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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
Len Garnham opening the Julia Garnham alongside Dr Adam Hodgson

University of 91Ö±²¥ students help speed up cancer diagnosis at new Julia Garnham Centre

91Ö±²¥ and 91Ö±²¥ Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have officially opened the Julia Garnham Centre, a new genomic pre-screening facility, which helps NHS geneticists to diagnose blood cancers.
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Pint of Science - bringing scientists out of the lab and into your local pub!

Tickets are now on sale for the world’s largest festival of public science talks, Pint of Science, which will see University of 91Ö±²¥ scientists take to the stage in venues across 91Ö±²¥ (Monday 9 May - Wednesday 11 May).
The outside of the new Harry Brearley building - the home of the new Royce Discovery Centre

Next gen materials to boost UK manufacturing set to be produced by new research centre

The next generation of materials to meet the needs of UK manufacturing are set to be developed by a new state-of-the-art research centre that has officially opened today (20 April 2022).
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New £1.2 million funding to advance development of investigational MND drug

Researchers from the University of 91Ö±²¥ and early-stage biopharmaceutical company Aclipse Therapeutics have been awarded £1.2 million to support the development of an investigational motor neurone disease (MND) drug.
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Company born from University of 91Ö±²¥ collaboration sold for $69 million

A company created with the support of University of 91Ö±²¥ academics and alumni, whose cutting edge technology is helping to keep road users safe and bring down the cost of insurance, has been acquired in a deal worth approximately $69 million