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News

6 September 2022

Teaching Digital Literacy: Videogames in Education

The School of Education is delighted to announce a new open online course that explores the links between videogames and education, featuring insights from games designers, academics, players and even folklorists!

20 September 2022

New ESRC Funded project: Humanising Healthcare

Humanising Healthcare is an ESRC funded co-produced research project dedicated to finding and sharing healthcare practices that enhance the lives of people with learning disabilities.

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20 September 2022

Joining The Baby Club - designing children’s television with Professor Jackie Marsh

How do you design a children’s programme that’s also for adults? That’s the challenge for new BBC television programme The Baby Club, which aims to develop adults’ skills as much as those for toddlers.

12 May 2022

University of Sheffield celebrates its impactful research

The Faculty of Social Sciences is delighted with the results of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, which demonstrate the quality and excellence of research conducted across the Social Sciences.