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Tim Herrick receives prestigious UK teaching excellence award

The 2025 winners of higher education's most prestigious UK teaching excellence awards have been announced by Advance HE with Dr Tim Herrick recognised for his outstanding contribution to excellent teaching in higher education.
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Researchers in the School of Education collecting stories of children's play

Yinka Olusoga from the School of Education, Cath Bannister, a visiting researcher at the University of Sheffield, and Alice Olusoga from Whiteley Woods Outdoor Activity Centre spoke to BBC Radio Sheffield to discuss their work researching wide games.
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What happens when 16-year-olds get the vote? Other countries are already seeing the benefits

Dr Christine Huebner discusses lowering the voting age to 16 for the next election.

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Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards

Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award winners announced

Congratulations to Dr Ryan Bramley who was overall and ECR winner in the 'Outstanding partnership or impact in creativity/culture/society' category for his project Animating Inclusion: Rethinking Subtitles for Deaf Audiences
Three people sit creating musicall instruments out of cardboard and craft materials

Maker{Futures} collaborates with local charity to share the power of music in schools

In their recent workshop, Maker{Futures} collaborated with a Sheffield-based charity to enhance provision for music education in schools, libraries and beyond.
Yinka Olusoga and Catherine Bannister seated in front of a bookcase

Collecting children's folklore in a digital age

Dr Yinka Olusoga and visiting researcher Dr Catherine Bannister recently had the opportunity to discuss research findings from The Play Observatory project, at The British Academy, as part of the Folklore Reimagined programme.
Dr Sabine Little stood with a group of children looking at the camera in a school setting at one of her previous Storytelling events.

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.
John McDonnell stood with Katherine Runswick-Cole in front of a banner which reads: Spinning Plates

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.