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Our transformative research and enterprise will address the world’s most pressing challenges. We will enable and promote a culture of excellence in innovation and entrepreneurship across the University.

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Impact

We will continue to grow and strengthen our impact, knowledge exchange and innovation activity.

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Advanced Manufacturing Group

We will develop and extend the Advanced Manufacturing Group model for collaborative working across the UK, and use the approach as an exemplar of good practice across the University.

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We will use our excellence in research, education and knowledge exchange to play a leading role in the whole of the South Yorkshire, including its economy; the health and wellbeing of its people and its environment; and its cultural richness and diversity.

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Pioneering detailed lung MRI scans without radiation

Our scientists have developed a novel type of MRI scan that produces unique images of the lungs using hyperpolarised xenon gas, picking up on abnormalities previously undetected with routine tests.

Pioneering detailed lung MRI scans without radiation

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