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University of Sheffield ranked in QS World University Rankings top 100
The University of Sheffield has been ranked as one of the best universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2019, strengthening its position as a leading global university for teaching and research.
The results rank the University as the 13th best institution in the UK and 75th in the world, a rise from last year’s placing of 82nd. The results position it as the number one University in Yorkshire and Humber and among the top 7.5 per cent of all the universities in the QS World University Rankings.
Categorised under: Awards
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ScHARR receives institutional accreditation from APHEA
ScHARR receives institutional accreditation from APHEA
Categorised under: Public Health and Teaching
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Queen’s Birthday honours for Professor Pam Enderby
ScHARR is delighted to learn that Professor Pamela Enderby have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours for outstanding contributions to healthcare and research.
Professor Enderby, Emeritus Professor of Community Rehabilitation at the University of Sheffield, was awarded an OBE for her dedicated service to speech and language therapy.
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Sugar tax initiative leads to 30 per cent reduction in sales of sugary drinks, study finds
A new approach to implementing the UK government’s sugar tax initiative has significantly reduced the number of people buying sugary drinks, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
The study, conducted by researchers from the University’s School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) in collaboration with health and wellbeing charity Sheffield City Trust (SCT) and Sheffield City Council, saw a 30 per cent reduction in the sales of sugar sweetened beverages as a result of the policy.
Categorised under: Health Education, Public Health and Research
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NIHR Statistics Group meeting in Sheffield
We are delighted to announce that the second annual meeting of the NIHR Statistics Group is to be held in Sheffield on June 21st-22nd.
Categorised under: Design, Trials & Statistics
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New ESRC-funded project led by ScHARR
Petra Meier, Professor of Public Health within ScHARR, has been awarded a £650,000 ESRC grant to study stability and change in British alcohol drinking culture.
Categorised under: Public Health, Research and Alcohol Policy
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Our University ranked in the top 50 most international universities in the world
We have been named as one of the 'most international' universities by The Times Higher Education
The 2018 league table of the world’s most international universities celebrates institutions that have an outstanding international reputation, in turn helping to attract the very highest calibre of staff and students. The University of Sheffield is ranked 42nd out of the 800 leading universities worldwide.
Categorised under: Awards
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ScHARR academic in largest ever study on impact of TB and HIV interventions
ScHARR academic Pete Dodd involved in largest ever whole-of-population study on the impact of TB and HIV interventions on the burden of TB in sub-Saharan African communities
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Outbreaks and Pandemics – WHO simulation event in Sheffield
“Outbreaks and Pandemics – Addressing The Next Crisis” - WHO simulation event to be held in Sheffield, April 2018
Categorised under: Public Health, Teaching and Research
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Professor Stephen Walters receives NIHR Senior Investigator Award
Professor of Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials, Stephen Walters has received a NIHR Senior Investigator Award. This award recognises only the top 200 most pre-eminent researchers and represents the country’s most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research with within the NIHR Faculty.
Categorised under: Awards, Research and Design, Trials & Statistics
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More than 200 million medication errors occur in NHS per year
A new study has revealed an estimated 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year, and avoidable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) cause hundreds of deaths. Researchers from HEDS alongside colleagues from the Universities of York and Manchester report that an estimated 712 per year deaths result from avoidable ADRs. However, researchers say that ADRs could be a contributory factor to between 1,700 and 22,303 deaths a year.
Categorised under: Research and Health Economics and Decision Science
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ScHARR academics visit China
Julie Balen, Praveen Thokala & Kay Guccione from the University of Sheffield have visited Shanghai, China, to take part in a workshop
Categorised under: Health Education, Public Health and Health Economics and Decision Science
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ScHARR research into leukaemia survival rates and levels of deprivation
Adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia living in deprived areas of England have poorer survival rates, a new study has found. Professor Ravi Maheswaran from ScHARR and his team analysed anonymised NHS data on hospital admissions. The research, conducted by experts from the University of Sheffield, also found adult patients treated at hospitals which manage small numbers of leukaemia cases also have a significantly lower survival rate.
Categorised under: Research
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ScHARR contribution to international work on qualitative evidence synthesis
ScHARR has contributed to a series of papers published in Implementation Science which provides guidance on how to apply the GRADE-CERQual approach
Categorised under: Information Resources and Research
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Professor Eva Kaltenthaler accepts ScHARR's Athena SWAN Award
Earlier this month Professor Eva Kaltenthaler attended the Athena SWAN Awards to accept ScHARR's second Silver Award. The event was hosted at the University of Glasgow.
Categorised under: Equality and Diversity and Awards