Sheffield Hallam awarded six-figure UKRI funding to grow artificial robot mind
Sheffield Hallam University has received more than £200k to create an artificial mind for robots that ‘grows up’ like a child’s brain, as part of a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) New Horizons initiative grant.
UK’s first research platform for digitalisation of PVD processes at industrial scale
Sheffield Hallam University is set to deliver world class research and innovation capability to drive next generation physical vapour deposition (PVD) processing following major investment in full digitisation of equipment and technology
New £2.4m project to support improvements for renters in South Yorkshire
Sheffield Hallam University is a key partner in a new £2.4m project to support tenants in the private rented sector to make renovations and improvements to their properties.
Using green social prescribing to prevent and tackle mental ill health
Researchers are investigating whether prescribing nature can help prevent and tackle mental ill health.
Towns and cities must be better supported to prepare for rollout of driverless vehicles – new research
As the Government announces plans to rollout self-driving vehicles on UK roads by 2025, new research by Sheffield Hallam University suggests local policymakers across the country need to be supported to engage with the technology to shape how it will affect their communities.
Prestigious tech award for team behind interactive VR rehab games
Sheffield Hallam University’s Impact VR Lab, which leads pioneering virtual reality (VR) technology in healthcare to support amputees, burns victims and children with limb injuries to rehabilitate, has been recognised by the Prolific North Tech Awards.
New study finds autistic young people can thrive in a more flexible education system
A new study exploring the educational experiences of autistic young people and their families’ during the pandemic found that some young people thrived and calls for policymakers to be more responsive to different educational needs.
New research exchange programme explores exercise's impact on cancer treatment
Sheffield Hallam University has welcomed researchers from Greece as part of a new fellowship exchange programme led by Yorkshire Cancer Research to advance global understanding of the benefits of exercise on cancer treatment.
Large UK housebuilders pay out £16 billion in dividends, as the cost of this to new homebuyers is revealed
The eight largest housebuilding firms in the UK have paid shareholders £16 billion in dividends over the last 18 years, without significantly increasing the supply of new homes, according to new research from housing experts at Sheffield Hallam University.
Six-figure funding secured for ‘digitalising a global food system’
Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Food Innovation Centre (AFIC) and partners, have secured £670,000 from Innovate UK to continue their collaboration with cereal milling company, Koolmill, to leverage AI to build more sustainable and efficient food systems.