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Local Magazine Featured in Well-Received Anthology Share Article Readers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror are excited about a new short story anthology, Worlds of Light & Darkness. “The combining of stories that have been printed by these two publications is genius.” – Booklist, the book review journal of the American Library Association. PITTSBURGH (PRWEB) May 27, 2021 Readers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror are excited about a new short story anthology, Worlds of Light & Darkness, assembled from the best o...

A lecturer at one of the University of Sheffield’s most prestigious departments has come under fire for “engaging in denial” of anti-Semitism allegations within the Labour Party. Piers Robinson, Chair of Politics, Society and Political Communication at the Department of Journalism Studies signed a petition that claimed allegations of anti-Semitism within Labour are “being used as a weapon to silence those who speak out against injustice”. National organisation the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) called for the University to take “all actions necessary” against ...

Student societies and committees have had their budgets cut by up to 97%, after the University reduced Students’ Union funding as part of Covid-19 enforced cuts. Committees and societies will have to drastically alter their operations this year, meaning that students could miss out on opportunities previously available to them. The SU made the difficult decision to reduce budgets after the University confirmed a 15% cut to the SU’s grant, a reduction implemented across all University faculties.  The cut, which came despite the SU projecting a fall in turnover from £12 million to £4 mil...

Over a month after its initial announcement, the University of Sheffield have announced details of the ‘no-detriment’ safety net policy, aimed at supporting students during the coronavirus crisis. The policy was announced after over 7,500 people signed a petition calling on the University to work towards something like this, a call which was later backed by the Students’ Union and resulted in victory for the campaign. However, now the specifics have been announced, the SU Officer team have expressed concern that a significant proportion of Postgraduate Taught students won’t have acces...

Shared with Forge Press in late November 2019, we understand that the posts had been circulating online since August 2019. The screenshotted posts from Sissi Li’s personal account found their way into a Taiwanese group chat of more than 300 students, and were soon picked up by Hong Kong and Chinese student communities in Sheffield.  Sissi Li admitted that the WeChat posts were her own. She has since apologised for any distress caused by her posts, recognising that the comments she made as an elected official of the Students’ Union were inappropriate. The WeChat profile linked to the pos...