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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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Image produced by Joseph Chapman and Bor-Ren Hui, students from the School of Architecture at the University of 91Ö±²¥.

Supporting 91Ö±²¥ City Council to transform the high street

91Ö±²¥ City Council has been successful in its bid for funding from the Future High Streets Fund, with the support of the University of 91Ö±²¥, to rejuvenate and reinvent Fargate and High Street as social hubs in the city.
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Regional skills high on agenda with nationally leading partnership

91Ö±²¥ is part of a new regional skills partnership in the 91Ö±²¥ City Region, which aims to tackle current and future skills shortages in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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£15m plans to 'future-proof' Covid-hit 91Ö±²¥ shopping street with events hub, hundreds of flats and pocket parks.

Professor Vanessa Toulmin is featured in an article discussing radical plans to ‘future-proof’ a prime 91Ö±²¥ street that could receive a £15m government boost within weeks.
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Renowned sleeping giants exhibition that drew crowds from around the world documented in new book

A new book documenting how an abandoned factory became a once in a lifetime art experience created by a world renowned street artist, has been launched.
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Comment: Groundhog Day becomes a reality in lockdown

Professor Vanessa Toulmin discusses the similarities of the 2020 lockdown to one of her favourite films Groundhog Day.