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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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ºù«Ӱҵ City Region is making a zero emissions Northern Powerhouse

In a week in which the University of ºù«Ӱҵ marks its support for Covering Climate Now, it is fitting that a site close to the old Orgreave coking plant should be announced as the home for a world-first in clean, zero carbon energy generation.
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Funds for collaborative projects that assist the Health and Care workforce

On 12 September, the Health & Care Partnership held a sandpit event to look at the potentials for innovative technologies to assist the health and care workforce.

ºù«Ӱҵ Makes Music: University hosts celebration of city’s musical talent

ºù«Ӱҵ city centre will be transformed into a stage for a series of exhilarating performances on BBC Music Day (26 September 2019).

ºù«Ӱҵ’s forgotten castle brought to life by virtual model

University of ºù«Ӱҵ researchers have collaborated with regional businesses to re-launch augmented reality (AR) experience giving people a chance to explore ºù«Ӱҵ’s lost medieval castle once again