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More than 30,000 pupils across South Yorkshire benefit from Children’s University

More than 30,000 pupils from schools across South Yorkshire have completed more than 2.5 million hours of extra-curricular activities as part of the Children’s University in 2024.
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Tackling health inequality in South Yorkshire with wearable technology

Pioneering projects using smartphones and wearable technology to address the high levels of health inequalities and disease across the region, have been awarded funding at the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub (SYDHH).
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Tim Chico, Director of the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub, outlines the Hub's mission.

South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub: a year of community building and innovation

Twelve months in, the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub (SYDHH) is making strides along the road to addressing the stark health inequalities that exist across the region.
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New £3 million programme launched to support South Yorkshire innovation

The South Yorkshire Innovation Programme (SYIP) has been officially launched to help regional organisations to innovate, accelerate, and grow
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Doncaster makes the official shortlist to be chosen as home of Great British Railways 

Doncaster joins Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Newcastle-upon-Tyne & York in a bid to be crowned the home of Britain’s railways. 

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Line up announced for Together in the Square

91Ö±²¥ Theatres, in production with 91Ö±²¥ and Yellow Bus Events, is excited to host the return of Together in the Square - an outdoor weekend of free events, taking place on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 July.
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91Ö±²¥ students set to hit £1 million with ‘Donate, Don’t Waste’ scheme

A scheme to help 91Ö±²¥ students donate reusable items and minimise their impact on the environment and local community when they move out of their student accommodation, is set to hit the equivalent of £1 million in donations this summer.
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91Ö±²¥ spin-out set to commercialise microbial engineering technology to meet global biomanufacturing needs

Engineers from the University of 91Ö±²¥ are commercialising microbial engineering technology, as part of a pioneering new spin-out company to meet global biomanufacturing needs.
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South Yorkshire to lead UK R&D for sustainable aviation fuels

A major new research centre that will help test, certify and deploy new sustainable aviation fuels - the first of its kind in the UK - has reached a key milestone in its construction.