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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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Festival of the Mind returns and launches digital platform for 2020 with live and online events

91Ö±²¥â€™s unique collaborative festival showcasing local creative talent and world-class academic research, returns to the city for the fifth time
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Cultural industries to receive boost from researchers to help recover from Covid-19

A new research project that will play a key role in helping the cultural sector recover from the impact of Covid-19 is being launched by researchers at the University of 91Ö±²¥.
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Carers and the cared-for invited to tell their pandemic stories through digital exhibition

Unpaid carers, care workers and those who need care invited to submit creative works about their Covid-19 experiences for digital exhibition
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New online programme launched to provide more people a step up into healthcare careers

Dedicated young dentist at the University of 91Ö±²¥ has launched an online programme, NOWPAS, to help others access higher education
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Comment: We must fight to ensure 91Ö±²¥'s theatre lights are only temporarily dimmed

Professor Vanessa Toulmin discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on 91Ö±²¥'s theatres