Paul Scriven, Liberal Democrat leader of Sheffield City Council today dismissed speculation that he is to be offered a peerage following today’s local election result as a “silly rumour”
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Find your polling station
Don’t know where to cast your vote? Use our interactive map to find your nearest polling station.
All eyes on Sheffield: Local election and AV referendum
The nation’s media descends on Sheffield, as Britain votes in crucial local elections, and on a change to the electoral system for Westminster. Pictures, interviews and live coverage throughout the day.
NUS elects new president
Liam Burns has been elected 55th President of the National Union of Students.
Clegg: Labour should come clean on tuition fees
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg accused Labour of hypocrisy over tuition fees, in his opening speech to the Liberal Democrat spring conference.
University of Sheffield’s £6.5m deals with Saudi Arabia
As protesters take to the streets to demand political and economic reform, details emerge of deals between Sheffield and Saudi Arabia.
The VC, the ambassador, and Sheffield’s £400k link with Libya
Senior University of Sheffield staff, including Vice-Chancellor Keith Burnett, met with a high level member of the Gaddafi regime, and signed a student transfer deal worth £400,000 with Libyan universities, it has emerged.
LIVE coverage of Union Officers’ Question Time
Coverage and pictures of the first union officers debate, live from the Interval.
Coalition abandons undergraduates
The cost of undergraduate degrees will be passed on to individual students, under coalition government proposals to remove 80 per cent of state funding from higher education.
International students bring value to Sheffield
Is the number of foreign students in the UK really “unsustainable”?