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Jacob Nickles and colleagues in the STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory
Jacob Nickles (left) and colleagues in the STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory

World’s deepest underground farm could reshape UK food production

A pioneering research project could transform the agriculture industry with the launch of the world’s deepest vertical farm, located 1.1km underground.

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Professor Helen Kennedy appointed to two government advisory networks

Professor Helen Kennedy has been appointed to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) College of Experts, and the Government Skills College of Experts. 
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Image from the PAVE Case Book interface

Amplifying public voice at the UN AI for Good summit

Dr Susan Oman shares work on public engagement in AI at the AI for Good summit in Geneva.
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England’s public library collections are in danger of being hollowed out, new research warns

England’s public libraries are facing a quiet hollowing out, according to a major new study from the University of Sheffield.
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University of Sheffield’s most sustainable building officially opened by Academy of Social Sciences

The University of Sheffield’s most sustainable building has been officially opened by Will Hutton, President of the Academy of Social Sciences.
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ESRC announces new cohort of doctoral training partnerships

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is to invest in 15 doctoral training partnerships spanning 89 institutions over the next five years.
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Work, life care? Supporting carers to find the right balance for them

This European Carers Day we explore the importance of a work-life-care balance for carers, and the support and policies needed to make that a reality.

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Towards joyful ways of learning

What is it about joy? What does it mean? Is it frivolous or juvenile to sit with joy, to seek it, to crave it, to feel it? What does it mean to ‘find’ it?
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Celebration of the Urban Institute's 3rd year of its Sheffield School

The Sheffield School was launched in September 2020. It was conceived as a way to systematically explore the critical issues embodied by the Urban Institute’s Signature Program, The Politics of Inhabitation and the Urban Technical.