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What happens when 16-year-olds get the vote? Other countries are already seeing the benefits

Dr Christine Huebner discusses lowering the voting age to 16 for the next election.

The Guardian
Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards

Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award winners announced

Congratulations to Dr Ryan Bramley who was overall and ECR winner in the 'Outstanding partnership or impact in creativity/culture/society' category for his project Animating Inclusion: Rethinking Subtitles for Deaf Audiences
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Maker{Futures} collaborates with local charity to share the power of music in schools

In their recent workshop, Maker{Futures} collaborated with a Sheffield-based charity to enhance provision for music education in schools, libraries and beyond.
Yinka Olusoga and Catherine Bannister seated in front of a bookcase

Collecting children's folklore in a digital age

Dr Yinka Olusoga and visiting researcher Dr Catherine Bannister recently had the opportunity to discuss research findings from The Play Observatory project, at The British Academy, as part of the Folklore Reimagined programme.

New Maternal Journal video released

A new video created as part of ongoing collaborative research by Dr Jessica Bradley capturing the experiences of practitioners who are leading ‘Maternal Journal’ creative journaling groups and workshops for mothers and birthing parents is released.

'Be Cancer Aware' as Disability Co-Production in Action

Disability Matters teamed up with Humanising Healthcare to capture effective disability co-production on film
food insecurity

Lone parents and people with long-term health conditions disproportionately vulnerable to food insecurity

Lone parents and people with long term health conditions are more likely to be experiencing severe forms of food insecurity, according to a new study by the University of Sheffield.
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Government urged to tackle preschool provision crisis amid warnings hundreds of thousands of children are not ‘school ready’

The Government is being urged to tackle the high number of children starting school not ‘school ready’, in a new report co-authored by researchers at the University of Sheffield. 
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Black History for Every Day of the Year

Congratulations to Yinka Olusoga who has collaborated with her siblings, David and Kemi, to create a new book celebrating Black history from across the world, spanning ancient times to the modern day.