News and blogs

13 March 2020

Chancellor announces a new multi-million pound package of support to train and retain health professionals

Support includes funding for a £1,000 personal development budget for every allied health professional to support their personal learning and development needs over three years.

Gov.UK

6 March 2020

Nursing ranked in top 100 spots in global subject rankings

The University of Sheffield has reaffirmed its position as a world-leading institution for research and teaching in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020.

2 March 2020

Dr Parveen Ali selected for prestigious innovation programme

University of Sheffield academic has been selected to take part in an innovation programme that recognises emerging leaders in their fields.

Event: An Introduction to Oral History in Palliative Care

Join us on Friday 19th June 2020 for a one-day training course offering an informal and practical introduction to oral history interviewing in a palliative care context.

3 March 2020

Blog: A day in the life of an Orthoptic student

Guest blogger Anna shares her experience of studying Orthoptics at Sheffield, and why you may need to bring comfy shoes!

10 February 2020

Health professions students to receive £5,000 payment a year

Students studying to become orthoptists and speech and language therapists will be among those receiving the new financial support from September.

20 January 2020 | GOV.UK

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.

10 January 2020 | Gov.UK

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.

9 January 2020

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

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.

17 October 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

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