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Our academic community brings together the expertise, teaching and research from across education, lifelong learning and the Sheffield Methods Institute.

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Education

Our forward-thinking teaching and influential research are respected globally.

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Lifelong learning

We offer degrees with a foundation year for mature students who are returning to education. We value life and work experience, and lack of traditional entry qualifications is no barrier to entry.

Degrees with a foundation year

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Sheffield Methods Institute

Investigate, analyse, evaluate, understand and explain. We're using research to tackle the big social science challenges.

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Dr Sabine Little at a storytelling event with local school students. Credit: Ross Jarman

Sheffield declared a UK City of Languages

Sheffield is the latest city nationally to be declared a ‘City of Languages’, in a new initiative aimed at promoting and helping the city’s multilingualism to flourish.
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Disability and social care research presented to MPs in parliament

Researchers from the Spinning Plates project warned politicians at Portcullis House that there is a lack of support and recognition for family carers.

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Job crafting project to focus on changing workplaces to support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions

Disabled people are twice as likely to fall out of work than non-disabled people. They often face considerable barriers in the workplace, and, too often, the support they require to do their jobs is not available.

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