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BRIDGES for dementia is underpinned by technology development work centred on lived experience, such as Dr Jennifer MacRitchie’s work with community groups to develop new musical technologies for people living with dementia. (photo credit: Kitty Turner).

Music for Dementia and the University of Sheffield convened industry roundtable to address "forgotten generation" locked out of music

Sector leaders met to drive innovation in music and technology accessibility for people living with dementia and older carers. A new taskforce is being created to spearhead industry-wide progress.
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New website launched for the International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS)

The International Network for Critical China Studies (INCCS), led by Dr David Tobin, has launched its website, bringing together researchers from around the world to share critical, policy-relevant work on China’s politics, society and global impact.
Project Sifu (2025)
Left to right: Matthew Law (Geez a Gi Founder), Soo Cole (Fighting Spirit Film Festival Co-founder), Dr Wayne Wong (Project Lead), Sam Cheung (Assistant Director), and Tiff Tsoi (Project Assistant).

Empowering youth through martial arts and filmmaking

Amid rising UK youth violence, Project Sifu is a pilot led by Dr Wayne Wong that merges martial arts and action filmmaking to boost wellbeing and confidence.
Old Paradise Square, 1850-1880 (Sheffield City Archives)
Old Paradise Square, 1850-1880 (Sheffield City Archives)

Walking heritage: Mapping a city's hidden history

Dr Carmen Levick has developed an immersive walking app that transforms Sheffield’s streets into a historic trail, using existing landmarks, images and music to recover the untold stories of the city’s past communities.
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PGR Voice survey highlights positive research culture experience

Find out what the results of the PGR Voice Survey 2025 say about PGRs views on research culture.
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Professor Jonathan Rayner shortlisted for Maritime Media 2025 Best Book Award

Professor Jonathan Rayner, from the School of English, has been shortlisted for the Maritime Media 2025 Best Book Award for his open access monograph Screening the Fleet: The Representation of the Royal Navy in Film and Television since 1945.
Communist fighters walking through Greek hills in the late 1940s

Prof. Mary Vincent joins Yanis Varoufakis to discuss Greece’s civil war

The University of Sheffield's Mary Vincent joins Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis and fellow historian Paul Cartledge to discuss the impact of civil war on families and nations.

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Sheffield leading the way in Early Career Researcher Network for the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences

The British Academy has launched their new Early Career Researcher Network cluster in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Historian Sarah Frank awarded the prestigious UKRI Future Leader Fellowship

Sarah Frank, Lecturer in the History of the Francophone World at the University of Sheffield, is one of seventy-seven talented early-career researchers who have been awarded the prestigious Future Leader Fellowship.