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A detail of a colourful picture from someone's maternal journal

International survey of Maternal Journal practitioners launches

As part of Dr Jessica Bradley's ongoing collaboration with Maternal Journal, the team are launching a survey to help scope the breadth and depth of similar creative projects that support mothers and birthing parents around the world.
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Tired of Spinning Plates

This online event will be an opportunity to explore a selection of short films and contributions to an online exhibition, produced as part of an on-going project ‘Tired of Spinning Plates’.

New Maternal Journal video released

A new video created as part of ongoing collaborative research by Dr Jessica Bradley capturing the experiences of practitioners who are leading ‘Maternal Journal’ creative journaling groups and workshops for mothers and birthing parents is released.
Be Cancer Aware Film

'Be Cancer Aware' as Disability Co-Production in Action

Disability Matters teamed up with Humanising Healthcare to capture effective disability co-production on film
food insecurity

Lone parents and people with long-term health conditions disproportionately vulnerable to food insecurity

Lone parents and people with long term health conditions are more likely to be experiencing severe forms of food insecurity, according to a new study by the University of Sheffield.
Boy is sat at a table practising his alphabet

Government urged to tackle preschool provision crisis amid warnings hundreds of thousands of children are not ‘school ready’

The Government is being urged to tackle the high number of children starting school not ‘school ready’, in a new report co-authored by researchers at the University of Sheffield. 
Book cover Black History for Every Day of the Year on a colourful background

Black History for Every Day of the Year

Congratulations to Yinka Olusoga who has collaborated with her siblings, David and Kemi, to create a new book celebrating Black history from across the world, spanning ancient times to the modern day.
A person cutting a cake with a knife, the cake reads "congratulations SMI on 10 years"

SMI Celebrates 10th Anniversary

The Sheffield Methods Institute celebrated its 10th birthday this September, with a gathering of past and present staff and students.
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Lauren Powell and Natalie Bennett share findings in new 'Women of the North' report

A new report finds that women in the North of England are more likely to live in poverty, work more hours for less pay, are more likely to be unpaid carers and live shorter lives than women in other regions of England.