The School of English – at the University of Sheffield

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Student Writing Series: ‘A Brief Look at How Weird Spelling is in English.’

Curious me always wondered what the deal was with all these random silent letters in English and why there were so many sounds a...

Translating environments

What are the environments of translation? That question has been rattling around in my head, in some form or another, at least since reading...

What I’ve been reading….November edition

Studying for an English degree – and in my case teaching and researching in an English department – means that we are reading huge...

Nature spots

Sheffield is the sixth greenest city in the UK, with 650 green open spaces and 13 city centre parks to peruse whilst you are...

The Book fighting Knife Crime in Sheffield

On a bit of a tangent of a writing task, I stumbled upon a book called ‘One Knife, Many Lives’ – a fictional story...

Assignments

University, contrary to popular opinion, is largely about studying and obtaining our degrees – rather than the constant partying and binge drinking that the...

Halloween Recommendations

Autumn is by far my favourite time of year and with Halloween around the corner, it’s time for the spooky season to begin. Broomsticks...

Autumn in Sheffield

Autumn is by far my favourite season and Sheffield is the perfect place to enjoy it. From the Peaks to the many parks in...

World Mental Health Day

Saturday the 10th of October was World Mental Health day and it got me thinking about my mental health and what I do to...

15 Questions to ask your new cohort …

To make these questions a little more exciting, I have enlisted my friend to answer them for me. Where is home? And what do...