A programme led by the city’s two universities which supports regional companies to innovate has helped SMEs to transform their business during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Research by Sheffield Hallam academics will form the basis of a new podcast exploring the struggles of those who worked in restaurants, pubs and fast-food outlets during the pandemic.

Eighteen students have taken part in a fully funded financial markets trading summer school aiming to encourage young people from more diverse backgrounds into careers in the finance and trading sector

Students from King Ecgbert’s School and Longley Park Sixth Form have been given a taste of the world of financial trading as part of a competition at Sheffield Hallam University.

Design experts have created new packaging for a textile recycling firm that has helped the company expand.

The new Master Cutler, Dame Julie Kenny, has visited Sheffield Hallam’s National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering (NCEFE) to learn more about the University’s work to address challenges across the food and drink industry.

Sheffield Hallam University has hosted two women in finance events for A-level students to encourage more females into the industry. More than 70 female-identifying students from schools and colleges around the region attended the events aimed at addressing deep-rooted gender imbalances in the finance industry.

South Yorkshire Mayor, Dan Jarvis MP, has met Sheffield Hallam University’s 2,000th degree apprentice as part of celebrations to mark National Apprenticeship Week.

Industry leaders, university experts and apprentices will share their experiences of the value of higher and degree apprenticeships as part of a free business-focused event at Sheffield Hallam University.

From hyper-local interventions that are making communities healthier to products delivering improvements in athletic performance, the startups accepted onto Sheffield Hallam University’s Advanced Wellbeing Accelerator programme are poised for success.