ScHARR ONLINE Course - Communicating your research using social media, video, podcasts, blogs and infographics

Tuesday, 24th & Wednesday, 25th May 2022 (2-3 half day sessions) 

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Communicating your research has never been more important in this ever changing digital world. This two half day course (with optional third half day) will guide you through the practical ways in which you can effectively disseminate your research outputs to wider audiences.

Who will benefit from this course?

• Researchers
• Masters and PhD students
• Research support staff and managers
• Library and information professionals
• Communications and marketing professionals

Course schedule

Session 1:  1pm - 4pm

• How research is changing in the 21st Century
• Social networks - What they are and which ones should you join
• Managing your reputation online
• Maximising Twitter’s potential as a research communication platform 

Session 2:  9:30am - 12:30pm

• Creating research communication podcasts
• Creating infographics and eye-catching posters
• Getting visual - tools to help you turn a piece of research into a video presentation, screencast or animation.

Session 3: 1:30pm - 4:30pm (Optional extra)

• Research blogging and working with the media - how to turn a piece of research into a blog/media article
• Altmetrics and alternative indicators of scholarly interest
• Creating a campaign and putting it together
• 1% increments to enhance your research communications

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Course Faculty:

Andy Tattersall, Jisc Social Media Superstar in UK Higher Education for 2017

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact ScHARR Short Course Unit via email at scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk.

ScHARR ONLINE Course - An Introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research

The treadmill of academia is a relentless one: proposal, research, write, present and then hopefully publish before starting all over again, all in the hope that the research is recognised as being of good quality, worthy and valuable. There's one problem though - journals are not geared up for the modern online world of instant sharing and communication. Tools and ways of communicating research such as Twitter, YouTube, ResearchGate, Slideshare, blogging, infographics, animation and many others will be covered. The good news is they are mostly free and can work together to help research to reach a wider audience. That audience is not just academic peers, but publishers, editors, fund holders and the general public.

Course Overview

The aim of the workshop is to offer an introduction to the many tools you can use to help you communicate research and work smarter. The purpose of the day is to help attendees come away with a variety of tools and artefacts th
ey can use to help communicate and share their work. We will teach you basics of social media in an academic setting and demystify some of the barriers that may have put you off from using these tools in your work.

We will show you how to make the most from these technologies and show you how to find out alternative ways of discussing and communicating research. Attention will be paid to the various ethical issues to working more on the web from copyright and Creative Commons to making more use of your mobile device, from safety and security to how you conduct yourself online and netiquette.

Who will benefit from this course?

This short course will benefit a wide range of people including (but not exhaustive of):

• Researchers 

• Masters and PhD students 

• Research Support Staff and Managers 

• Library and Information Professionals 

• Communications and Marketing Professionals

Faculty

Andy Tattersall  (Jisc Social Media Superstar in UK Higher Education for 2017)

For more information and to book your place, please visit this page

Learn Online with ScHARR - An Introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research

We are running some of our popular workshops online this Spring - join us from the comfort of your own home or workspace to learn from our experts.

An Introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research

2 half days (13:00 - 16:00) April 2021 : 

27 April and Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Book your place via this link

The treadmill of academia is a relentless one: proposal, research, write, present and then hopefully publish before starting all over again, all in the hope that the research is recognised as being of good quality, worthy and valuable. There's one problem though - journals are not geared up for the modern online world of instant sharing and communication. Tools and ways of communicating research such as Twitter, YouTube, ResearchGate, Slideshare, blogging, infographics, animation and many others will be covered. The good news is they are mostly free and can work together to help research to reach a wider audience. That audience is not just academic peers, but publishers, editors, fund holders and the general public.

The aim of the workshop is to offer an introduction to the many tools you can use to help you communicate research and work smarter. The purpose of the day is to help attendees come away with a variety of tools and artefacts they can use to help communicate and share their work. We will teach you basics of social media in an academic setting and demystify some of the barriers that may have put you off from using these tools in your work.

We will show you how to make the most from these technologies and show you how to find out alternative ways of discussing and communicating research. Attention will be paid to the various ethical issues to working more on the web from copyright and Creative Commons to making more use of your mobile device, from safety and security to how you conduct yourself online and netiquette.

This short course will benefit a wide range of people including (but not exhaustive of):

Researchers,

Masters and PhD students,

Research Support Staff and Managers,

Library and Information Professionals,

Communications and Marketing Professionals.

Andy Tattersall Jisc Social Media Superstar in UK Higher Education

Fees

The fee for this online course is £149 per person

Short Course - An Introduction to Using Social Media to Communicate Research - Thursday 27th February 2020

Background: The treadmill of academia is a relentless one: proposal, research, write, present and then hopefully publish before starting all over again, all in the hope that the research is recognised as being of good quality, worthy and valuable. There's one problem though - journals are not geared up for the modern online world of instant sharing and communication. Tools and ways of communicating research such as Twitter, YouTube, ResearchGate, Slideshare, blogging, infographics, animation and many others will be covered. The good news is they are mostly free and can work together to help research to reach a wider audience. That audience is not just academic peers, but publishers, editors, fund holders and the general public.

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit/introtosocialmedia

Book here

Course Overview: The aim of the workshop is to offer an introduction to the many tools you can use to help you communicate research and work smarter. The purpose of the day is to help attendees come away with a variety of tools and artefacts they can use to help communicate and share their work. We will teach you the basics of social media in an academic setting and demystify some of the barriers that may have put you off from using these tools in your work.

We will show you how to make the most from these technologies and show you how to find out alternative ways of discussing and communicating research. Attention will be paid to the various ethical issues to working more on the web from copyright and Creative Commons to making more use of your mobile device, from safety and security to how you conduct yourself online and netiquette.

This short course will benefit a wide range of people including (but not exhaustive of):

• Researchers,

• Masters and PhD students,

• Research Support Staff and Managers,

• Library and Information Professionals,

• Communications and Marketing Professionals.

1-day course:  Thursday, 27th February 2020

Start:  9:30 am

Finish: 4:30 pm

£199.00 - Early Bird Rate for confirmed bookings received on or before 11pm on Friday, 27th December 2019.

£299.00 - Standard Rate for confirmed bookings received on or after 11pm on Thursday, 13th February 2020.

Halifax Hall Hotel & Conference Centre

Endcliffe Vale Road

Sheffield

S10 3ER

halifaxhall.co.uk

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the Short Course Unit via email at scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk

or call +44 (0)114 222 2968.

HEDS Short Course - An Introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research

An Introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research

1 day course:  Thursday, 27th June 2019

Background

The treadmill of academia is a relentless one: proposal, research, write, present and then hopefully publish before starting all over again, all in the hope that the research is recognised as being of good quality, worthy and valuable. There's one problem though - journals are not geared up for the modern online world of instant sharing and communication. Tools and ways of communicating research such as Twitter, YouTube, ResearchGate, Slideshare, blogging, infographics, animation and many others will be covered. The good news is they are mostly free and can work together to help research to reach a wider audience. That audience is not just academic peers, but publishers, editors, fund holders and the general public.

Course Overview

The aim of the workshop is to offer an introduction to the many tools you can use to help you communicate research and work smarter. The purpose of the day is to help attendees come away with a variety of tools and artefacts they can use to help communicate and share their work. We will teach you basics of social media in an academic setting and demystify some of the barriers that may have put you off from using these tools in your work.

We will show you how to make the most from these technologies and show you how to find out alternative ways of discussing and communicating research. Attention will be paid to the various ethical issues to working more on the web from copyright and Creative Commons to making more use of your mobile device, from safety and security to how you conduct yourself online and netiquette.

Who will benefit from this course?

This short course will benefit a wide range of people including (but not exhaustive of):

• Researchers,
• Masters and PhD students,
• Research Support Staff and Managers,
• Library and Information Professionals,
• Communications and Marketing Professionals.

Course Materials

Course Materials will be provided via a Delegate Course Website approximately 2 weeks prior to the course start date. Hard copies of exercises will be provided throughout the course. Hard copies of powerpoint presentations will not be provided, but these can be printed by delegates before the start of the course via the Delegate Course Website.

Participants are asked to provide their own laptop/tablet for the duration of the course.

Course Faculty

Andy Tattersall

Claire Beecroft

Date and Times

1 day course: Thursday, 27th June 2019

Start:  9:30 am

Finish: 4:30 pm

Fees

£299.00 - Early Bird Rate for confirmed bookings received on or before Sunday, 28th April 2019.

£399.00 - Standard Rate for confirmed bookings received on or after Thursday, 13th June 2019.

Bookings will automatically close at 11pm on Thursday, 13th June 2019.

Booking and Payment

Provisional bookings are now being taken for the next intake of this course.  Please email your details to Karen Holden at scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk and you will be contacted when this course has gone live on the Online Store and bookings are being accepted.

All of our ScHARR short course bookings are initially processed through our Online Store. Payment is by Credit/Debit Card or PayPal and via Invoice (purchase order required).

HEDS Short Course - An Advanced Guide to using Social Media and the Web to Communicate and Measure your Research Impact

Many academics and professionals are already using social media tools such as Twitter, blogging and ResearchGate as part of their work. Some are using the tools daily, whilst most just dip in and out of using them for a variety of reasons. Whilst Twitter and ResearchGate are useful, they are just a small part of a large set of tools that academics can use to communicate and network.

Some academics are using the wrong tools and others just not getting the best out of them. Open access, data re-use and scholarly communications are opening up a myriad of further options on how research can be archived, shared and re-used, and the workshop will look at the options available to transform any academic into a modern digital academic.

Date and Times

1-day course:  Thursday, 21st June 2018

Start:  9:30 am

Finish: 4:30 pm

Fees

£299 - Early Bird Rate for confirmed bookings received on or before Sunday, 22nd April 2018.

£399 - Standard Rate for confirmed bookings received on or after Monday, 23rd April 2018.

Bookings will automatically close at midnight on Thursday, 7th June 2018.

Booking and More details here

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Course Overview

This one day course will show academics and professionals who will have some experience of using some of these tools but are not quite sure how to maximise them and what other options exist. We will show you how to get more from your mobile device from presentations to conference calling, from taking polls to making videos, and how you can truly be a digital academic fit for the 21st Century.

We will look at the options around self-archiving and the benefits, barriers and pitfalls for doing so. The workshop will also look at different ways of communicating and sharing your research with special attention to infographics, video, podcasting and animation.

Communicating research is only part of the story and we will look at how altmetrics can be employed to show what is being said about your research and how you should respond. We will also explore the ethical and practical issues around open peer review and public comments and how you can deal with them.

Who will benefit from this course?

This short course will benefit a wide range of people including (but not exclusive of):

• Researchers;
• Masters and PhD Students;
• Research Support Staff and Managers;

Course Materials

Course materials will be provided via a Course Website approximately 2 weeks prior to the course start date.  A hard copy of any handouts/exercises will be provided throughout the course as necessary.

The course will consist of a mixture of presentations, group work, discussions and individual exercises.

Participants are asked to provide their own laptop for the duration of the course.

Course Faculty

Andy Tattersall

Claire Beecroft

HEDS Short Course - An introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research

HEDS are running a one day course An introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research on Tuesday 15th May at Halifax Hall in Sheffield.

Background: The treadmill of academia is a relentless one: proposal, research, write, present and then hopefully publish before starting all over again, all in the hope that the research is recognised as being of good quality, worthy and valuable. There's one problem though - journals are not geared up for the modern online world of instant sharing and communication. Tools and ways of communicating research such as Twitter, YouTube, ResearchGate, Slideshare, blogging, infographics, animation and many others will be covered. The good news is they are mostly free and can work together to help research to reach a wider audience. That audience is not just academic peers, but publishers, editors, fund holders and the general public.

Halifax Hall - Sheffield

Course Overview: The aim of the workshop is to offer an introduction to the many tools you can use to help you communicate research and work smarter. The purpose of the day is to help attendees come away with a variety of tools and artefacts they can use to help communicate and share their work. We will teach you basics of social media in an academic setting and demystify some of the barriers that may have put you off from using these tools in your work.

We will show you how to make the most from these technologies and show you how to find out alternative ways of discussing and communicating research. Attention will be paid to the various ethical issues to working more on the web from copyright and Creative Commons to making more use of your mobile device, from safety and security to how you conduct yourself online and netiquette.

This short course will benefit a wide range of people including (but not exhaustive of):

• Researchers,
• Masters and PhD students,
• Research Support Staff and Managers,
• Library and Information Professionals,
• Communications and Marketing Professionals.

Course leaders:
Andy Tattersall
Claire Beecroft

Link to further course information:

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/scharr/shortcourseunit/introtosocialmedia2018

Link to our online booking store:

http://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/conferences-events/faculty-of-medicine-dentistry-and-health/school-of-health-and-related-research-scharr

HEDS Andy Tattersall named as a Jisc Social Media Superstar for 2017

Andy Tattersall has been named in Jisc's top ten HE Social Media Superstars of 2017. Andy was nominated for the award after his work creating ScHARR’s YouTube channel, Andy’s video series’ include ScHARR Bite Size series – which teaches the viewer “something new in 20 minutes”.  His Research Hacks series contains 44 helpful videos, and the more recent Cite Hacks series features engaging illustrations and information – such as this video that covers blogging about your research.  

Judges’ comments: Andy’s use of YouTube playlists to give bite-sized information is a really effective way to share knowledge simply with colleagues and peers across the world.  We thought the Cite Hacks series was particularly is good.

© Jisc

Andy said about social media

“Higher education is now in a continual state of change thanks to the web and social media, it offers a wealth of new opportunities for teaching and learning, knowledge sharing and opening up of our resources across the globe. Video plays an important part of that change as it allows bite size, cheap, accessible knowledge that is shared on all platforms and in the classroom, lab, or even on the bus.”

As well as @Andy_Tattersall, Andy can be found tweeting from @ScHARRSheffield and @MultiMediaIT . Each winner not only makes the top ten list, but also wins an edtech experience for their class, robot and virtual reality included. The competition sets out to celebrate the innovative ways in which social media is being used in HE to add value to sector-practice.

The final line-up was chosen by a panel of HE and social media experts, including; Jisc’s social media team, Sarah Knight (head of change – student experience), and award-winning social media editor for Times Higher Education, Chris Parr.

Richard Tatnall, digital communications manager at Jisc said:




“What really impressed me was the impact our superstars are making with their social media activity. We saw great examples of reaching vast audiences with a single message on platforms such as Twitter and Instagram, as well as making big impacts on a small, defined audiences in closed and private networks. There’s no question that social media can be highly resource intensive so being able to demonstrate the value it delivers is vital and our superstars were able to do this in spades.”

HEDS in the media - July to September 2017

A lot of the research that ScHARR and HEDS conducts gains media and online attention. As with the last few quarterly periods we have taken a quick look at some the attention using Altmetrics to see what has been said about our work and how far and wide it has reached on social media channels.

HEDS work is regularly mentioned across the media, blogs, social media as well as getting cited in policy documents and Wikipedia entries. On the blog we often take a regular look as to the latest coverage our research receives using Altmetric data that scrapes the web for mentions of our work using DOIs and other unique identifiers. Since the end of June our work and collaborations have received an awful lot of attention. In total we received 3824 total mentions, of which 3,494 were Tweets, whilst we were featured or had our work linked to 101 news articles, 53 blogs and 105 Facebook Shares. HEDS work was also cited 36 times in policy documents (including translated and other versions) and appeared as six Wikipedia citations.

Tweets by country

Work by Professor Allan Brennan and Colin Angus on impact of local alcohol licensing policies was cited in a The Conversation article and subsequent Yahoo News! story on binge drinkers back in August. Previous alcohol research by Brennan and Angus was also cited in a number of stories in the U.S. starting from Bloomberg and re-run in True Viral News, Arkansas Online, The Journal Gazette, The Keene Sentinel, The Bakersfield Californian and The Salt Lake Tribune. Our work was cited in news across 101 stories, in 69 unique outlets in 13 countries.

News coverage by country

Looking at the policy documents, Professor Ben Van Hout’s work before he joined ScHARR is featured in a couple of publications. A paper published back in 1994 for Health Economics is cited in a NICE CDF Rapid Reconsideration on Cetuximab for the treatment of metastatic and/or recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (review of TA172)

Work involving Dr Andrew Booth from a paper published in PLoS Medicine is also cited in the NICE Clinical Guideline; Faltering Growth - recognition and management.

HEDS in the media - January to March 2017

A lot of the research that ScHARR and HEDS conducts gains media and online attention. As per the last few quarterly periods we have taken a quick look at some the attention using Altmetrics to see what has been said about our work and how far and wide it has reached on social media channels.


Dr Chris Carroll's piece in The BMJ 'Qualitative evidence synthesis to improve implementation of clinical guidelines' received an awful lot of attention across Twitter as 279 Tweets were sent as a result of the article. Richard Lehman's popular journal round up in the BMJ Opinion Blog wrote saying; "here at last is a very good BMJ analysis piece making the point clearly and trenchantly."


As you can imagine, a piece of research by HEDS with the title: 'Complimentary and Alternative Medicine for Management of Premature Ejaculation' was always going to gain some media attention. The Mail Online, Fox News and Medscape all gave coverage to this research. As did Edzard Ernst with his own tabloid headlined article; "Coming sooner or later – alternative therapies for premature ejaculation". ScienceBlogs also picked up on the article which lead to dozens of comments, not all of them puerile.

Since January our research has been picked up in 17 news stories, featured in 10 blogs and Tweeted about somewhere in the region of 500 times; with 140 Tweets (how apt) on the 17th January when it was mostly the aforementioned research by Dr Carroll being shared.

Much of our work around alcohol pricing was mentioned in the release of The House of Commons Briefing Paper 'Alcohol: Minimum Pricing'. The Lancet paper 'Effects of minimum unit pricing for alcohol on different income and socioeconomic groups: a modelling study' from 2014 was cited in the Parliamentary paper published in January this year.

Here is the Altmetric data from the first three months of 2017.

HEDS Altmetric data from first quarter of 2017

An Advanced Guide to using Social Media and the Web to Communicate and Measure your Research Impact - 1 day course: Wednesday, 25th January 2017



Andy Tattersall




Claire Beecroft

 Many academics and professionals are already using social media tools such as Twitter, blogging and ResearchGate as part of their work. Some are using the tools daily, whilst most just dip in and out of using them for a variety of reasons. Whilst Twitter and ResearchGate are useful, they are just a small part of a large set of tools that academics can use to communicate and network. Andy Tattersall and Claire Beecroft are running a one day workshop that helps academics and professionals make better use of the tools they may already be using.


Some academics are using the wrong tools and others just not getting the best out of them. Open access, data re-use and scholarly communications are opening up a myriad of further options on how research can be archived, shared and re-used, and the workshop will look at the options available to transform any academic into a modern digital academic.

Course Overview

This one day course will show academics and professionals who will have some experience of using some of these tools but are not quite sure how to maximise them and what other options exist. We will show you how to get more from your mobile device from presentations to conference calling, from taking polls to making videos, and how you can truly be a digital academic fit for the 21st Century.


We will look at the options around self-archiving and the benefits, barriers and pitfalls for doing so. The workshop will also look at different ways of communicating and sharing your research with special attention to infographics, video, podcasting and animation.
Communicating research is only part of the story and we will look at how altmetrics can be employed to show what is being said about your research and how you should respond. We will also explore the ethical and practical issues around open peer review and public comments and how you can deal with them.


Who will benefit from this course?
This short course will benefit a wide range of people including (but not exclusive of):

• Researchers;
• Masters and PhD Students;
• Research Support Staff and Managers;

Course Materials

A copy of all course materials will be provided on USB (including presentations).  Participants are asked to provide their own laptop/tablet for the duration of the course


Date and Times
1-day course:  Wednesday, 25th January 2017
Start:  9:30 am
Finish: 4:30 pm

Fees

£TBC - Early Bird Rate for confirmed bookings received on or before Sunday, 27th November 2016
£TBC - Standard Rate for confirmed bookings received on or after Monday, 28th November 2016
Last Booking date for this course is midnight on Wednesday, 11th January 2017

Booking and Payment

Provisional bookings are now being accepted. Please email scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk to reserve your place. You will then be contacted when the course has gone live on the Online Store, where all our bookings are processed.

All our bookings are processed via our Online Store. Payment is by Credit/Debit Card or PayPal. If you are a UK organisation and would prefer to be invoiced, then please select this option on our Online Store and ensure that all invoice details are provided (contact email address, full address, purchase order number) and also forward a copy of the Purchase Order to scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk.
If you have any queries regarding our booking process then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Meals and Accommodation

The course fee includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day plus all course materials provided on USB and teaching fees.  NB:  Accommodation is NOT included.
If you have any particular dietary or access requirements then please contact the Short Course Unit with your requirements at the time of booking.

Venue

Halifax Hall Hotel & Conference Centre

Endcliffe Vale Road, Sheffield, S10 3ER.
www.halifaxhall.co.uk

Contact

For further information please do not hesitate to contact the Short Course Unit via email at scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk


 Tel +44 (0)114 222 2968

An Introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research - ScHARR 1-day course: Thursday, 24th November 2016



Andy Tattersall

Claire Beecroft

Andy Tattersall and Claire Beecroft are running a one day workshop in Sheffield -  An Introduction to using Social Media to Communicate Research. The workshop aims to give academics and aligned professionals a comprehensive guide to social media and how it can be applied in scholarly communications.

The treadmill of academia is a relentless one: proposal, research, write, present and then hopefully publish before starting all over again, all in the hope that the research is recognised as being of good quality, worthy and valuable. There's one problem though - journals are not geared up for the modern online world of instant sharing and communication. Tools and ways of communicating research such as Twitter, YouTube, ResearchGate, Slideshare, blogging, infographics, animation and many others will be covered. The good news is they are mostly free and can work together to help research to reach a wider audience. That audience is not just academic peers, but publishers, editors, fund holders and the general public.

Course Overview

The aim of the workshop is to offer an introduction to the many tools you can use to help you communicate research and work smarter. The purpose of the day is to help attendees come away with a variety of tools and artefacts they can use to help communicate and share their work. We will teach you basics of social media in an academic setting and demystify some of the barriers that may have put you off from using these tools in your work.

We will show you how to make the most from these technologies and show you how to find out alternative ways of discussing and communicating research. Attention will be paid to the various ethical issues to working more on the web from copyright and Creative Commons to making more use of your mobile device, from safety and security to how you conduct yourself online and netiquette.

Who will benefit from this course?
This short course will benefit a wide range of people including (but not exhaustive of):

• Researchers,
• Masters and PhD students,
• Research Support Staff and Managers,
• Library and Information Professionals,
• Communications and Marketing Professionals.

Date and Times
1-day course:  Thursday, 24th November 2016
Start:  9:30 am
Finish: 4:30 pm

Fees

£400 - Standard Rate for confirmed bookings

Booking and Payment

Provisional bookings are now being accepted. Please email scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk to reserve your place. You will then be contacted when the course has gone live on the Online Store, where all our bookings are processed.

All our bookings are processed via our Online Store. Payment is by Credit/Debit Card or PayPal. If you are a UK organisation and would prefer to be invoiced, then please select this option on our Online Store and ensure that all invoice details are provided (contact email address, full address, purchase order number) and also forward a copy of the Purchase Order to scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk.
Last Booking date for this course is midnight on Sunday, 13th November 2016.
If you have any queries regarding our booking process then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Meals and Accommodation

The course fee includes lunch and refreshments throughout the day plus all course materials provided on USB and teaching fees.  NB:  Accommodation is NOT included.
If you have any particular dietary or access requirements then please contact the Short Course Unit with your requirements at the time of booking.

Venue

Halifax Hall Hotel & Conference Centre

Endcliffe Vale Road, Sheffield, S10 3ER.
www.halifaxhall.co.uk

Contact

For further information please do not hesitate to contact the Short Course Unit via email at scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk

or call +44 (0)114 222 2968.