Nick Clegg, MP for Hallam, launched Tech North in Sheffield this week. Over 200,000 people are working in the creative and technical industries in the North. The scheme aims to see this number doubled.
Nick Clegg, MP for Hallam, launched Tech North in Sheffield this week. Over 200,000 people are working in the creative and technical industries in the North. The scheme aims to see this number doubled.
Thursday saw hundreds of people gathering in Sheffield to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Candles are lit and there is singing, dancing and fireworks to mark the occasion.
Sheffield Live! is recruiting now for roles in production, technical and administration.
Sheffield Live! TV (SLTV) is the new local television channel for Sheffield working in co-operation with Sheffield Live! 93.2fm community radio and the SheffieldLive.org website. Following the successful launch of SLTV we are now recruiting for the following positions for Digital Media Exchange, a project to support jobs and enterprise in creative and digital media.
Closing date for applications is 31 October 2014.
DMEx Production Manager
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DMEx Production Assistant
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DMEx Technical Assistant
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DMEx Administrator
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The Digital Media Exchange is supported financially by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund as part of Europe’s support for the region’s economic development through the 2007-2013 Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme.
Please download the job description for the role you are interested in from the links above.
Apply for the above roles by submission of CV and a covering letter outlining your relevant experience and motivation, with examples of similar work undertaken for other clients and a minimum of 2 referees.
Applications should be sent to: jobs@sheffieldlive.org including the job title as reference.
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2014
Sales manager / Sales assistants
We are offering experienced and early stage sales staff commissioned-based earnings opportunities.
Please send your CV to jobs@sheffieldlive.org putting ‘SALES’ and your name in the subject line.
News journalists
We are also looking to recruit additional freelance journalists.
Please send your CV, a covering letter outlining your motivation and some examples of previous journalism work to jobs@sheffieldlive.org putting ‘NEWS’ and your name in the subject line.
Radiographers went on strike for the first time in over 30 years. The half day strike is the latest in a number of stoppages by NHS workers to get a one percent pay rise this year. NHS workers have only had one increase in the last 5 years.
An exhibition at Weston Park shows the role that Sheffield women played during the first world war, to keep the City functioning.
Sheffield Friends of the Earth marked its fortieth year of environmental campaigning with a walk around Smithy Wood. The ancient woodland near Chapeltown, home to birds and other wildlife, is under threat from plans for a new motorway service station on the M1.
For the first time ever in their history, midwives went out on strike. The nationwide action included nurses, ambulance crews, paramedics and hospital porters all walking out for better pay. The workers have been offered a 1% consolidated pay rise.
A new mobile information unit was launched by the Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind as part of World Sight Day. The Unit will give information and advice about how to look after your eyes.
Sheffield Wheelchair Sports Club has been able to refurbish its snooker and gym rooms after successfully raising £15,000. The club enables people to play rugby, basketball, archery as well as pool and have a good work out in the gym.
A derelict piece of scrub land near Snig Hill in Sheffield has been shortlisted in a national scheme which could see it win up to £120,000 to transform it in to a wildlife haven. Love Square would become a place were people could go and enjoy their lunch and aims to become a flagship space for wildlife development in an urban setting if it wins.