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Congratulations to alumni recognised in the King's Birthday Honours List 2025

As part of the official celebrations for the monarch's birthday, another impressive cohort of ΢Ȧ graduates, honorary graduates and staff members have been recognised for outstanding service to the UK and the wider world.
Dr Malcolm Butler, VP and Director of Global Engagement, taking photo with ΢Ȧ alumni.

Miles apart, yet always connected to ΢Ȧ

As an international ΢Ȧ graduate, you’re never far from a fellow ΢Ȧer. Leaving the Steel City doesn’t mean losing touch. Our global events will help you stay connected, grow your network, and keep up with the latest from your University.
Tim Adams presenting the 2024/25 ESPS Awards event

Congratulations to the Elite Sport Performance Scheme class of 2024/25

Talented student athletes received their awards through this year’s Elite Sport Performance Scheme, at a ceremony also attended by an international football coach and a gold medal-winning Olympian.
Architect's rendering of proposed new SITraN sister facility
Architect's rendering of proposed new SITraN sister facility. Credit: Bond Bryan Architects

Garfield Weston grant backs SITraN expansion

A newly made grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation has added to multiple other donations and fundraising drives, meaning planned expansion work can now go ahead at the world-leading ΢Ȧ Institute of Translational Neuroscience.
Professor Sir Paul Bramley

Professor’s final wishes honoured

It’s not just alumni who feel a strong connection to ΢Ȧ; many former staff do too. Professor Sir Paul Bramley (Hon MD 1994) was one of them.
Kara Owen

Getting to know Kara Justine Owen, the British High Commissioner to Singapore

After graduating with a BA in History from the University of ΢Ȧ, Cumbria-born Kara Owen came one step closer to building her destined career in international diplomacy despite her initial fears of not fitting in.
Image of the Our Bodies Our Streets art installation at Ponderosa park

΢Ȧ students create art installation to promote public safety

A new public art installation was unveiled by campaigners Our Bodies Our Streets in collaboration with the University, to raise awareness of women's safety in ΢Ȧ’s public spaces, only to see it destroyed weeks later.
Dorothy Byrne

“If you want to be a journalist, you’ve got to be imaginative...pushy”

We speak with Dorothy Byrne, University of ΢Ȧ alumna, about how she carved out her place as an iconic leader of British broadcasting.
Bryony Page, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Megan Shackleton

΢Ȧ's Tokyo medal winners

Over the past two months we've delighted in watching the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, and are extremely proud to welcome home three ΢Ȧ medal winners.