Category: Sheffield
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Sheffield Live Works: the UK’s first permanent University-funded ‘Urban Room’
Live Works is an innovative cross-cutting initiative that delivers excellence in live teaching, graduate employment, civic engagement & participatory action research, working at a local level to create & disseminate knowledge that has national and international relevance. It is the UK’s first permanent University-funded ‘Urban Room’, a space in the city centre where local people can…
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Sheffield Network of Practices — a socio-spatial map of local initiatives and groups
Learning about space through socio-spatial mapping Urban Education Live Project partner Sheffield School of Architecture (SSoA) is currently working on a Sheffield-specific map of existing initiatives, groups, organisations and other local practices in an ongoing process throughout the duration of the research project. The initial aim of building this ‘Network of Practices’ is to explore the…
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2017 SSoA Live Projects
An educational initiative introduced in 1999 by the Sheffield School of Architecture, Live Projects are a pioneering collaboration between masters architecture students and local community groups, charities, health organisations and regional authorities. Urban Education Live team members from Sheffield and Bucharest were actively involved in Live Projects 2017, exploring and strengthening the innovative collaboration between…
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The first Focus Group Discussion with community groups in Sheffield
We had a fantastic kick-start of a series of focus group discussions with Sheffield community groups and grassroots organisations. Together with Adam Yusuf and Robin Forsyth from Israac Somali Community Association and Patrick Meleady from Pitsmoor Adventure Playground, we explored some issues surrounding the background of their organisations, the activities they create with local communities, the views on…
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UEL Sheffield team
The University of Sheffield School of Architecture is one of the longest established architecture schools in the UK, opening in 1908. It is known for its strong social conscience, recognised nationally and internationally for its commitment to socially-engaged design and research. The students, staff and graduates are committed to working with community groups through teaching, research and…