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Steve ThompsonInterim Deputy Director of Corporate Communications and Head of Digital
Steve Thompson is the Interim Deputy Director of Corporate Communications and Head of Digital at the University of Sheffield, with a focus on digital communications and showcasing research and its impact. He and his team are behind the re-launched University-wide campaign #WeAreInternational which aims to ensure International students and staff are welcome in the UK post-Brexit.
Since joining the University of Sheffield, his team has won several CASE and Heist awards such as the Best Use of Social Media and the CASE European District Circle of Excellence award for Best Practices in Communication and Marketing.
Previous roles include eBay Enterprise where he led the implementation of the digital communications for the Times newspaper paywall launch and delivered global email marketing communications for British Airways.
Founded in 1905, the University of Sheffield has grown in reputation and size to become one of the UK’s leading universities with a global reputation for teaching and research. As part of the UK Russell Group, the University is a premier-league, research-led institution with over 26,000 students including more than 7,000 international students from 121 countries and over 7,000 members of staff.
The University of Sheffield was voted number one in the UK for accommodation, social life, and community atmosphere in the 2015 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey. Its Students’ Union was also voted number one in the UK for the seventh year running. The University is renowned for its friendliness and sense of community; an experience which students enjoy so much that many settle in Sheffield after they graduate.
The University has produced a number of leading figures in the area of research including six Nobel Prize winners, 12 fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and 18 fellows of the Royal Society, and many of our alumni have gone on to hold positions of great responsibility and influence around the world.
The Latest from The University of Sheffield
🍻 @pintofscience 2025 is here!
🌌 99 Mary St: Black holes, gravity & quantum internet
🧠 @SheffieldTap: OCD, ADHD & the mind
⚖️ @NeepsendSocial: Politics & law in action
🌍 The Lescar: Bees, fungi & Antarctic climate
📅 19-21 May
🎟 https://bit.ly/427CTZA
Tackling the inequality in adopting low-carbon technologies, like electric cars and solar panels, is paramount to achieving 2050 net-zero targets, according to a new report from Sheffield researchers:
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 pan...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
Will you join us in supporting important neuroscience research?
The Big Walk this year is fundraising for projects like TRICEPS, which is improving stroke recovery through innovative treatments 👇
Stroke recovery is tough, but Sheffield is working to change that.
Dr Ali Ali at SITraN is part of the TRICEPS project, aiming to speed up brain healing. The Big Walk supports these exciting neuroscience innovations - will you join us?
👉 https://cstu.io/802688
Did you know people in Yorkshire are more likely to have their lives cut short by cancer than almost anywhere else in England? With @yorkshirecancer, we’re pioneering working to change that, and advance cancer research globally.
Groundbreaking cancer research hub receives £10 million in new funding
The University of Sheffield and Yorkshire Cancer Research are pioneering 10 world-leading research studies that aim to...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
🍻 @pintofscience 2025 is almost here!
From black holes & bee tracking to hedgehogs & the sun’s secrets - join us for fascinating science talks at:
📍 99 Mary St, @SheffieldTap, @NeepsendSocial & The Lescar
📅 Full programme & tickets drop on the 14th
#pint25 #sheffield
🧠 Does playing Counter-Strike give you a mental edge?
@sheffielduni researchers found that expert players make decisions faster and respond more quickly - skills that could be useful beyond gaming, from surgery to emergency response.
Watch here: https://bit.ly/43JWkKt
Getting an autism diagnosis as an adult can be life-changing. It’s something to celebrate, but it can also bring challenges.
For #WorldAutismAwarenessDay, watch our film exploring real experiences of autistic adults going through diagnosis.
Watch here: https://bit.ly/3EbV48g
Brilliant to see @sheffielduni spinout securing this funding to dramatically improve the performance of communications systems🙌
IBS is common but rarely discussed. From stressful morning routines to unpredictable symptoms, it can reshape everyday life.
This IBS Awareness Month, watch our animation exploring life with IBS and why better understanding matters.
🎥 Watch now: https://bit.ly/4hSL3L6
Ranked in top 50 most international universities in the world
The University’s research partners and clients include: Boeing, Rolls Royce, Unilever, Boots, AstraZeneca, GSK, ICI, Slazenger, and many more household names, as well as UK and overseas government agencies and charitable foundations.
We work with partners that are recognised as excellent in their regions, and who recognise educational values and systems operating in those regions without compromising the values of our guiding principles. The expertise of our partners complements our own knowledge, creates increased value and strengthens our collaboration. These strategic partnerships will help us to develop teaching and research activities at a scale that could not happen otherwise, by adding value to our own knowledge through the collaboration and thereby extending our global reach and reputation.
Mission and vision
- To educate others and ourselves and to learn through doing so, thereby improving the world.
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That research, teaching, and learning together create a positive culture of higher education.
Ranked in the top 1% of world universities
1,476+
Research staff
£197.5m
Income from research grants and contracts (17/18)
Researchers at the University of Sheffield are passionate about tackling the great global challenges of our time.
The key issues facing humanity are embedded within complex systems, which cross the boundaries of academic disciplines. They recognise that effectively addressing these challenges means working together across the traditional boundaries of our research fields.
Tackling complex issues requires interdisciplinary and translational research – taking academic research and turning it into real-world solutions.
Our researchers are making life-changing discoveries and solving problems that have a global impact.
From developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases and making our energy sources sustainable, to addressing the challenges of food security and an ageing population, we’re finding ways to improve our world.
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