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Sheffield Makes Music: University hosts celebration of city’s musical talent
Sheffield city centre will be transformed into a stage for a series of exhilarating performances on BBC Music Day (26..
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Sandpit: Innovative technologies to assist health and care workforce
Sheffield Health and Care Partnership sandpit on Innovative technologies to assist the health and care workforce open for registration.
Categorised under: Public health
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University brings street entertainment to Sheffield City Centre Fringe at Tramlines
Professor Vanessa Toulmin, Director of City and Culture, brings street entertainers to the City Centre as part of the Fringe at Tramlines. Two days of free family-friendly entertainment to add to the ‘festival feel’ across the City Centre.
Categorised under: City vibrancy and Community engagement
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University experts support Sheffield City Council’s successful bid for Future High Street funding
Sheffield city centre’s Fargate and High Street area has been selected as one of more than 50 areas across the country to go through to the second phase of a multi-million government fund designed to transform high streets and make them fit for the future.
Categorised under: Cultural engagement, Regional economy, City vibrancy and Community engagement
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Sheffield part of new £9 million research fund to tackle the region’s biggest health care challenges
Sheffield academics will be leading on research themes across urgent and emergency care, mental and physical multimorbidity and health economics, evaluation, effectiveness and equality
Categorised under: Public health and Community engagement
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Sheffield’s forgotten castle brought to life by virtual model and regional collaboration
University of Sheffield researchers have collaborated with regional businesses to re-launch augmented reality (AR) experience giving people a chance to explore Sheffield’s lost medieval castle once again
Categorised under: Cultural engagement, Regional economy, City vibrancy and Community engagement
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Comment: It’s time to rebalance the country by recognising our global excellence
University of Sheffield President and Vice-Chancellor Koen Lamberts and Executive Dean of the AMRC outline how breaking free of the London bubble and investment in Sheffield by the next Prime Minister could have significant global impact.
Categorised under: Regional economy
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University of Sheffield number one in UK for engineering research income and investment
The University of Sheffield has overtaken Imperial College London to be the top university in the UK for income and investment in engineering research, according to new data published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
Categorised under: Regional economy
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Comment: Life-changing discoveries made here could change world for better
Professor Dave Petley, Vice-President for Research and Innovation at the University of Sheffield, discusses the four new research flagships which will provide innovative solutions to the world's greatest challenges, considering the role and impact for Sheffield.
Categorised under: The green environment, Regional economy and Public health
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Comment: How an empty Sheffield factory became the ‘once in a lifetime’ Phlegm art experience
Professor Vanessa Toulmin, Director of City and Culture, discusses how an abandoned cutlery factory in Sheffield became the final resting place for a group of giant mythical creatures, created by street artist Phlegm.
Categorised under: Cultural engagement and City vibrancy
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World-leading research brings genius of Leonardo da Vinci to life
Academics from the University of Sheffield will bring the genius of Leonardo da Vinci to life through their world-leading research during a series of free talks at Sheffield’s Millennium Gallery.
Categorised under: Cultural engagement and City vibrancy
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Renowned muralist launches new exhibition with help from University of Sheffield
An acclaimed Sheffield-based artist who has earned worldwide recognition for painting murals on carefully selected public and abandoned structures has launched a new exhibition with the support of the University of Sheffield, as one of the key delivery partners in Sheffield’s Cultural Consortium’s Cultural Destination programme.
Categorised under: Cultural engagement and City vibrancy
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Best-selling vegan authors set to launch new book at University
Authors of the best-selling plant-based cookbook in the UK are set to launch their latest book as part of a special event with the Off the Shelf Festival of Words next month (3 April 2019).
Categorised under: Cultural engagement and City vibrancy
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Comment: How city university recognises and repays its founders - a century later
Following the signing of the Civic University Agreement, Professor Dave Petley (Vice-President for Research and Innovation) consider the University's role as a civic university for the 21st century, committed as ever to our founding mission
Categorised under: Regional economy, City vibrancy and Community engagement
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University reaffirms its historic civic commitment to Sheffield by signing new national agreement
The University of Sheffield has signed up to the Civic University Agreement - further cementing its position as a leading civic university in the UK.
Categorised under: The green environment, Cultural engagement, Local skills, Regional economy, Public health, City vibrancy and Community engagement
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