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Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a university in Sheffield, England. It is based on three main campuses, one at Pond Street in Sheffield city centre and two (Psalter Lane and Collegiate) along Ecclesall Road in southwest Sheffield. It is one of the largest universities in England. The University Chancellor is Professor the Lord Robert Winston [1] (http://www.politicallinks.co.uk/POLITICS2/BIOG/ld_BIOGS/bio.asp?id=2182).
The establishment was formed in 1969 as Sheffield City Polytechnic, one of the first polytechnics in the United Kingdom. It became a university in 1992.
With more than 24,000 students, over 3,000 staff and 650 courses, the University is the country's sixth largest. The British press place Sheffield Hallam among the leading modern universities. Research, too, is highly-rated an official assessment (the Research Assessment Exercise) in 2001 placed SHU joint top among modern universities.
The e-learning system at SHU is one of the most extensive, and among the most advanced, at any university in the country.
One of the University's top priorities is promoting regional wealth creation through enterprise and knowledge transfer. This commitment is represented at strategic level via the Sheffield First Partnership a high-level public, private and voluntary sector partnership which exists to develop and implement economic and social strategies for the city.
One of SHU's leading researchers and scientists is Prof. F.B.Pickering, the famous metallurgist.
(The city of Sheffield has two universities, the other is the University of Sheffield).
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