caring responsibilities; and students who Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) in Sheffield Move More hit the headlines in July when A group of student callers took to the Donations will have a transformational face estrangement because of personal – ran throughout July and saw thousands Rob appeared on the BBC Breakfast sofa to phones over the summer to contact alumni impact on the lives of students and on situations. of people increase their levels of physical The project was designed to help discuss the programme and the benefits to find out about their experiences since academic research – whether that’s activity during the build up to the Rio 2016 Sheffield become the most active that come from people building regular they graduated, update them on the To find out more about the Hallam Fund through awarding scholarships to those Olympics. city in the UK by 2020 and it is exercise into their daily routines. Hallam Fund and explain the difference visit shu.ac.uk/giving from under-represented or disadvantaged hoped next year, Move More Month that a donation can make. Sports scientists and psychologists from will evolve to invite other cities Sheffield Hallam co-designed a mobile Postgraduate finance, accounting and across the country to take part in phone app with computer scientists from business studies student, Theodore the challenge. the University of Sheffield, which allowed Nwankwo, was part of the Hallam Fund users to log and track how much they calling team. He found the experience to moved each day and build up Move More Professor Rob Copeland, physical activity be a great opportunity to speak to alumni Minutes. expert at Sheffield Hallam and project lead about their journey since graduation. for the NCSEM and Move More, said: “We Participants were able to set personal He said: “I had a great time working with want Sheffield to be known as the most targets, view a programme of activities the Hallam Fund team and speaking active city in the UK and we’re trying to and join Move More competitions such as with our alumni. I had lots of inspiring change the culture of the city and help ‘the steel city derby’ – a contest between conversations and gained valuable life and to make it easier for people to access fans of Sheffield United and Sheffield career advice. activities or facilities. Wednesday football clubs to see which “One conversation even gave me some ideas about what I want to write about in my dissertation.”

Review Review Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 16 17 A new research project involving academics from several universities across Yorkshire is looking at how toilets can be places of exclusion and identity. You need change to spend a penny

By Martin Webb

“We all have a toilet story to tell” says reaffirm feelings of exclusion and and comfortable toilet space is a continual Dr Jenny Slater, senior lecturer in regulation. challenge. education and disability studies at “Disabled people, for example, frequently The project ran a series of workshops Sheffield Hallam. report that ‘accessible’ toilets are not with architects to engage with their And who can argue? School toilets with accessible enough, while other studies responses to these stories and explore the tracing paper for loo roll, graffiti helpfully show that diminishing numbers of public opportunities and challenges related to the telling who ‘luvs’ who, and who ‘woz ere’, toilets can prevent older people leaving the design of safe and accessible toilet spaces and the fear of the portaloo will resonate house. for many people. with many of us. “Toilets can also present a stark visual and Their insights supported the development But whilst they can be a source of material enactment of a gender binary of a digital toolkit that is intended to be amusement, for some people issues in ways that can be problematic for some both useful and applicable to practice. around public toilets can provoke difficult people. The toolkit aims to communicate design feelings about identity and belonging – the “Thinking around toilets and their function possibilities in relation to the issues faced experience of using a public toilet has the as material as well as socio-cultural by different toilet users. It is hoped that potential to reinforce feelings of being environments presents an opportunity to the toolkit will allow planners, architects different, inconvenient or unwelcome. consider forms of identity in multi-faceted and designers to creatively respond to the Dr Slater is leading an AHRC-funded ways.” design challenges raised by the stories project called Around the Toilet which and experiences of those involved in the The project takes the public toilet as a explores this very topic. Around the Toilet project. space and forces critical questions about Around the Toilet considers the public space, design, accessibility and The project continues to expand in experiences of those for whom access forms of identity. In doing so it aims to remit following its success and has now to public toilets is restricted in a variety interrogate how to unsettle and transform extended to include a ‘sister’ project of ways. Working with disabled*, trans** a design history that excludes some and called Storying School Toilets, funded by and/or queer*** people through a series of includes others. the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science. workshops and forums, it has explored the From the stories told, the project has found It seems we all do have a toilet story – and ways in which experiences of (non)access ways of rethinking and transforming the thanks to Around the Toilet, some of them can shape a sense of identity and being in design of public space. are finally being told. the world. Dr Slater continues: “One of the major Find out more on the project blog Many participants have spoken of concerns of the project has always been its aroundthetoilet.wordpress.com or on everyday journeys planned around the real-world effect. The legacy of the project Twitter @cctoilettalk. availability (or not) of a suitable toilet. would be borne out of the outputs that Some people not leaving the house, not could be used in the future to campaign drinking and losing jobs due to a lack of * We are using the word ‘disabled’ to talk about around issues of toilets and access. A toilet access. people with impairments who are disabled by great example of this came with the society. This includes people who have visible From the stories and experiences shared, development of Servicing Utopia – a digital and invisible physical impairments, people that the project has also raised questions toilet toolkit.” identify as neurodiverse, and those with labels about toilet access and requirements for Servicing Utopia is designed to support of learning difficulty/disability. parents, children, older people, people from planners, architects and designers to different ethnicities, lorry drivers, amongst ** We are using ‘trans’ to represent people that critically and creatively rethink notions others. identify as transgender, transsexual, non-binary of access in relation to the toilet design and anywhere on the trans spectrum. Dr Slater explains: “For those who lack process. adequate or accessible toilet provision *** We are using ‘queer’ as a form of political The digital toolkit was developed in on a daily basis, toilets become a crucial reclamation, and an umbrella term to represent response to the stories of people involved practical issue which can create and people that identify outside of normative ideas of in the project for whom accessing a safe gender and sexuality. Review Autumn 2016 18 News News Vice-Chancellor secures New senior appointments top TEF role Professor Christina Hughes has been social policy and lifelong learning and was Calvert will become the University’s first appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for one of the founding co-chairs of the Gender Chief Operating Officer. As Director General Student Experience at the University, and Education Association. of the Strategy and Resources Directorate one of two new appointments to the at the Department for Education, Richard Her research has been published widely University Leadership Team. has an extensive background in leading and she is co-editor of the International professional services in Government. Professor Hughes (pictured below) is Journal of Social Research Methodology. currently Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching In her role at Sheffield Hallam, Professor His was previously Director General, and Learning) at the University of Hughes will have overall responsibility for Finance and Corporate Performance at the Warwick, where she also undertook her leading the entire student journey. Department for International Development degree and PhD. She has taught and from 2009-2015. Richard will head up the In a second appointment to the researched in the fields of sociology, majority of the University’s professional University’s leadership team, Richard services departments. Speaking ahead of the announcement, Professor Chris Husbands, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam said: “I am delighted to welcome Christina and Richard to the University, and know that they are each looking forward to starting their new roles at Sheffield Hallam in the autumn.

“As our refreshed strategy continues to develop, I am confident that these changes will enable us to enhance our performance and impact as a University.”

Both will start in their new roles at Sheffield Hallam on 1 November.

Professor Chris Husbands has been “The TEF will build on the existing high will give students clear information about named as the first Chair of the Teaching standards in universities, and I hope where they can achieve the best outcomes Excellence Framework (TEF). that it provides positive outcomes and for the first time, place teaching for all students, including those from quality on a par with research. Hallam lecturer takes home After a recruitment process led by disadvantaged backgrounds. Government, Professor Husbands will head “Professor Husbands has senior leadership up the assessment panel that measures “I’ve always been passionate about the experience from a varied range of Higher Best Screenplay award teaching quality across UK universities. importance of high quality teaching, and Education providers, in addition to direct am keen to work with Government and the knowledge of teaching in other sectors and The TEF has been introduced to ensure sector to secure the benefits which TEF a distinguished research background. A screenwriting lecturer from the The competition brief was to write a “I’m now looking forward to seeing how my excellent teaching and student job can bring. University has taken home the gong for screenplay of up to two minutes about script is interpreted.” prospects are at the heart of Higher “In his new role I expect him to build on ‘Best Screenplay’ at this year’s British what people would do in their last hour Education. It will place the significance of the existing high standards we expect of The venture is now open to filmmakers Screenwriters’ Awards. on earth, with a meteor about to destroy teaching on a par with research, and will “UK higher education has a global providers, stretching the best and rightly across the globe to produce the shorts, the planet. put information into the hands of students reputation for excellence, and I’m encouraging those with variable quality Phil Charles was shortlisted in The Impact with the winning films making it into the so they know where teaching is best and looking forward to working as part to improve.” 50 Best Screenplay category after he beat The winning short films will be edited feature. what benefits they can expect to gain from of the panel to help shape and guide thousands of entrants to become one of the together into one feature film, entitled Phil added: “This is a great opportunity the courses they study. the assessment process at this writers to have his short film screenplay, The Impact, which will be given a for new filmmakers as they could obtain important time in the evolution of More, selected for a feature about the end theatrical release. The expert assessment panel will an IMDb credit – a real kick-start to higher education.” of the world. award each Higher Education provider Hollywood screenwriting legend, Joe their careers. I’ll be encouraging student with a clearly understandable rating Phil collected his award from Mad Max: Eszterhas (Basic Instinct, Jagged Edge), filmmakers from the University to get of ‘Outstanding’, ‘Excellent’ or ‘Meets On announcing the appointment in Fury Road producer, Iain Smith at the red- has written the opening sequence in which involved as it would be fantastic to make Expectations’, based on evidence and a August, Universities and Science Minister carpet event in London. the President of the United States delivers this a true Hallam experience.” number of metrics which are currently the Jo Johnson MP said: “I would like to the news in a global newscast. Other nominees on the night included subject of much debate in the sector. welcome Professor Husbands to this vital renowned screenwriters such as Shane Phil said: “To be nominated for the award role. By taking into account important Professor Husbands said: “I am delighted Meadows, Alan Bennett, Nick Hornby and was an honour in itself, but when my name measures such as student satisfaction to have been appointed as chair of the Rob Delaney, as we well as writers of many was announced on stage as the winner and graduate employment rates, the TEF TEF panel. of the UK’s most popular television shows – surrounded by many of the UK’s most and films. celebrated screenwriters – was a complete shock.”

Review Review Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 20 21 A globally-renowned 1 4 film director, a world 6 champion squash player and a human rights campaigner are all to be recognised 1. Professor John Martin for their achievements 2. Baroness Zahida Manzoor with honorary 3. Beatriz Pont 4. Sir Alan Langlands doctorates from 5. Nick Matthew OBE Sheffield Hallam. 23 6. Ken Loach 5 Our Honorary Doctors 2016

Around 10,000 students will be graduating this year at ceremonies in Sheffield City Hall during November. Alongside them, ten Professor John Martin David Moody Clive Stafford Smith OBE inspirational figures from a variety of sectors will be joining them on the stage to collect honorary doctorates for outstanding contributions in their field. Professor Martin is the chair of David Moody spent most of his working Clive is a lawyer who specialises in death Cardiovascular Medicine at University life in the Sheffield steel industry, first with penalty cases and other civil rights issues. Nick Matthew OBE Ken Loach Professor Philip Jones College London and formerly Professor of United Steels and later as chairman and He is the founder of the Louisiana Crisis Professional squash player Nick Matthew Ken is one of Britain’s foremost Professor Philip Jones was Vice-Chancellor Medicine at Yale University. He attended managing director of Spartan Sheffield Assistance Centre, a not-for-profit law office OBE is a three-time World Champion and filmmakers, with a career spanning of Sheffield Hallam University from 2007 the De La Salle Grammar School in Ltd. David has served as president then specialising in the representation of poor seven-time British National Champion, more than half a century. He was born in to 2015. His academic background is in Sheffield and went on to study philosophy emeritus professor of the South Yorkshire people facing capital charges. In total, making him England’s most successful 1936 in Nuneaton, and later studied law law and he has advised the Law Society in Spain before qualifying from the Community Foundation and has chaired Clive has represented over 300 prisoners squash player of all time. at St. Peter’s Hall, Oxford. and the Bar Council on the structure of University of Sheffield’s Medical School in the South Yorkshire Investment Fund. facing the death penalty in the southern professional legal education. During his 1973. He then became a senior lecturer at He became the High Sheriff of South United States and has a 98% victory In 2006, the Sheffield-born athlete became After a brief spell in the theatre, he was time in charge, Sheffield Hallam became Melbourne University, Australia where he Yorkshire in April 2003 before being rate. He has also helped to secure the the first Englishman to win a British Open recruited by the BBC in 1963 as a television one of the largest universities in the UK began his research into platelet formation. invited to become Lord-Lieutenant for the release of 69 prisoners from Guantánamo title in 67 years. After career-threatening director. This launched a long career and has undergone a series of major He co-leads clinical trials looking at stem county in 2004. In June 2016 he became a Bay (including every British prisoner), shoulder surgery he came back win the directing films for television and the developments across the two campuses cells in the heart and was the recipient of Freeman of the Borough of Barnsley. and still acts for 15 more. In 2000, Clive prestigious trophy for a second time in 2009. cinema, from Cathy Come Home and Kes including the £30million Charles Street the first ever grant given by the UK Stem was awarded the OBE for humanitarian in the 1960s, to Land and Freedom, Sweet Beatriz Pont In June 2010, Nick topped the world building and the £27million Heart of the Cell Foundation in October 2006. services and in 2009 he was named one of Sixteen and The Wind That Shakes the rankings for the first time and later that Campus development at the Collegiate Beatriz is an internationally acclaimed the most powerful lawyers in Britain. Barley in more recent years. Baroness Zahida Manzoor year he became the first Englishman to Campus. expert on educational policy and reform. Baroness Vivien Stern CBE win the Professional Squash Association’s Several of his films have been set in South Baroness Manzoor came to the UK from She has led and authored numerous Sir (Robert) Alan Langlands World Championship, a title he successfully Yorkshire, including Kes, based on the Pakistan in 1962 at the age of four and studies on subjects spanning educational Baroness Stern is a crossbench member defended in 2011 and won back in 2013. novel A Kestrel for a Knave by Barry Hines, Alan Langlands is the twelfth Vice- grew up in Yorkshire. She trained as a equity and quality, school leadership, of the House of Lords and works across and his 2001 film The Navigators, which Chancellor of the University of Leeds. nurse and began a 20-year career in education reform, adult learning and adult the world as an advocate for human In 2014 Nick carried the Commonwealth tells the story of a group of Sheffield rail Before joining the University, he was the the NHS. She was chair of the Bradford skills. Since taking her position within the rights and social justice issues. She is an Games baton through Sheffield and was workers at the time of privatisation. Chief Executive of the Higher Education Regional Health Authority before being Directorate for Education and Skills at the active campaigner and writer on global official flag bearer for Team England at the Funding Council for England. He was appointed as one of the eight regional Organisation for Economic Co-operation issues around penal reform and social opening ceremony in Glasgow. Ken has received several honours for his formerly the Principal and Vice-Chancellor chairs for the NHS. She has campaigned to and Development (OECD), her work in justice, and has undertaken independent work. In 2006, he won the Palme d’Or at the Despite a knee injury just before the of the University of Dundee and Chief tackle race and gender inequalities in her school leadership and improvement has Government reviews on sexual violence, Cannes Film Festival for The Wind That Games, Nick won gold in the singles and Executive of the NHS in England. He has role as commissioner for the Commission become known the world over. Beatriz’s prisons and human rights. In 2009, Shakes the Barley. He repeated this feat a silver in men’s doubles. Nick continues to a particular interest in the scientific basis for Racial Equality and has been the Improving School Leadership programme Vivien was invited by the Government decade later when I, Daniel Blake took the compete and won a record seventh British of health services and continues to chair CEO and Legal Services Ombudsman for has been implemented across the globe to conduct a review of UK rape laws and prize. National Championship title last year. the board of the Health Foundation – a UK- England and Wales. She was awarded a and received universal praise for its her subsequent report, The Stern Review, Ken was also the first patron of the British wide charity committed to improving the CBE in 1998 for services to the NHS and academic excellence, real-world relevance attracted cross-party approval. She is a Federation of Film Societies, now known as quality of healthcare. Alan was knighted in for improving race relations and was and transformative impact. patron of several charities including the Cinema For All, and based in Sheffield. 1998 for his services to the NHS. appointed a Life Peer in 2013. Prisoners’ Education Trust, Redress and Clean Break.

Review Autumn 2016 22 News News Hallam receives £500k funding Hallam experts help Brook put for new degree apprenticeships in brave performance

Sport scientists from Sheffield Hallam have once again been helping world champion boxer Kell Brook as he prepared for one of the biggest fights of his life. The IBF welterweight champion had to move up two weight divisions to challenge undefeated middleweight champion, Ukraine’s Gennady Golovkin, at London’s O2 arena on 10 September, and enlisted the help of expert strength and conditioning coaches at the University’s Centre for Sport and Exercise Science to help prepare him for the fight. Brook turned to the same team of expert staff behind his 2014 title-clinching victory over Shawn Porter. In the months leading up to the fight they put him through a series of physiological tests to improve strength and speed. Alan Ruddock, who specialises in exercise physiology, said: “The tests allowed us to see what areas we needed to work on and how we could structure his training sessions and the exercises he did. “We performed tests that isolated specific components of the way his body used energy to analyse and evaluate his strengths and weaknesses.” An eye injury during the fight prompted Brook’s corner to throw in the towel during the fifth round, but many people were impressed “They’ve got everything a fighter needs here and they’ve got all the with the way Brook went toe-to-toe with the impressive Golovkin data on me so they know where I need to be. for the first four rounds. “I gel really well with the team here and this is the place for me Brook was a regular visitor to the University’s sports laboratories to get the best out of me. They know me inside out and I am very The University has received Government funding of more than “Sheffield Hallam has been a trailblazer in offering higher and in the build up to the fight on, and underwent a gruelling training confident that they can get me to where I need to be.” £500,000 to develop new degree apprenticeships, including degree apprenticeships in collaboration with key industry partners regime. unique programmes in physiotherapy and paramedic practice. including Nestle and JCB. Kell’s trainer, Dominic Ingle, of the city’s famous Ingle Gym said: Speaking before the fight, the Sheffield-based world champion said: “We’re very lucky to have one of the best facilities in the world on Sheffield Hallam will be the first to offer the innovative “I’ve worked with these guys before and we’ve achieved some great our doorstep and Sheffield Hallam is the place to be if you want to programmes in health subjects which also includes ultrasound “I am delighted the University has been awarded results. assess which direction you’re going in.” and occupational therapy, to help meet the workforce needs of the this funding to help us further develop our degree health sector. apprenticeship provision and help meet the skills requirements of our regional economy.” The funding will allow the University to create places for 1,270 apprentices over three years in areas of priority for the region Funding for research into which also include digital, rail engineering and quantity surveying. “We will work closely with HEFCE and industry partners to respond to this challenge to develop the very highest quality The University successfully bid for the money through three apprenticeships which allow talented young people to take this breathing masks for children separate submissions to the Degree Apprenticeship Development pioneering route, fully funded by industry.” Fund (DADF).

The money, which has been allocated by the Higher Education Sheffield Hallam has received funding to continue research into a ground breaking Heather Elphick, consultant in paediatric Funding Council for England (HEFCE), will enable the University to ventilation facemask for children which could help to extend and improve lives. respiratory medicine from Sheffield offer 380 apprenticeship placements from 2017. Children’s Hospital, said: “The options for Hallam’s Art and Design Research Centre Institute for Health Research – to develop these groups of children are to ventilate Sheffield Hallam will receive £490,000 for its unique collaborative (ADRC) is working with Sheffield Children’s customised masks for each patient using invasively via a breathing tube, to persevere bid with local and national employers, the region’s further Hospital NHS Trust to develop customised 3D assessment and printing. with NIV through an inadequate mask, education colleges, the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise non-invasive ventilation (NIV) masks for Heath Reed, principal industrial designer or to abandon ventilation. NIV with Partnership, and the NHS. children. at ADRC, said: “Mass produced masks an inadequately fitting mask leads to And the University will receive a further £52,000 from a joint bid Current commercial masks are unavailable are available for adults but in children pressure sores, impairment of facial bone with the University of Sheffield to extend the degree apprenticeship or unsuitable for some children and it is often difficult to find a mask that growth and significant disturbance to the engineering offer in line with industry needs. so it is hoped the new NIV masks will fits properly with an adequate seal. Two sleep of the child. improve ventilation therapies and reduce particularly disadvantaged groups are Academics from Sheffield Hallam’s National Centre of Excellence “The need for ventilation in these children complications. very young infants and children with for Food Engineering will also work with the University of Lincoln is often life-long and inability to ventilate facial deformities or facial asymmetry. and the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink on a food Evidence shows that when used long-term the child eventually leads to respiratory engineering degree apprenticeship. they improve both quality of life and life “We are working on an innovative use failure and premature death.” expectancy. of 3D assessment and manufacturing Sheffield Hallam University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Chris The research team hope that the mask will technologies, including 3D printing to Husbands, said: “Universities have a key role to play in driving Hallam received the funding grant of be developed and fully tested in 2017. optimise the fit to the needs of individual innovation, economic growth and creating jobs. more than £300,000 from Invention for patients.” Innovation (i4i) – part of the National Review Review Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 24 25 News News Catalyst: the creativity continues Advanced Wellbeing centre signs another major partner

Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Research The OLP site will be landscaped to include a 1 km running loop that Centre (AWRC) has announced parkrun as its newest major will allow for a junior parkrun to be established. partner. Professor Steve Haake, director of the AWRC, said: “This is a huge The global running phenomenon has teamed up with sports step towards our vision of developing the most advanced research scientists, engineers, psychologists and public health experts and development centre for physical activity in the world. from Sheffield Hallam to develop ways to improve the health and “parkrun is an internationally renowned organisation that hosts wellbeing of the UK population. almost 1,000 runs per week across the world. Their aims mirror The new partnership will enable academics at the AWRC to look at ours in that they want to make it as easy as possible for people to be how the free running events are impacting on health outcomes, and physically active and help them to live better for longer.” conduct research into the nation’s physical activity levels. Chief Operating Officer for parkrun Tom Williams said: “This parkrun is the third organisation to sign up to be a major partner of partnership will provide an exciting opportunity for us to support the AWRC after Toshiba and Westfield Health provided £3million of research into exercise, wellbeing and social cohesion, which fits with cutting edge equipment and research funding. our vision of creating a healthier and happier planet. The AWRC is set to become the most advanced research and “As the world’s largest community of runners and volunteers we development centre for physical activity in the world, creating have a unique ability to support researchers in understanding how ‘innovations that help people move’ in sport, health-care, physical behaviour impacts health and wellbeing.” activity and leisure and will work with the private sector to design new products and services from initial concept all the way through to market. It is delivered alongside Legacy Park Ltd at Sheffield’s Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) which is a joint venture between Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield City Council. The OLP will be home to range of world-class sports and exercise facilities, giving members of the public the chance to improve their health and wellbeing alongside elite athletes and professional sports men and women.

Clearing a path to stellar law career

The Catalyst: Festival of Creativity has continued throughout 2016 with some “What has been impressive is Holly was awarded the scholarship after a lengthy application exciting and potentially breath-taking exhibitions and events. the range of diverse disciplines process which included a final interview with three senior barristers. Since the start of the festival earlier this arts, science and digital production; The which have been used; we’ve seen Holly, who recently graduated with a first class law degree, will now year, more than a dozen exhibitions Power of Sheffield Journeys, a series of everything from photography to 3D use the scholarships to fund the next stage of her legal training – the and shows have taken place featuring pop-up cinema screenings and an online printing and audio. Bar Professional Training Course – at BPP in Manchester. fascinating displays, including a video archive which explores Sheffield photographic history of former post by making past journeys come to life in Holly said: “It’s still not quite sunk in but it’s a great feeling to have “The city and Sheffield Hallam are full of office workers, a 3D printing gallery and a short films narrated by local people; and been awarded the scholarships. I wouldn’t be able to continue creative and innovative people and it has dementia symposium. Hundreds of staff, Night Mail, a series of dramatic moving my training without the funding so the scholarships are really been great to see this come through the students and members of the public have projections from Universal Everything and important for the progression of my career. various exhibitions so far, and we look visited and interacted with the shows, and students from Hallam’s Sheffield Institute forward to the rest of the festival.” “The help I received from my tutors – particularly my mentor Gillian there is still a lot more to come. of Arts, using the former Head Post Office Pastuch – was absolutely phenomenal. I felt supported every step of as a canvas. Visit www.shu.ac.uk/catalyst for more A Sheffield Hallam law student has become the University’s first Catalyst is the University’s contribution the way.” details on the festival and full listings of all ever recipient of a prestigious scholarship from one of the four to the Sheffield-wide Year of Making Claire Lockwood, head of the department the projects taking place. Inns of Court. Holly, who hopes to forge a career in criminal law and has ambitions celebration, and runs until November. of art and design, said: “Catalyst is all to become a Queen’s Counsel (QC) criminal barrister, has also been about opening art to people – whether Holly Nelson (above right, alongside leading barrister Tunde Events still to come include; Walking offered Pupillage (the final stage of training to becoming a barrister) they are current students, members of the Okewale MBE) was successful in her applications for the Prince at the Speed of Light, the largest model from September 2017 with a Barristers’ Chambers in Preston. public, academics or members of the art of Wales BPTC Scholarship, worth £16,000, and Hebe Plunkett of the Solar System ever constructed community. scholarship, worth £1,000, from the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn. Liz Smart, head of law and professor of legal education, said: “We drawing upon the practices of walking are immensely proud of Holly. She is a shining example of what Gray’s Inn is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations dedication and hard work can achieve and she will inspire future law for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar and students at Sheffield Hallam for years to come.” practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns. Review Review Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 26 27 News News Project in the running for Hallam Student wins Have you herd? race equality award makes the national design award Sheffield Hallam has been recognised for its Commissioned by Health Education England East shortlist commitment to increasing Black, Asian and Midlands, the project, which is up for the Future Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation in the Workforce Award, aims to encourage under- paramedic workforce, by being named as a represented groups to consider studying to become The University has been shortlisted for two Jewellery and metalwork student Rob Anderson has scooped the New finalist in the Business in the Community Race a paramedic. Times Higher Education Awards. Designer of the Year 2016 award. Equality Awards 2016. The work was recently used as an example of best The first is in the Outstanding Support for Students Rob was presented with his title at the New Designers awards, which The University’s outreach team worked with practice in a report by the University Alliance category, which recognises the support the showcases the fresh-thinking and innovation of brilliant individuals, providing student paramedics and course leaders to create looking at how universities can contribute to University provides to students who have been in an essential pipeline of new talent into the UK’s creative industries. imagery and short films of paramedic students reducing inequality. care and how we help them to overcome some of More than 3,000 of the most promising graduate talents from Britain’s leading from a BAME background talking about why the issues and barriers they face through support, design courses exhibit at the show, which features everything from illustration they had chosen to become paramedics and the guidance, initiatives and events. to animation, furniture to fashion, and gaming to glass. challenges they had faced in doing so. The University has also been shortlisted in the Rob won his award for the creation of his body of work called ‘Heavy Hands’. Outstanding International Student Strategy He said: “‘Heavy Hands was created in order to explore my own understanding category, for the work our international team have of aesthetics and form. I took inspiration from the textures of concrete found done to recruit students from Nigeria. This has In support of Sheffield Children’s Hospital’s new Herd of Sheffield in Brutalist buildings and studied the movement’s attitudes toward form. I included the opening of a new office in the country, campaign, the University has two Herd of Sheffield sculptures based at combined this interest with the aesthetics of Japanese ceramics and their A national hub for British and a range of scholarships and bursaries for well city campus. ‘quiet beauty’.” qualified students. The elephants are two of 58 other members of the Herd and have been in place Weightlifting across the city over summer as part of the biggest public art event the city has ever seen. Steel Elephant stands proudly in Hallam Square and Patchwork Elephant is in Professor honours Fitzalan Square in front of the Sheffield Institute of Arts. MBE for Thousands of people have ‘collected’ all the elephants by downloading the Herd Crimean War nurse of Sheffield app and visiting the sculptures across the city. inspirational The Herd of Sheffield is a Wild in Art event brought to Sheffield by The Children’s Hospital Charity. More information on the campaign is at Professor of Nursing Laura Serrant has helped to unveil a new statue www.herdofsheffield.com sports honouring the Crimean War nurse, Mary Seacole. It is the first statue in the UK dedicated to a named black woman, and was champion unveiled in June in the garden of St Thomas’ Hospital, London. Laura has spent 12 years campaigning for the Jamaican-born nurse to be One of the University’s inspirational sporting honoured for her services in caring for wounded British soldiers during the Sounders on song champions has been recognised in the Queen’s 1853-1856 conflict. Birthday Honours List. Laura said: “Mary Seacole, for her intelligence, perseverance and unswerving for trophy win Danny Porter, the University’s head of sports belief in rights, responsibility and above all the need to help where it is needed, services (pictured left on the far right), has been is one of the giants on whose shoulders I proudly stand.” awarded an MBE for services to higher education The eyes of the footballing world were on Sheffield Hallam University and the charity sector after raising more than Sports Park in August after 800 players from some of the world’s biggest £100,000 for cancer and neuro-care. clubs competed in the 2016 Youdan Trophy tournament. When he was aged 32, Danny was diagnosed National policy Rosenborg, FC Basel, Royal Antwerp, Newcastle United, Everton, Sheffield The University’s Academy of Sport and Physical Students will have the opportunity to study to with a rare form of cancer and underwent several United and Sheffield Wednesday were just some of the teams that took part in Activity has announced a new partnership with become qualified weightlifting coaches, support operations that resulted in the loss of his right eye, the prestigious youth football competition, one of the oldest club competitions British Weightlifting that will give students the research and innovation and gain valuable right cheekbone and nasal cavities. institute launched in the world. opportunity to help develop the future of the experience in developing elite lifters. Inspired by his treatment, he established the sport. The Seattle Sounders got their hands on the trophy, edging out FC Basel with Guy Masterman, head of the Academy of Sport Danny Porter Foundation, a charity that seeks to The University has launched a new research institute to help inform and a 1-0 victory in the U16s final. In the U14 final, Charlton Athletic’s youngsters Sheffield will become a national hub for the and Physical Activity, said: “This is a fantastic support people living with cancer and/or requiring shape policy at a local and national level – the Sheffield Institute of Policy beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0. weightlifting governing body and the University development for the Academy and reinforces brain surgery. Studies (SIPS). will undertake research projects and deliver our wealth of expertise and strong working Former sports minister Richard Caborn and the Lord Mayor Denise Fox were on Danny said receiving the honour was beyond his programmes to develop the sport across the region. relationships with elite sports organisations.” SIPS will showcase the policy research undertaken across the University and hand to present the trophies to the winning teams. wildest dreams. provide access to leading academics and policy researchers. The launch event, attended by 250 people, included a keynote lecture from Guardian columnist and social affairs commentator Polly Toynbee. Policy areas covered by SIPS include housing, the impact of welfare reform, labour markets, regeneration, the voluntary and community sector, social justice and human rights, criminal justice, migration, public health, and education. Review Review Autumn 2016 Autumn 2016 28 29 In Pictures… Off The Shelf is 25

Sheffield Hallam helped to kick-start the Off The musician Kid Acne taking to the stage in the Political stalwart Alan Johnson will return to Shelf Festival of Words 2016. Pennine lecture theatre to tell his fascinating story Sheffield Hallam to discuss the third of his award- of creating art, fanzines and music. winning memoirs – The Long and Winding Road Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Off The – which chronicles the world of Westminster and Shelf is now one of the largest literary festivals in Still to come at the time of writing, Hallam his life as an MP. the UK, attracting some of the best known names in welcomes back TV chef and food campaigner Hugh literature to Sheffield every year. Fearnley-Whittingstall returns to the festival to There’s also a full day of events taking place launch his new book – The River Cottage A-Z and to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of This year’s festival began with the former Deputy talk about some of the issues raised in his BBC William Shakespeare, and Coast presenter Nicholas Prime Minister and Sheffield MP Nick Clegg series Hugh’s War On Waste. Crane comes to Hallam to discuss his new book launching his new book Between the Extremes on chronicling the history of the British landscape. 16 September at the University’s Pennine Theatre. Explorer Jason Lewis will tell his remarkable He gave a frank account of his experiences of story of crocodile attacks, blood poisoning, There’s much more happening, the festival runs politics, power and defeat, in conversation with malaria, altitude sickness, two broken legs, and throughout autumn and all the details are at Hallam’s head of politics, Dr Andy Price. incarceration for suspected espionage during his offtheshelf.org pioneering 13 year journey around the planet. Other highlights of this year’s festival so far included Sheffield-based street artist and hip-hop Nicholas Crane

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