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Sheffield Hallam University and Baltic Apprenticeships have partnered to create a new progression route enabling technology apprentices to continue their learning through to degree level while remaining in employment.

Celebrated children’s illustrator and author Nick Sharratt has helped to celebrate the launch of a new partnership between the National Literacy Trust and Sheffield Hallam University to extend a shared book reading programme that helps to address inequalities.

Sheffield Hallam University and Horizon Campus have announced a new partnership that will provide international education opportunities for students in Sri Lanka.

Sheffield Hallam University has been named as a top five university in England at the prestigious national Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs), voted for entirely by students.

Students from six schools and colleges across South Yorkshire and Warwickshire have taken part in the UK’s first remote-controlled motorsports championship designed exclusively for schools.

Sheffield Hallam University has welcomed the outcome of Ofsted’s latest inspection of its sector leading apprenticeships, with inspectors confirming strong standards across four key areas.

A fully funded scholarship in strength and conditioning coaching at Sheffield Hallam University is helping to break down barriers and increase diversity in the sports industry.

Pupils from schools across South Yorkshire have taken part in a festival to empower them to take climate action and live with kindness towards the planet.

Charlynne Pullen is the first academic from Sheffield Hallam University to be awarded a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Policy Fellowship, which embeds researchers into the heart of government to help inform and shape effective public policy.

Educators, policymakers and experts have come together to tackle the persistent educational attainment gap affecting boys and young men from lower-income backgrounds.

Sheffield Hallam University has celebrated its annual graduation ceremonies with almost 9,000 students receiving their awards, including more than 3,000 on health and teaching related courses.

Sheffield Hallam University's innovative partnership with South Yorkshire colleges has been recognised as an exemplary model of collaboration in a major new report published by Universities UK and the Association of Colleges.

Sheffield Hallam University is leading new initiatives to tackle workforce shortages in the NHS through strategic partnerships that are opening new pathways into nursing careers and addressing critical gaps in primary care.

School pupils from across South Yorkshire have come together to celebrate a successful climate action project which has supported more than 600 children to understand the importance of sustainability.

A new study, with research from Sheffield Hallam University, has found that large minorities of UK adults face financial, health, housing, and work insecurity.

Sheffield’s first Autism Friendly Festival will see the city coming together to celebrate differences as part of World Autism Acceptance Month for 2025.

Sheffield Hallam University and World Seniors Snooker have announced a ground-breaking new partnership which will see students currently studying Sport Business Management get real time experience working on the 2025 World Seniors Snooker Championship.

Sheffield Early Learning Community with support from Save the Children UK is holding the first ever child poverty summit in South Yorkshire to focus on solutions to child poverty rates in the region.

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.

Sheffield Hallam University is supporting schools across South Yorkshire to teach the next generation about the importance of climate action through a brand-new project designed by staff and students.

Sheffield Hallam University’s biggest ever annual graduation is underway with more than 10,000 students set to receive their awards over the next two weeks.

Two academics from Sheffield Hallam University’s College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences, Helen Batty and Helen Lowes, have been awarded prestigious honours for their exceptional contribution to their professions.

Sheffield Hallam student Ngoc Duyen Nguyen has been awarded a commendation for her dissertation in the prestigious British Council MA Dissertation Awards 2023-24.

Experts in early childhood education have called on the government to focus on incentivising providers to operate in disadvantaged areas, rather than targeting funding on middle and high income earners.

Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University and students from the University’s racing team have worked with young people from Bluebell Wood on a project to create mini solar powered race cars

A team of researchers led by Sheffield Hallam University has been awarded £1.5m to study the impact of the use of electronic devices on the development of young children.

New campaign highlights the success stories of local students who were the first in their family to attend university

A new £4.6m project has been launched to transform the culture and practice of research supervision across the UK. The Next Generation Research SuperVision Project (RSVP) is a Research England-funded collaboration between five Universities, including Sheffield Hallam University, and the UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE).

More than 9,600 students have graduated from Sheffield Hallam University as part of the biggest ever annual programme of ceremonies.

Parents and carers of children attending a Sheffield Hallam University-led community nursery have described the ‘life-changing’ positive impact it has had on their child’s development and family wellbeing, as part of a ground-breaking study.

Resources created by education experts at Sheffield Hallam University alongside an organisation that supports mental health and wellbeing in schools have been shared across the region to help families discuss and deal with anxiety caused by war and conflict.

Sheffield Hallam has partnered with football academy Unipro to offer a first-of-its-kind programme for elite international players to further their athletic development whilst pursing a higher education qualification at the University.

Sheffield Hallam students will be able to take part in a range of international study or work opportunities after the university secured more than £660,000 through the government’s Turing Scheme.

Sheffield Hallam University’s Collegiate Nursery has been rated outstanding by Ofsted and praised for providing an inclusive and supportive environment where children thrive.

Global education opportunities will be created in Thailand and Southeast Asia through a new partnership between Sheffield Hallam University (UK), La Trobe University (Australia), Siam University (Thailand) and Nurture Higher Education.

More than 40 students from a black background have graduated from a programme set up to help tackle inequality in research and encourage diversity at doctoral-level study.

Taking part in adventure learning activities can lead to improvements in students’ behaviour with benefits continuing for more than a year after the activity, new research by Sheffield Hallam University has shown.

Sheffield Hallam University’s unique partnership-led community nursery, The Meadows, has been praised by Ofsted for providing a positive, caring environment for children to learn in following its first inspection.

Sheffield Hallam University has partnered with Nexus multi-academy trust to support young people with autism to gain work experience.

Sheffield Hallam University has welcomed funding from the Office for Students (OfS) to continue to develop and expand its degree apprenticeship programme.

Sheffield Hallam University has launched the UK’s first degree apprenticeship route to becoming a medical sonographer.

School leaders predict that recovery from the academic and wellbeing challenges of the pandemic will be a top priority for years to come, according to a new report

New research from Sheffield Hallam University, commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE), has helped to identify barriers some families are experiencing in accessing Family Hub services.

Sheffield Hallam University has received the Campus of the Year Award from the world’s leading and largest professional body of management accountants.

Ukrainian children who received Google Chromebooks donated by Sheffield Hallam to support their education visited the University campus with their families during last weekend's final autumn open day

A Sheffield Hallam University student has been named Apprentice of the Year at the annual Food and Drink Federation awards.

Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield have launched a new partnership that will support the expansion of Children’s University in South Yorkshire, so that every child and young person in the region can be encouraged and rewarded for taking part in extra-curricular activities.

The Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson MP, has praised Sheffield Hallam’s ‘innovative’ community nursery and early years research centre following a visit to the University.

A programme set up to increase the number of black doctoral-level students has seen the first cohort graduate.

Sheffield Hallam is in the top ten of universities globally for postgraduate student experience, according to new data.