UNIVERSITY NEWS
Howzat! Joe Root awarded honorary doctorate The England cricket captain, Joe Root, was bowled over when he was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Sport in recognition of his significant sporting achievements. The top-order batsman spent a day at the University's Walsall Campus in September last year, when he took part in a training session with local primary and secondary schools, officially opened new £1million facilities in the William Penny Brookes building and tested out some of the latest sports science and research equipment. Afterwards, staff and students were treated to an 'audience with ...' event with the 2019 Cricket World Cup winner. The visit was Joe's second to the University, which sponsors Sheffield Collegiate Cricket Club where Joe’s stellar career started.
Bringing the house down: world’s first demolition graduates Seven students have completed the world’s first demolition postgraduate degree, launched by our School of Architecture & Built Environment in 2017. Accredited by the Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE), the Master’s in Demolition Management course was designed with industry specialists and comprises a range of modules including management, methodologies, research and sustainability, and building information modelling (BIM). Dr Paul Hampton, Head of Built Environment at the University, said: “We are very proud to be the only university in the world that offers a programme for the entire lifetime of a building, from design right through to demolition, and it is thanks to the tireless efforts of partners that we are able to develop programmes which are both relevant to industry and vital to supporting local, national and international economies.”
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LIFE MAGAZINE
SUMMER 2020
