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Reimagining research culture through anti-ableism: An interview with Sheffield’s WAARC team

By examining the WAARC project, we can explore how sustained, collaborative work that centres disabled researchers and professional services colleagues can shift not just policy, but the everyday culture of a university.

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Personal goals motivated footballer Anthony Gordon to learn Spanish – a recipe for success

Dr Abigail Parrish writes for The Conversation on motivation for learning, particularly when it comes to learning languages.

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Dr Alison Buxton from the University of Sheffield helping primary school children learn about fusion energy
Dr Alison Buxton from the University of Sheffield, who is an expert on makerspaces that help children and young people work together to build things in order to learn skills and creativity, is leading the STEP Forward initiative in UK primary schools.

Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day with Maker{futures}

To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day the Maker{Futures} team is holding an online STEP Forward BIG Assembly for schools.
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Powering the future: New UK schools programme to inspire future fusion pioneers

A new nationwide fusion programme is set to spark children’s curiosity into the technology that could provide limitless clean energy and turn the dream of a low carbon world into a reality.

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Professor Claudine Bower-Crane shares insights into the effect that lockdowns had on children during the Covid pandemic

In an episode of More or Less on BBC Radio 4, Claudine and other researchers discussed the effects of the lockdowns on children and young people, as homelife was transformed and schools and Universities pivoted online.
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Celebrating Neurodiversity Week with a spotlight on research into ADHD in Women

Lauren Powell and MSc students, Sarah Bradley, Izabela Parzych and Jessica Platts, identify key findings from their research which focuses on understanding and harnessing differences in women with ADHD.
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‘Britain’s kids have got talent’: new report calls for schools to boost opportunities for children in the north to get creative

The talents of millions of children are being wasted according to a new report which is urging creativity to be embedded into an inclusive school curriculum.
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How video games can support children’s wellbeing

Dr Fiona Scott discusses the positive impact that playing video games can have on children for The Conversation.

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Fiona Scott appointed as official adviser for edtech

Dr Fiona Scott has been appointed as an official adviser for the Department for Education’s edtech evidence board project. The team of 17 advisers will look at how to build evidence around artificial intelligence tools in schools.