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Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Image by Centre for Ageing Better.
20 May 2021

England’s crumbling housing stock thanks to lack of government action, says new report

New report by UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence says lack of action from the central government has contributed to housing quality crisis in England.

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25 March 2021

New Centre for Adult Social Care will promote and maintain people’s independence and wellbeing

Researchers at The University of Sheffield have partnered with the University of Birmingham, and a consortium of key stakeholders from across the UK, to develop a brand new Centre for Adult Social Care called IMPACT (Improving Adult Care Together.)
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18 March 2021

How the 2021 census could impact the LGBTQ community

New questions on the 2021 census enable people to identify as LGBTQ without sharing that information with their household.

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8 March 2021

Where are the women in AI?

When it comes to making chatbots and humanoid robots, women appear regularly. They have names like Alexa and Siri – chatbots gendered as women, but designed by male dominated teams.

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Let there be light! Student journalists in public safety campaign

Brilliant work by journalism postgraduates has been published by the Star newspaper in a ground-breaking link-up with Sheffield's Journalism Studies department.

1 June 2021
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BA Architecture students awarded first place in Lunawood Urban Challenge 2021

Congratulations to second year BA Architecture students Oskar Maly, Mikołaj Chmiel and Filip Piasecki who were awarded first place in the Landscape category in the Lunawood Urban Challenge 2021 competition.

27 May 2021
Athena SWAN Bronze Award

Information School win Bronze Athena Swan award

We are very proud to announce that the Information School has been awarded the Athena Swan Bronze Award for commitment to the advancement of gender equality within the department.

19 May 2021
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Making connections to support disabled young people to live their lives

iHuman researchers have worked for the past 18 months with Scope on a research project that explores the lives of disabled young people and the key connections that support them to flourish and thrive.

27 April 2021
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World Sleep Day. Regular sleep: Healthy Future

This year's theme for World Sleep Day is ‘Regular Sleep: Healthy Future’. In line with World Sleep day, The British Sleep Society has launched a strategic plan with an overarching ambition to support and promote ‘healthy sleep for all.’

18 March 2021