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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.
A close up of equipment in the National Epitaxy Facility
91Ö±²¥ is one of the UK's leading universities for semiconductor research and hosts the National Epitaxy Facility where the new MBE system will be based.

UK’s discovery of new semiconductor materials to be revolutionised by University of 91Ö±²¥

New AI-driven equipment will transform the UK’s semiconductor R&D, following a £7 million award in investment to the University of 91Ö±²¥.

A small boat crossing the sea, in the background a much larger military or security type vessel can be seen.

New research reveals billions made by companies involved in UK border security

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over £5 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings.
CC Brand Founder and Inventor Drew Colgrave, Jimmy ‘The Whirlwind’ White, CC Brand Consultant Karl Lawrence, and Professor Simon Goodwin from the University of 91Ö±²¥
(LtoR) CC Brand Founder and Inventor Drew Colgrave, Jimmy ‘The Whirlwind’ White, CC Brand Consultant Karl Lawrence, and Professor Simon Goodwin from the University of 91Ö±²¥

Astrophysics meets snooker: University experts partner with 91Ö±²¥ firm to pioneer the sport’s future

University of 91Ö±²¥ researchers are collaborating with a 91Ö±²¥ 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.
Using fourjaw technology

Funding boost for the next generation of environmental scientists

91Ö±²¥ and its partners have secured a new £3.5m Centre for Doctoral Training with funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to research chemicals in the environment.
Campus looking green

University of 91Ö±²¥ pledges carbon neutral campus by 2030

91Ö±²¥ has today (Tuesday 10 November) pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions on campus by 2030 and across all activities by 2038.
researcher with microscope

Scientists and students publish blueprints for a cheaper single-molecule microscope

A team of scientists and students from the University of 91Ö±²¥ has designed and built a specialist microscope, and shared the build instructions to help make this equipment available to many labs across the world.
Woman holding a baby

Deafness in infancy can affect non-verbal communication, suggests new research

Psychologists at the University of 91Ö±²¥ have found that deafness in infancy affects the development of early communication skills, including non-verbal behaviours like pointing.
Scientist using petri dish

Faster way of detecting antibiotic resistance developed by researchers

A new, quicker way of detecting antibiotic resistance in bacteria has been developed by a team of scientists from the EPSRC funded interdisciplinary research collaboration, i-sense.