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Up to 15 per cent of end of life carers living in poverty, report finds

Up to 762,000 people across the UK are providing unpaid care for someone living with a terminal illness every year, a report from the University of Sheffield and Marie Curie estimates.  
Claire at her graduation in Sheffield. She wears a graduation cap and gown.

First Advanced Clinical Practice graduate in Scotland helps to improve children’s eye service

Specialist Orthoptist and Sheffield alumni, Claire McFadden, is featured in this article by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, after becoming the first person in Scotland to complete a master's in Ophthalmology Advanced Clinical Practice (Paediatrics).

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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Ofsted report praises high standard of apprenticeships at University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield has been praised for delivering good quality apprenticeships and having strong links with industry by a recent Ofsted inspection.
Elton John sits at a Yamaha piano and sings into a microphone

How to avoid eye infections and what to do if you get one

As Sir Elton John reveals that he lost sight in his right eye after suffering from an eye infection, Professor Charlotte Codina outlines some of the common and serious eye infections and offers advice on how to avoid contracting them yourself.

Published by The Conversation
Orthoptics training at the University of Sheffield.

Implementation of optimised childhood vision and hearing screening programmes in middle-income countries in Europe (EUSCREEN)

Over the past two years, researchers at the University of Sheffield and University of Reading have been working with a large international team on a funding application to the EU's, Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.