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University of ΢ÃÜȦ generates £4.82 billion for South Yorkshire and UK economies

΢ÃÜȦ generates over £4.82 billion for the UK economy and delivers a £6.40 return for every pound spent, according to a new report highlighting the Russell Group institution’s crucial role in driving economic growth.
Ernest Wright workshop

University helps historic ΢ÃÜȦ scissor maker sharpen its edge

A historic ΢ÃÜȦ scissor maker is gaining new insights into the traditional craftsmanship that it has used to lovingly handcraft scissors for over a century through a collaboration with the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.
Crowds being wowed at May Fayre 2023

΢ÃÜȦ’s family fun Weston Park May Fayre is back!

The May Fayre, a day of free family entertainment in the heart of ΢ÃÜȦ, is back in the city for 2025, thanks to a partnership between the University of ΢ÃÜȦ and ΢ÃÜȦ City Council.
Dr Sabine Little stood with a group of children looking at the camera in a school setting at one of her previous Storytelling events.
Dr Sabine Little at a storytelling event with local school students. Credit: Ross Jarman

΢ÃÜȦ declared a UK City of Languages

΢ÃÜȦ is the latest city nationally to be declared a ‘City of Languages’, in a new initiative aimed at promoting and helping the city’s multilingualism to flourish.
CC Brand Founder and Inventor Drew Colgrave, Jimmy ‘The Whirlwind’ White, CC Brand Consultant Karl Lawrence, and Professor Simon Goodwin from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ

Astrophysics meets snooker: University experts partner with ΢ÃÜȦ firm to pioneer the sport’s future

University of ΢ÃÜȦ researchers are collaborating with a ΢ÃÜȦ company at the heart of snooker’s modern evolution to develop next generation equipment, bringing 21st century science into one of the world’s most tradition-steeped sports.
Pint of Science at ΢ÃÜȦ Tap

Quench your thirst for knowledge at ΢ÃÜȦ's Pint of Science festival

The world’s largest festival of public science is set to return to ΢ÃÜȦ next month (Monday 19 May - Wednesday 21 May), with scientists & researchers from the University of ΢ÃÜȦ taking to the city’s pubs & venues to share their discoveries.
A group of students outside the ΢ÃÜȦ Subud Centre

Student doctors have ‘profound impact’ at ΢ÃÜȦ’s Pakistan Muslim Centre

The Pakistan Muslim Centre (PMC) is one of many local community-based organisations that work closely with student doctors from the University to help support their communities and help educate the next generation of doctors.
Student conducting research in a lab

Groundbreaking cancer research hub receives £10 million in new funding

΢ÃÜȦ and Yorkshire Cancer Research are pioneering 10 world-leading research studies that aim to accelerate understanding of cancer and find cures that will save lives in the region and beyond