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SEFY graduate Diego Cimadom
29 August 2019

Giving STEM students the opportunity and resources to succeed

Colleagues involved in our Science and Engineering Foundation Year programme (SEFY) are celebrating after seeing 88 per cent of their graduates receive a First or 2.1 degree.
Fourth-year Bioengineering student, Liam, talks about working as a project engineer as part of the AMRC’s Design and Prototyping Group.

A Year in Industry - Bioengineering student receives high praise during his year-long placement at The AMRC

Fourth-year Bioengineering student, Liam, talks about working as a project engineer as part of the AMRC’s Design and Prototyping Group.

5 September 2019
Dr Nicola Green, profile image

Medicine must become a multi-disciplinary field

Bioengineering's Dr Nicola Green, Admissions Tutor and Lecturer, talks to the Hindustan Times about how the rising need for new and better ways to improve global health in an increasingly aged population.

4 September 2019
Bioengineering Course Director, Dr Frederik Claeyssens, photo image

Tiny fluorescent carbon dots could make cancer treatment safer and more effective

Course Director for Bioengineering, Dr Frederik Claeyssens has been part of a pioneering cancer research project exploring light-based therapy treatment technique.

16 August 2019
Team SunrIde is made up of science and engineering students from across the University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield students launch UK record-breaking rocket

Students from Interdisciplinary Engineering are part of a record-breaking feat; Team SunrIde competed in the world’s biggest competition for student rocket engineers - and won!

3 July 2019
Aerospace Admissions Tutor, Dr Jonathan Aitken, Aerospace

Lilium's flying taxi is finally here. But the war for the skies is fierce

Dr Jonathan Aitken, Admissions Tutor and Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, was interviewed by WIRED magazine about flying cars.

16 May 2019