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Advancing Women’s Leadership in Vietnam

Dr Kim Nguyen recently organised a workshop and leadership training for 50 female lecturers in Ho Chi Minh City as part of the British Council-funded project: Empowerment and Equality - Advancing Women’s Leadership in Vietnamese Higher Education.
Economics students attending a slideshow presentation in Firth Hall

Student successes with AmplifyME programme

School of Economics students have been designated 'high potential candidates' following their performances in AmplifyME finance and banking simulations.
Am image of a man up a ladder installing some solar panels on the roof of a typical semi-detached house.

Government urged to tackle inequality in ‘low-carbon tech’ like solar panels and electric cars

The UK government needs to go beyond offering subsidies for low-carbon technologies like electric cars and solar panels for energy and heating, if it is to meet its net-zero targets by 2050, a new report from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield suggests.
Tim Besley

Fourth Sheffield Workshop in Political Economy

Earlier this month the fourth Sheffield Workshop in Political Economy was held, bringing together economists and political scientists to discuss recent advances in political economy.