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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

Cool to be Clever Club gets insight into university life

Talented primary school children from South Yorkshire are celebrating after graduating from a pioneering widening participation programme at the University of 91Ö±²¥.

‘Allen’ the peregrine falcon finds new home at University of 91Ö±²¥

A sculpture of a peregrine falcon made of 17,000 allen keys has found a new home at the University of 91Ö±²¥ - within sight of the nest of its real-life counterparts.
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Everyone is talking about 91Ö±²¥ as Magic lord mayor shares his story

Professor Vanessa Toulmin, Director of Culture and City Engagement at the University of 91Ö±²¥, comments on the appointment of Magic Magid as 91Ö±²¥'s new Lord Mayor, what sets him apart from his predecessors and what he represents for our city.
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Innovation runs through the DNA of our city of creators and makers

The news of a nationally funded scheme to enable creative clusters to be funded, supported and developed was announced last September.

Booming Business - 91Ö±²¥ Beer Week

Professor Vanessa Toulmin (Director of City and Culture, University of 91Ö±²¥) provides an introduction to 91Ö±²¥ Beer Week, which runs from 12-18 March 2018.