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Winner: RE:NEW

Building material reuse platform wins first Emerge alumni business prize

The top award in Sheffield's Emerge: Be enterprising Alumni Business Showdown goes to Re:New, a platform designed to drive increased reuse of construction materials throughout the built environment.
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Legacy gift to fund new digital scholarship and learning suite at Western Bank Library

Eric Pattison's incredibly generous gift to the University will transform the range of digital Library resources and services available to Sheffield students and researchers.
A collage of images of the 2025 honorary graduates - Urooj Mumtaz Khan, Ian McMillan, Lucy Prebble, Wanda Bernard

Introducing Sheffield's brilliant Honorary Graduates for July 2025

During next week's graduation celebrations, the University will recognise another outstanding cohort of individuals who've had a major impact in their field and beyond, and shown lasting commitment to Sheffield's values.
A wide-angle shot of a large gathering of walkers at the start of the Big Walk 2025, holding up a Big Walk banner

Smiles for miles at the Big Walk 2025 - well done to everyone involved!

The famed Sheffield community fundraising event was a huge success once again. Over 400 walkers and volunteers covered thousands of miles between them, supporting life-changing neurological disease research at the University.
Professor Peter Warr during a lecture

Emeritus Professor Peter Bryan Warr

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Peter Warr, Emeritus Professor of Psychology on 18th February 2023, aged 85.
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Dr Monica Cheale - A life committed to helping others

Dr Monica Cheale was awarded a scholarship when she studied at Sheffield in the 1950s. Now in her Will, she leaves a gift to support students in that same position.
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Alumni and staff recognised in the 2023 New Year Honours

We are proud to share the alumni and staff from the University whose achievements and contributions have been recognised in the 2023 New Year Honours.
Student Fundraiser expecting calls

Thank you for speaking to us!

You have been so generous with your time and hearts. And thanks to the generosity of alumni like you, the student call team has raised over £24,000 for disadvantaged students at your university.
Sheffield Alumni and students networking

Alumni Volunteering: Starting the year strong!

Last year, over 1,500 alumni volunteers participated in a variety of events and opportunities, giving 18,351 hours of their time and benefitting more than 8,000 students.