Nick Clegg has a piece in The Guardian today: The world watched in horror yesterday as the conflict in Gaza claimed its latest innocent victims in the rubble of a UN school. Any hopes of reconciliation are being snuffed out as anger spills into protests around the world. The past two weeks have been a telling indictment of the international community. We have an outgoing US president sanctioning Israel's military response and an aching silence from the president-elect.

Richard Allan (born 11 February 1966) was the Liberal Democrats Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam from the general election of Thursday the 2 May 1997 until the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April 2005. In 1997, he unseated Irvine Patnick of the Conservative Party achieving a majority of 8,221 with a swing of 15.3%. In 2001, he was re-elected with an increased majority of 9,347. During his tenure, Allan held various committee seats, …

Sir Richard Sykes, DSc, FRS, FMedSci, (born 1942) is the current Rector of Imperial College. He is a trustee of the Natural History Museum (London) and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He was formerly chairman of GlaxoSmithKline and president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He is perhaps best known for leading Glaxo's introduction of the drug Zantac.

Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick, known as Irvine Patnick, OBE (born 29 October 1929) is a businessman and former English Conservative Party politician. He was educated in Sheffield at the Central Technical School followed by Sheffield Polytechnic. A building contractor, Irvine Patnick entered politics as a member of Sheffield City Council. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam in 1987.

Sir John Holbrook Osborn (born 14 December 1922) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam from 1959 to 1987, preceding Irvine Patnick. Sir John was also a Member of the European Parliament from 1975 to 1979.

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher OM (21 March 1865 - 18 April 1940) was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician. Fisher was born in London, the eldest son of Herbert William Fisher (1826-1903), author of "Considerations on the Origin of the American War" and his wife Mary Louisa Jackson (1841-1916). His sister Adeline Maria Fisher was the first wife of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, …

Sir Roland Jennings (1894 - 5 December 1968) was a British chartered accountant and politician. Born in Sunderland, he served with the Durham Light Infantry in the First World War. He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield in County Durham at the 1931 general election, defeating the Labour Party MP John Herriotts. Jennings was defeated at the 1935 general election by Labour's John Leslie.

Graham Barnfield (born November 5, 1969, Leicester) is a British academic and pundit. In 1993 he began writing on cultural politics in the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Graham Barnfield also comments on documentary representation, leading to frequent radio and television appearances discussing reality television and happy slapping. He teaches journalism at the University of East London. He is the former editor of "Culture Matters: Communications, …

Douglas Vickers was an English industrialist and politician. He was the son of Colonel Thomas Edward Vickers (1833–1915), owner and Director of the famous Sheffield firm Vickers, Sons & Co. Ltd., and Frances Mary Vickers, née Douglas (1841–1904). He became Director of the family business in 1897, and was Master Cutler of Sheffield in 1908. He was elected as MP for Sheffield Hallam in 1918, and held the seat until 1922.

Samuel Danks Waddy (1830 - 1902) was an English politician. He was born in Gateshead, the son of Samuel Dousland Waddy, a Methodist minister. The family soon moved to Sheffield and his father was instrumental in the founding of Wesley College in 1838 (and was Governor of the school from 1844 to 1862). Samuel Danks Waddy attended Wesley College himself and was the first pupil to be registered in 1838. He was elected as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnstaple, …

Arthur Neal (23 September 1862 - 29 January 1933) was a British politician. Born in Sheffield, Neal attended Wesley College before becoming a solicitor. He was elected to Sheffield City Council as a Liberal in 1903, holding a seat until 1921. Neal stood for Parliament in Sheffield Hallam at both the January and December 1910 UK general elections. At the 1918 election, he won the new constituency of Sheffield Hillsborough as a supporter of the UK Coalition Government, …

Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Stuart of Wortley, PC (15 September 1851 - 24 April 1926), English statesman, was the son of James Archibald Stuart-Wortley and grandson of James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie. He attended school at Rugby and college at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1880 Stuart-Wortley was the first Conservative to be elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield, …

Sheffield Hallam has an ambitious growth strategy to sustain and develop our programme of research, so we're building on our research environment to support this - investing in infrastructure, research careers and a sense of research community. Professor Mike Smith BSc MSc PhD CSci CPhys FIPEM FInstP Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research [ Sheffield Hallam University ]

Fari Akhlaghi Executive Vice President, International Business Development Fari joined us in August 2001 to lead our international business development. Prior to joining Selby, Fari was executive director for Black & Veatch, a large US based engineering and construction group. Fari was in charge of business development and business strategy covering Africa.