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University of the Year

Plus Best Students' Union and Best Student Life - 2024 Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs)

Why we're University of the Year

1st in the Russell Group

2024 National Student Survey (NSS), based on aggregate responses

Why choose the University of Sheffield

15th in the UK

2025 QS World University Rankings: Europe

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The pesticide paradox

Pesticides are key to modern agriculture but can have unpredictable effects. Professor Lorraine Maltby explains how we can mitigate ecological harm by changing the way we think about our environment.

Solving the pesticide puzzle

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Our centres of excellence are taking an interdisciplinary approach to the biggest challenges facing the planet.

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Our researchers are making life-changing discoveries and solving problems that have a global impact.

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News

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23 August 2024

Calls for a new ‘digital vaccination’ for children to tackle fake news and disinformation

A new report published today (23 August 2024) has called for a ‘digital vaccination’ for all children, to tackle the tsunami of fake news and disinformation, and close the digital divide.

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19 August 2024

Catalogue of problems and errors revealed by new investigation into Birmingham Council

New report from the Audit Reform Lab based at the University of Sheffield calls for an independent inquiry into Birmingham Council’s collapse and for Whitehall to redraw its support package

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16 August 2024

Celebrating 10 years of success for the University of Sheffield’s mature students

Not all students start their journey straight from school, and a University of Sheffield programme designed to support mature students to return to higher education, is celebrating a decade of success this year for its students past and present.