News and blogs

A student nurse smiling at a patient
10 January 2020

New nursing students to receive £5,000 payment a year

All nursing students on courses from September 2020 will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back.

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Students train to be Orthoptists
9 January 2020

Blog: Orthoptics or Optometry? Seeing the difference

Making the decision of choosing the career path that’s right for you is challenging enough, but a good starting point is choosing a degree that puts you on the first step of the ladder to achieving your goals.
Laura Payne receiving her award
17 October 2019

Sheffield speech sciences graduate wins national award

We want to congratulate recent BMedSci Speech Sciences graduate Laura Payne for her national award from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Patients as Educators

Blog: Making patient’s voices heard – what is the Patients as Educators Programme?

Developed in 2004, our 'Patients as Educators' programme gives students working towards a health profession as much opportunity as possible to learn from a real patient setting.

20 December 2019
A carer hands an elderly person a cup of tea

End of life carers should have six months paid leave, say experts

People who look after loved ones nearing the end of their lives should be entitled to up to six months paid time off work and safeguards for their job so they can return to work, according to academics from the University of Sheffield’s Health Sciences School.

6 November 2019
Training in communication with a patient.

Event: An Introduction to Oral History in Palliative Care

Join us on Friday 20 September 2019 for a one-day training course offering an informal and practical introduction to oral history interviewing in a palliative care context.

30 August 2019
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Child Language Symposium a huge success!

The Division of Human Communication Sciences in collaboration with the Department of Psychology and School of Education hosted the Child Language Symposium on the 11th and 12th July 2019.

28 August 2019
Student Parveen Ali.

Interactive board game launched to help health professionals support victims of domestic violence

A new and novel training aid has been developed by a University of Sheffield academic to help healthcare professionals support victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA).

19 August 2019
MRI brain scan

Mentioning Dementia

In July this year the School (Division) of Nursing and Midwifery supported the first ever national dementia spoken word event.

13 August 2019
Research students in Orthoptics using equipment.

Sheffield students first in the world to study new medicines module for orthoptists

Students from the University of Sheffield are the first in the world to study a new module for orthoptists, which will allow them to independently supply certain medicines to patients.

17 April 2019
Samuel Fox House from the outside.

Mixed-Realities Play Kit

Led by Leeds based company Dubit, the project - Mixed-Realities Play Kit to Prepare Children Aged 4-10 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - brings together expertise from the University of Sheffield, the Royal College of Art, Glasgow School of Art and Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

11 February 2019
Research students in Orthoptics using equipment.

BMA Patient Information Awards 2018

We were proud that the University of Sheffield Nystagmus Information Pack was ‘highly commended’ in the BMA Patient Information Awards 2018.

15 November 2018
Research students in Orthoptics using equipment.

HCPC Approve the inclusion of Exemptions

The HCPC has recently approved the delivery of a new subject area for both the BMedSci Orthoptics and the MMedSci Vision and Strabismus programmes on Sale, Supply and Administration of Medicinal Products.

31 August 2018