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A visual representation of AI learning from different kinds of data
AI could learn from data beyond vision and language to make it more practical, trustworthy and improve its understanding.

New ‘blueprint’ for advancing practical, trustworthy AI

A new ‘blueprint’ for building AI that highlights how the technology can learn from different kinds of data to make it more deployable in the real world, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield and the Alan Turing Institute.
Professor Jim Wild with colleagues in front of an MRI scanner

Transformative lung imaging research recognised by international award

Professor Jim Wild, from the University of Sheffield, has been awarded the 2025 Institute of Physics (IOP) Peter Mansfield Prize for his distinguished contributions to lung imaging with hyperpolarised gas MRI
Picture of a Aldabra Giant Tortoise hatchling
Credit: Chris Tagg

Successful hatching for endangered giant tortoises with artificial incubation

Artificial incubation has led to the first successful hatching of Aldabra Giant Tortoises in the Seychelles, following groundbreaking University of Sheffield research.
Festival of Social Sciences 2024

From robotic sheepdogs to tackling global challenges: Explore the free Festival of Social Science in Sheffield

The UK’s Festival of Social Science returns to Sheffield this month to shine a light on how the city’s world-leading social scientists are tackling some of the most urgent problems facing society.
Three prospective students sit on a yellow sofa on a hill overlooking the picturesque Peak District

City campaign receives prestigious prize at Times Higher Education Awards 2023

The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University have been awarded Outstanding Marketing and Communications Team of the Year at the Times Higher Education Awards, for their joint campaign to showcase Sheffield.
Campus looking green

University of Sheffield ranked 24th in the world for sustainability in QS rankings

The University of Sheffield has been ranked 24th globally out of more than 1,400 institutions in the 2024 QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, as well as 7th in the UK and 12th in Europe.
(Left-right): Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Lord Jonathan Caine; Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD; Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD; Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris; and Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Steve Baker, pictured at Farmleigh, Dublin, this afterno
(Left-right): Lord Jonathan Caine; Simon Harris, Micheál Martin, Michelle Donelan, Chris Heaton-Harris, Steve Baker, pictured at Farmleigh, Dublin, this afternoon, where €70 million was announced for research centres on climate and sustainable food.

New research programme to transform food systems led by Sheffield awarded £5.8m

A transformative, new research programme that aims to transform food systems across the UK and Ireland, and led by the University of Sheffield, was announced on Tuesday 28 November.
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World-first transatlantic flight using sustainable aviation fuel takes off

A historic transatlantic flight using 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel has taken off today (28 November 2023) with the help of engineers from the University of Sheffield.
Jennie Stevens

Tackling Britain’s toughest endurance race to support disadvantaged students

A Student Support Manager from the University of Sheffield is set to tackle one of Britain's most brutal endurance races to raise scholarship funds for disadvantaged students.