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Musicians from across Sheffield gathered at the City Hall to show their support for the city's music scene
Musicians from across Sheffield gathered at the City Hall to show their support for the sector

Sheffield artists log 1.85 billion Spotify streams in a single quarter as new report outlines blueprint for city's musical future

Sheffield’s top artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Bring Me The Horizon and Def Leppard are racking up over 1.85 billion Spotify streams in a single quarter, reaching a combined global fanbase of over 100 million listeners, according to a new report.
Firth Court

University of Sheffield named University of the Year runner-up in the North and North East in The Times Good University Guide 2027

The University of Sheffield has been named University of the Year runner-up in the North and North East, in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027.
Staff celebrating the 20th anniversary of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Facility (CRF): Sheffield.
Staff celebrating the 20th anniversary of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Facility (CRF): Sheffield.

Two decades and thousands of transformed lives: Clinical research facility celebrates 20th anniversary

Sheffield’s NIHR Clinical Research Facility has played a crucial role in helping to advance care in South Yorkshire and beyond.
Women in MRI machine to help detect heart disease

Brain adapts to give deaf people a better visual ‘danger radar’

Pioneering research shows that deaf adults can be particularly skilled at detecting movement and events outside their central field of view.
Cecil Paine plaque unveiling

Honour for Sheffield pioneer whose work paved the way for one of medicine’s most important discoveries

Sheffield honours the doctor scientist who paved the way for the therapeutic use of penicillin
Low alcohol beer

The higher costs of a healthier option: new study lifts the lid on why no/lo alcohol beer drinkers feel out of pocket

Drinkers who turn to alcohol-free and low-alcohol beers are paying more for a healthier option, according to a new study
Skinning the Cat group shot

Extraordinary story of trailblazing all-women circus troupe brought to life

The extraordinary story of a trailblazing aerial acrobat who founded the UK’s first all-women outdoor aerialist company has been brought to life in glorious technicolour at a special University of Sheffield exhibition.
A researcher in protective gear works near a tall, cylindrical scientific instrument with visible wiring. The walls surrounding it are reflective Teflon.

Unexplained signal in search for dark matter could mark major breakthrough

An unexplained signal detected by the world’s most sensitive dark matter experiment could mark a major breakthrough in the hunt for the elusive substance, according to analysis involving scientists from the University of Sheffield.
How Sheffield students turned innovative ideas into £1.4m of investment

How Sheffield students turned innovative ideas into £1.4m of investment

Entrepreneurial students have collectively raised £1.4 million in investment for their business ventures over the last three years, thanks to support from the University of Sheffield’s enterprise programme.