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Students work from Harmony Works Live Project
5 December 2022

Levelling Up: Planning application approved for Harmony Works

The Harmony Works project has passed another significant milestone with the approval of its planning and listed buildings application, taking it one step closer towards its goal to create a new home for music education in Sheffield.

Sheffield City Council
Two children receive their degrees from Sheffield Children's University
4 December 2022

Universities launch South Yorkshire Children’s University partnership

The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University have launched a new partnership that will support the expansion of Children’s University in South Yorkshire.
Ipad
1 December 2022

Cost of living: Sheffield estate to get free internet in bid to tackle digital poverty

Researchers from the University of Sheffield are mentioned, as they will be measuring the social, economic and health benefits of a new scheme to tackle digital poverty in Southey Green by providing residents with free internet.
An image of a wheelchair user with a companion outside together.
24 November 2022

12,000 people in the UK become unpaid carers every day

Around 12,000 people become unpaid carers every day in the UK, according to new research from the Centre for Care at the University of Sheffield

David Richards and Professor Koen Lamberts

Power of data science will help UK manufacturers cut energy bills, boost productivity and increase competitiveness

UK manufacturers will be able to cut energy bills, boost productivity and become even more competitive with the launch of bleeding-edge digital tools and technologies to harness the power of data science in their factories.

23 November 2022
Sunjeev Sahota

Off the Shelf Festival of Words teams up with BBC World Book Club for an exciting event this November with Sheffield author Sunjeev Sahota

World Book Club celebrates 100 years of the BBC in 2022 with The Exuberance of Youth: Reflecting on the experience of youth from all over the world in this centenary year.

14 November 2022
Castlegate

Levelling Up: Transformational plans for Castlegate to go to public consultation

With support from the University of Sheffield transformational plans to re-establish Castlegate as a vital part of Sheffield city centre will go to public consultation from November 7.

3 November 2022
researcher with microscope

Thousands of Yorkshire people to receive self-testing kits in bladder health check study

The ‘YORKSURe’ trial is investigating whether urine self-testing kits and community early detection clinics are an effective way of screening for bladder health problems including bladder cancer.

2 November 2022
Daghash Almulaihi

Student volunteers in the local community

Dedicated students from the University of Sheffield have spent 33,443 hours volunteering to help the local community over the past 12 months. Daghash Almulaihi, an engineering student, talks about his volunteer work with Sheffield's 'Food Works.'

21 October 2022