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More than 30,000 pupils across South Yorkshire benefit from Children’s University

More than 30,000 pupils from schools across South Yorkshire have completed more than 2.5 million hours of extra-curricular activities as part of the Children’s University in 2024.
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Tackling health inequality in South Yorkshire with wearable technology

Pioneering projects using smartphones and wearable technology to address the high levels of health inequalities and disease across the region, have been awarded funding at the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub (SYDHH).
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Tim Chico, Director of the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub, outlines the Hub's mission.

South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub: a year of community building and innovation

Twelve months in, the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub (SYDHH) is making strides along the road to addressing the stark health inequalities that exist across the region.
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New £3 million programme launched to support South Yorkshire innovation

The South Yorkshire Innovation Programme (SYIP) has been officially launched to help regional organisations to innovate, accelerate, and grow
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Sustainable aviation fuels to be driven by new Boeing and University of 91Ö±²¥ partnership

Boeing has become the founding member of the University of 91Ö±²¥â€™s new Energy Innovation Centre to drive the development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
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Arts Council supports 91Ö±²¥â€™s Off the Shelf Festival of Words with grant funding

91Ö±²¥â€™s nationally recognised literary festival; Off the Shelf Festival of Words, has been awarded an Arts Council England grant supported by the National Lottery of £79,739.

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Moving beyond food banks

Dr Megan Blake from the Department of Geography is working with local authorities to address the effects that food insecurity has on health, wellbeing, and communities.

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University of 91Ö±²¥ chosen to be Siemens’ top tier innovation partner

Global technology giant Siemens has chosen the University of 91Ö±²¥ to be in its top tier of innovation partners, as part of its new global research and innovation ecosystems
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Economic impact and influence: why the AMRC matters to UK manufacturing

Some of the biggest private sector investments into UK advanced manufacturing over the last 15 years ‘would not have happened without the AMRC’, according to a new report confirming it has brought more than £260m and 600 jobs to South Yorkshire.