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Sheffield Launches Powerful New Alliance to Transform Adult Social Care

Excitement is building across Sheffield as a ground-breaking initiative takes shape to reshape the landscape of adult social care.

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram stood in front of a brick wall

Head North - Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram at Festival of Debate

Join Andy and Steve in conversation with Professor Beth Perry from the Urban Institute, as they outline how we can spread political and economic power throughout the UK and push forward for a fairer future.
Dr Sabine Little stood with a group of children looking at the camera in a school setting at one of her previous Storytelling events.
Dr Sabine Little at a storytelling event with local school students. Credit: Ross Jarman

Sheffield declared a UK City of Languages

Sheffield is the latest city nationally to be declared a City of Languages, in a new initiative aimed at promoting and helping the citys multilingualism to flourish.
A small boat crossing the sea, in the background a much larger military or security type vessel can be seen.

New research reveals billions made by companies involved in UK border security

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over 贈5 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings.
A theatrical mask with a tag that says director. There is also a black clapperboard.

Living Life to the Fullest: Co-Researcher Collective demonstrates the power of grassroots engagement

Disability research has long sought to increase visibility of people historically marginalised due to a disability or chronic condition.
Little cards and handkerchiefs on a washing line with messages written on them for lost babies.

Baby loss exhibition encouraging parental consent to post-mortems

Researchers from the Department of Sociological Studies have showcased a national exhibition on baby loss, raising awareness about the role technology plays in understanding infant death.
A group of women sit beneath a tree in Niger.

To the rhythm of Niger: using radio to empower women in one of the worlds poorest countries

They say everything, in detail, they dont hide anything, and there is no darkness
A photograph of different brain scans.

Understanding Alzheimers: how chemoinformatics is driving the development of new treatments

With nearly 40 million sufferers worldwide and no known cure, Alzheimers is rarely far from the headlines, as the world begins to grapple with the effects of an ageing population.
A photograph of glaciers with snowy mountains in the background.

Breaking the ice: How glacial cycle 22,000 years ago sculpted Britains landscape

Researchers have mapped how glaciers and glacial lakes once covered Britain and helped to sculpt the landscape 22,000 years ago.