SHU Events

Part-time and postgraduate study fair Wednesday 5 December 2012, 4pm - 7pm Sheffield Hallam University, Hallam Hall, Owen building, City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University Come along and find out what studying at Sheffield Hallam University can do for you and your career. You can take a look around and ask us any questions you have about being a student at the University. You can also find out more about: the courses you're interested in - we have a huge range to choose from career opportunities what funding is available how to apply Visit http://www.shu.ac.uk/ad/studyfair/?hp_featured for more information.

An evening in conversation with Deborah Nadoolman Landis Tuesday 11 December 2012 Pennine Theatre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus 6:15 for 6:30pm The Hollywood designer behind iconic costumes featured in The Blues Brothers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Michael Jackson's Thriller video, The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, amongst others, is coming to Sheffield. Academy Award-nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis is making an exclusive visit to Sheffield Hallam University to share the secrets of a 30-year career creating outfits for a generation of screen legends. The event at the University's Pennine Theatre on Tuesday 11 December is free of charge but must be booked in advance. Visit the University's website for more details.

People, nature, history: the consequences of an intimate relationship Wednesday 23 May 2012 6 for 6.30pm Pennine Theatre, Sheffield Hallam University City Campus, S1 1WB The catastrophic impact of humans abandoning rural landscapes in favour of urban environments is the topic of a free, public lecture being given by a local environmentalist. Ian Rotherham, professor of environmental geography and reader in tourism and environmental change at Sheffield Hallam University, will discuss how the relationships between people and nature have changed, and what the consequences are for issues such as global warming and climate change. Places are free and include refreshments and a light buffet, but must be booked in advance.

Part-time and postgraduate study fair Wednesday 16 May 2012, 4pm - 7pm Cantor Building, City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University Come along and find out what studying at Sheffield Hallam University can do for you and your career. You can take a look around and ask us any questions you have about being a student at the University. You can also find out more about: the courses you're interested in - we have a huge range to choose from career opportunities what funding is available how to apply Visit http://www.shu.ac.uk/ad/studyfair/?ref=opendays-promo for more information.

Tuesday 13 December 2011 Pennine Theatre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus 7:15 for 7:30pm Brian Turner, who has appeared as a cook on BBC2's Ready Steady Cook since 1994, will be at the University for a fun-filled evening of conversation about his life and career. One of Britain's most successful and well-known chefs, Brian was a judge on Master Chef and the long-time resident chef on This Morning, before eventually moving to the BBC for his own series Anything you can Cook. Most recently Brian, who is from Halifax, West Yorkshire, has teamed up with Butlins' holiday parks to create a brand new dining experience for families at its resort in Bognor Regis. Turner’s, opened April 2011, showcases classic British cooking with a generous sprinkling of Butlins'-style fun twists. Join us for an evening of conversation with mulled wine and mince pies. Places are free but must be booked in advance by visiting the University events website

Tuesday 25 October 7:15 for 7:30pm Pennine Theatre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus As final preparations are made for the London 2012 Olympic Games this event is a chance to hear from a woman at the heart of the Olympic Games. Alison Nimmo, CBE, has played a pivotal role in the design, development, planning and procurement of many of the key Olympic and Paralympic venues, including the world famous velodrome. Hear her share her experiences of shaping the Olympic plans with regeneration and legacy at their heart. She is also a key figure in Sheffield's transformation and as CEO of Sheffield One - one of three pilot Urban Regeneration Companies - she spearhead a successful city centre regeneration programme. This included the £120 million Heart of the City project that saw the development of the city's Winter Gardens, as well as the creation of the train station's impressive Gateway to Sheffield. As well as leading on the design and delivery of the largest new park in London for 150 years with the ODA, Alison and her team successfully secured all the key town planning permissions for the London 2012 venues, all within three-months. No mean feat when this involved dealing with five separate host boroughs. A chartered surveyor and town planner specialising in regeneration, Alison is best known for her capacity to manage and deliver complex city centre projects. In Manchester she played a central role in delivering the award-winning regeneration of the city centre following the 1996 bomb. Places are free but must be booked in advance by visiting the Sheffield Hallam events website

The Crucible Theatre, Thursday 15 September - Saturday 8 October. Open: Non-performance days - 10am until 6.30pm Performance days - 10am until 10pm Sundays - CLOSED Imaginative, ingenious - and controversial - ideas for Sheffield's 'forgotten spaces' will be on display at an exhibition at The Crucible Theatre. The designs are all on the shortlist for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Sheffield an architectural ideas competition, run by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Yorkshire and Sheffield Hallam University. The competition encouraged architects, designers and artists to come up with innovative ideas that find new uses for the region's forgotten spaces. The project is sponsored by British Land, owners of Meadowhall, Creative Sheffield, Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry and developers and engineers Buro Happold. Three winning entries, which will be announced at a ceremony at The Crucible on Monday 26 September, will be awarded cash prizes of up to £5,000.

Hi! Hallam Hall is located in our main City Campus building - the entrance of which is on Howard Square. There'll be plenty of signs up so don't worry about getting lost on the night! Hope you can make it.

2011 celebrates the first cohort of fashion students to graduate from Sheffield Hallam University and this show demonstrates the quality of their work. The show will take place at 7:30pm on Friday 10 June at the University's Hallam Hall, City Campus, Sheffield, S1 1WB. Enter via the main University entrance on Howard Square. Come along and see our enthusiastic, innovative and ambitious future fashion designers. The show is part of Creative Spark 2011, which celebrates and showcases the final projects created by students from a wide range of creative disciplines. Tickets for the fashion show are strictly limited. They can be purchased for £10 each (£9 plus £1 booking fee) from the Arena ticket shop by: Telephone: 0114 256 55 67 Online: http://www.arenaticketshop.co.uk/whats-on/creative-spark-fashion-show/ Or by person from the Box Office: www.motorpointarena.co.uk/how-to-find-us/get-directions/

There are still places left for the event tonight. If you're interested come to Hellaby Hall for 7.30pm.

In Rotherham next Thursday? Take part in our free sport discussion with an Olympic medal-winning runner, a world champion bobsleigh driver, a leading physiologist and a Rotherham Titan: http://arum.lits.shu.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1996

Great night out with South Yorkshire sporting stars! Local stars of football, athletics and angling will be fielding questions from the public at an up-close and personal sporting event. Any Sporting Questions is being held at Doncaster Civic Theatre on Thursday 3 February and features wheelchair athlete Louis Speight, track legend Peter Elliot, angling ace Tom Pickering and leading sports psychologist Ian Maynard. More panelists are set to be agreed. The audience will be able to quiz the panel on their sporting careers and their inspirations in what promises to be an illuminating and entertaining night. Tickets cost £7/£5 concessions and are available from the Civic Theatre box office or by calling 01302 342349 or visiting www.doncastercivic.co.uk

Ever wondered what it's like to reach speeds of almost 100 mph on a bobsleigh? Or how an athlete stays in peak condition? Or marvelled at sports stars' mental toughness? The Any Sporting Questions panel event taking place at Rotherham's Civic Theatre on Wednesday 15 September 2010, at 7.30pm, will give you the chance to ask local sporting heroes these questions and more. Put your questions to Peter Swatkins, Rotherham Titans first team regular, Olympic and Commonwealth medalist Peter Elliott, World Champion Nicola Minichiello, part of Great Britain’s women’s bobsleigh team, Kevin Hayes, a wheelchair basketball player and Professor Ian Maynard, a sports psychologist at Sheffield Hallam University. The event has been organised by Sheffield Hallam and is hosted by BBC Radio Sheffield. All proceeds from the show are being donated to the Mayor's Charities, Homestart Rotherham, Rotherham Lions Welfare Fund and Rotherham Samaritans. Tickets are £5 each, £3 for concessions, and are available from the theatre box office: Telephone: 01709 823621 or 823640 Email: theatre.tickets@rotherham.gov.uk Web: http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/theatres

Some of Sheffield's most famous faces will be sharing a stage at Sheffield Hallam University to talk about their favourite places, their memories of the city and how it inspired their creativity. What are you favourite Sheffield places and why? My Sheffield: A Personal View with Eliot Kennedy, Matt Helders, Pete McKee, Richard Hawley, and Rony Robinson From Coles Corner to the Boardwalk, Henderson's Relish to Ward's Brewery, what is it that makes Sheffield such a special place to so many creative talents? Join some of the city's most famous sons in an informal conversation about why they love Sheffield and how it has inspired their creativity. Hear them talk about their favourite Sheffield places, and their personal memories of the city. You'll have the chance to share your own thoughts with these inspirational talents, and to ask them directly about their Sheffield. Tuesday 2 March, Pennine Theatre, Sheffield Hallam University Tickets are £7 from the Arena Ticket Shop on 0114 256 5656 or http://www.arenaticketshop.co.uk

Unless you were part of the team who organised Heaven 17 on the roof of the university's Owen Building then you wouldn't know how the 'guest list' was drawn up...and I don't recall White Rose having any part in it ? So why the wild assumptions? You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Far from being 'big wigs' the people on the roof were winners who responded to competitions run by The Star, Creative Sheffield and via the University's own website. The only other people up there were the band, the media, security and members of the events team...all for very obvious reasons! Attached is the news release from July 11 which explains the rationale Strange you don't recognise a PR stunt when you see one - having allegedly worked as a photo-journalist! It's Penthouse and Pavement again as Heaven 17 raise the roofThe synthpop sounds of Sheffield's Heaven 17 will sweep across the rooftops of their home city when they play a unique gig on top of Sheffield Hallam University on Wednesday 30 July. The band, whose debut album was called Penthouse and Pavement, will play 12 floors up on the Owen Building and the audience will see the show for free on giant screens on the pavement below. Original members Glen Gregory and Martyn Ware will lead the band through an hour-long set featuring their massive 1980's hits, including Temptation, Let Me Go and Crushed by the Wheels of Industry. It is part of the University's Fusion festival, celebrating the move of its Arts and Creative Studies students to a new location in the city centre - and the date has been specifically arranged to support Sheffield City Council's Wednesday Night Live summer programme of music, street entertainment and shopping events. The roof gig is a warm up for Heaven 17's sell-out Steel City UK tour with fellow Sheffield techno-pop pioneers The Human League and ABC, which starts in the autumn. Sheffield Hallam's John Palmer, said: 'Human League and ABC both played their first ever gigs at the old University arts building, so we're delighted that Heaven 17 will be adding to that live gig history by being the first to play at the new location." And 20 lucky fans will have the once-in-a-lifetime experience of joining the band on the roof to see the show close up. "We're going to run competitions to choose who gets to go to the penthouse rather than the pavement," said Palmer. "Already there's a huge buzz of expectation around the city with the prospect of Martyn and Glen playing here for the first time since the millennium - and we're all looking forward to a brilliant and memorable evening."