Jarvis Cocker - the Sheffield-born frontman of the band Pulp - enrolled on an access course in the 1980s at Sheffield Polytechnic, Hallam University's forerunner, which allowed him to gain a place at Central St Martin's College of Art and Design in London.Jarvis Cocker - the Sheffield-born frontman of the band Pulp - enrolled on an access course in the 1980s at Sheffield Polytechnic, Hallam University's forerunner, which allowed him to gain a place at Central St Martin's College of Art and Design in London.
Jarvis Cocker - the Sheffield-born frontman of the band Pulp - enrolled on an access course in the 1980s at Sheffield Polytechnic, Hallam University's forerunner, which allowed him to gain a place at Central St Martin's College of Art and Design in London.

9 famous students who studied at Sheffield Hallam University including Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, Breaking Bad director David Slade and Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park

Lee Peace
By Lee Peace
Published 18th Sep 2022, 04:45 BST
Studying at Sheffield Hallam University can be a springboard to great success – just take a look at these alumni for inspiration.

Graduates have gone on to make waves in the media, cinema, politics, sport and more besides – here are 9 prominent individuals who went to the institution.

David Mellor CBE was born in Sheffield and was highly regarded for his cutlery and metalwork designs. He also redesigned the national traffic light system in the 1960s. He was taught Silversmithing and Jewellery at Sheffield Polytechnic, leaving in 1951 - he is pictured with his wife Fiona MacCarthy in the library/workroom of their home in Hathersage in the 1990s.

9. David Mellor

David Mellor CBE was born in Sheffield and was highly regarded for his cutlery and metalwork designs. He also redesigned the national traffic light system in the 1960s. He was taught Silversmithing and Jewellery at Sheffield Polytechnic, leaving in 1951 - he is pictured with his wife Fiona MacCarthy in the library/workroom of their home in Hathersage in the 1990s. Photo: Chris Lawton

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