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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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Festival of Social Science to highlight our ability to adapt to new challenges and solve complex problems

The UK’s Festival of Social Science is heading back to the University of 91Ö±²¥ this November to help us explore new perspectives on our future and reorganise our ways of living following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Firth Court

91Ö±²¥ anchor institutions call on Chancellor to support ambitious regional vision

91Ö±²¥, 91Ö±²¥ Hallam University and 91Ö±²¥ Teaching Hospitals have submitted a joint proposal to the government for an ambitious £316 million programme to ensure the post-Covid recovery and renewal of the 91Ö±²¥ City Re
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91Ö±²¥ researchers help lead national scheme to improve health and tackle inequalities

Researchers from the University of 91Ö±²¥ are part of a UK wide collaboration that will enable local authorities to rapidly evaluate work aiming to improve health and tackle inequalities in their areas
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91Ö±²¥ students set to benefit from new work placement opportunities

Students in the arts, humanities and social sciences are set to benefit from more work placement opportunities thanks to new funding awarded to the University of 91Ö±²¥.
Off the Shelf 2020 Line Up

Festival of words, Off the Shelf, brings the best of literary talent to 91Ö±²¥

The 29th annual Off the Shelf festival will open with 91Ö±²¥ alumni Lee Child, author of the international bestselling Jack Reacher books, to talk about his life and work with biographer Dr Heather Martin