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Children interacting with a robot at Festival of the Mind

Festival of the Mind returns to Sheffield with mind-blowing free events across the city

A mind-blowing celebration of the University of Sheffield’s world-leading research is heading to the city centre this autumn, as Festival of the Mind returns with a variety of free live performances, exhibitions, films and interactive events.
The Silvia Bio team stood in the Heartspace buildng
The Silvia Bio team in the University's Engineering Heartspace building. The spinout is building on 20 years of biomanufacturing research at the University to help make critical therapeutics such as antibodies and gene therapies faster.

University of Sheffield spinout company raises £3 million to accelerate next-generation biomanufacturing

A University of Sheffield spinout company is set to help biopharmaceutical companies make complex medicines faster, more reliably and at lower cost, after raising £3 million in Seed funding.
A cigarette burns smoke

Smoking alters reproductive organs in both men and women, new study finds

Exposure to cigarette smoke could affect reproductive health, as new research identifies changes in biological processes involved in ovarian function and sperm production
Festival of Social Sciences 2024

Free family-friendly events heading to Sheffield as Festival of Social Science returns

A series of family-friendly events and activities is heading to Sheffield this month as the UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to the city to shine a light on how university research is tackling some of the most urgent problems facing society.
An artist's sketch of the entrance to the new exhibition

Superheroes of film, health and manufacturing

Engineers from the University of Sheffield AMRC will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with heroic key workers from the NHS and the geniuses who make the magic happen in Marvel superhero movies in a new exhibition.
Surgeon performing robotic surgery

Robotic surgery improves patient recovery time

Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction, enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly (20 per cent) less time in hospital
REF 2021 illustration showing University building and subject areas

University of Sheffield celebrates its impactful research

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 results confirm our research is changing lives and shaping the world we live in.
A fire breather on stage at the last May Fayre event in 2019

Family fun May Fayre makes a welcome return to Sheffield

The May Fayre, a day of free family entertainment in the heart of Sheffield, is returning to the city for the first time since 2019, thanks to a partnership between the University of Sheffield and Sheffield City Council.
Dr Martyn Ware

Martyn Ware of The Human League and Heaven 17 to become Doctor of Music at the University of Sheffield

Martyn Ware, of The Human League and Heaven 17 fame, will be made an honorary Doctor of Music at the University of Sheffield today (Wednesday 11 May 2022).