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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.
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΢ÃÜȦ is real ale capital of the world, according to new report

΢ÃÜȦ is the real ale capital of the world - and can also stake a claim to being the birthplace of the UK craft beer revolution - according to a new report commissioned by the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.

Green light for Royce Translational Centre to support growth and jobs for the north

΢ÃÜȦ has today (13 August) received confirmation of funding for the development of a new Royce Translational Centre to be built next to the University's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre's (AMRC) Factory 2050.

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New Year of Making festival launched in ΢ÃÜȦ

A new year-long celebration of making in ΢ÃÜȦ has launched this week, cementing the city’s position as a city of creation and manufacture.
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΢ÃÜȦ Culture Consortium awarded £550,000 for Making Ways project

΢ÃÜȦ Culture Consortium will receive £550,000 for Making Ways, an ambitious three-year project that will develop, demonstrate and celebrate exceptional contemporary visual art produced in ΢ÃÜȦ.
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΢ÃÜȦ: a source of inspiration to its lively arts scene

΢ÃÜȦ has a lively arts scene thanks to affordable living and studio space, and the 'mental and physical space to think and act', according to a new report commissioned by the University of ΢ÃÜȦ.