Difference between revisions of "University of Sheffield"
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| + | |description=University in Sheffield, England. | ||
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|motto=Latin: Rerum cognoscere causas | |motto=Latin: Rerum cognoscere causas | ||
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| + | The '''University of Sheffield''' is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Sheffield]], [[South Yorkshire]], England. | ||
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| + | Sheffield is formed from 50 academic departments which are organised into five faculties and an international faculty. The annual income of the institution for 2020–21 was £741 million, of which £163 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £708.6 million.<ref>https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/media/28819/download?attachment</ref> Sheffield ranks among the top 10 of UK universities for research grant funding,<ref name="timeshighereducation.com">https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/oxford-tops-research-grant-table-third-year</ref>. | ||
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| + | Its history traces back to the foundation of [[Sheffield Medical School]] in 1828, Firth College in 1879 and Sheffield Technical School in 1884. University College of Sheffield was subsequently formed by the amalgamation of the three institutions in 1897 and was granted a [[royal charter]] as University of Sheffield in 1905 by [[King Edward VII]]. | ||
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| Motto | Latin: Rerum cognoscere causas |
| Formation | 1905 |
| Headquarters | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Type | • Public • research |
| University in Sheffield, England. | |
The University of Sheffield is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
Sheffield is formed from 50 academic departments which are organised into five faculties and an international faculty. The annual income of the institution for 2020–21 was £741 million, of which £163 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £708.6 million.[1] Sheffield ranks among the top 10 of UK universities for research grant funding,[2].
Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Firth College in 1879 and Sheffield Technical School in 1884. University College of Sheffield was subsequently formed by the amalgamation of the three institutions in 1897 and was granted a royal charter as University of Sheffield in 1905 by King Edward VII.
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Nationality | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Blunkett | 6 June 1947 | Politician | ||
| Sarah Champion | 10 July 1969 | |||
| David Clark | 19 October 1939 | Politician | Senior fellow and project director at the Institute for Statecraft. UK MP. | |
| Norman Fenton | 1956 | UK | Mathematician Programmer COVID-19/Dissident | British mathematician and computer scientist who "challenges the global covid-19 narrative, exposing the use and abuse of statistics." |
| Bob Gill | Filmmaker Activist Doctor | |||
| Brian Gilvary | UK | Businessperson | Big oil Bilderberg banker | |
| Richard Hill | ||||
| Bernard Hogan-Howe | 25 October 1957 | UK | Police officer | British senior policeman |
| Anne Main | 17 May 1957 | |||
| Paul Mason | 23 January 1960 | UK | Spook Journalist Propagandist Broadcaster Gatekeeper | Spooky English writer and broadcaster who, with Carole Cadwalladr, was "unmasked as lap dogs for the security state.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> |
| Cameron Scott | ||||
| William Scott-Gall | Spook | |||
| Prem Sikka | 1 August 1951 | Academic Accountant | ||
| Dennis Skinner | 11 February 1932 | Left-wing British Labour Party politician known for his acerbic wit |
