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School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery

We're leaders in health professions education, training and research. Our School brings together expertise from across human communication sciences, nursing, midwifery, orthoptics and ophthalmology.

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Human Communication Sciences 
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Nursing and Midwifery 
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Ophthalmology and Orthoptics 

About us

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Meet our students 
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Gender equality and diversity 

Our research

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Health sciences research

Our multidisciplinary research focuses on understanding health, illness and disability, to enable the effective delivery of health and social care across the life course.

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Strategic Research Alliance with the Royal College of Nursing

We are delighted to be working with the Royal College of Nursing on a five-year (2018-2023) Strategic Research Alliance.

Our Strategic Research Alliance

News

Male Orthoptics student shines torch in students eye

We're making some changes to the BMedSci Orthoptics course

Anne Bjerre, course lead for BMedSci Orthoptics, discusses the ways that the course is being updated to meet the ever-changing needs of the profession.
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SORT toolkit to help healthcare organisations assess their ‘research readiness’

A new toolkit, developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield and commissioned by NHS England, has been launched to help health and care organisations support nurses to carry out research related activities.
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Sheffield celebrates double award nominations for 'incredible' nursing staff and 'exceptional' student

A student from the University of Sheffield is in the running for a national nursing award, with the University’s nursing team also making the shortlist in the pre-registration education provider category.
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Professor in Nursing recognised for innovative arts-based research

A nurse whose innovative arts-based healthcare research has empowered domestic abuse survivors to communicate lived experiences to healthcare professionals, has won a prestigious European award.

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School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
The University of Sheffield
362 Mushroom Lane
Sheffield S10 2TS

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