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School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery

We're leaders in health professions education, training and research. Our School brings together expertise from across human communication sciences, nursing, midwifery, orthoptics and ophthalmology.

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Our multidisciplinary research focuses on understanding health, illness and disability, to enable the effective delivery of health and social care across the life course.

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Strategic Research Alliance with the Royal College of Nursing

We are delighted to be working with the Royal College of Nursing on a five-year (2018-2023) Strategic Research Alliance.

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Trainee Nursing Associate scoops top prize as Health and Public Services Apprentice of the Year

Trainee Nursing Associate, Gurpreet Singh, who studies at the University of Sheffield, has won the Health and Public Services Apprentice of the Year Award at the 2023 South Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards.
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University of Sheffield nursing apprentice nominated for South Yorkshire Apprenticeship Award

A nursing apprentice training at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH) NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield has been named a finalist at 2023’s prestigious South Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards this Thursday (18 May).

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
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University students recognised in International Nurses Day

International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.
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University of Sheffield celebrates International Day of the Midwife

International Day of the Midwife is celebrated each year on 5 May. This is a chance for midwives to celebrate their profession and for us to recognise their contribution to maternal and new born health.

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