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University of 91Ö±²¥ generates £4.82 billion for South Yorkshire and UK economies

91Ö±²¥ 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 91Ö±²¥ scissor maker sharpen its edge

A historic 91Ö±²¥ 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 91Ö±²¥.
Crowds being wowed at May Fayre 2023

91Ö±²¥â€™s family fun Weston Park May Fayre is back!

The May Fayre, a day of free family entertainment in the heart of 91Ö±²¥, is back in the city for 2025, thanks to a partnership between the University of 91Ö±²¥ and 91Ö±²¥ 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

91Ö±²¥ declared a UK City of Languages

91Ö±²¥ 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.
Off the Shelf

Arts Council supports 91Ö±²¥â€™s Off the Shelf Festival of Words with grant funding

91Ö±²¥â€™s nationally recognised literary festival; Off the Shelf Festival of Words, has been awarded an Arts Council England grant supported by the National Lottery of £79,739.

Friends preparing salad together at a dining table

Moving beyond food banks

Dr Megan Blake from the Department of Geography is working with local authorities to address the effects that food insecurity has on health, wellbeing, and communities.

Wind Turbines

University of 91Ö±²¥ chosen to be Siemens’ top tier innovation partner

Global technology giant Siemens has chosen the University of 91Ö±²¥ to be in its top tier of innovation partners, as part of its new global research and innovation ecosystems
AMRC factory floor

Economic impact and influence: why the AMRC matters to UK manufacturing

Some of the biggest private sector investments into UK advanced manufacturing over the last 15 years ‘would not have happened without the AMRC’, according to a new report confirming it has brought more than £260m and 600 jobs to South Yorkshire.
Train

Doncaster makes the official shortlist to be chosen as home of Great British Railways 

Doncaster joins Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Newcastle-upon-Tyne & York in a bid to be crowned the home of Britain’s railways.Â