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University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

The University of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
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The University of Sheffield to co-lead £5m hub to support national nuclear waste strategy

The next generation of experts needed to safely and securely manage the UK’s legacy nuclear materials will be trained by The Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.

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University of Sheffield to train the next generation of fusion energy experts

The Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) will start educating its first cohort of students in September 2025, equipping STEM post-graduates with the skills to support the UK’s fusion energy future.

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Alumnus appointed as the 2024 Ashok Kumar Fellow

IChemE and the Materials Processing Institute (MPI) have announced the appointment of Joe Greaves (undergraduate chemical engineering graduate) as the 2024 Ashok Kumar Fellow.
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Biomedical Engineering in the top three for student satisfaction

Biomedical Engineering at the University of Sheffield has been ranked in the top three in the Russell Group for student satisfaction.
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Cracked, the cold case of why boiling water freezes faster

Microbubbles and the Mpemba effect: Professor Will Zimmerman appears in the Times and comments on a physical chemistry mystery.