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Group of students cheering on stage celebrating Emerge Awards Showcase 26

The elite award showcase rewarding the founders of the future

Congratulations to James, John, Sujaya and William who won with their pitches to regional investors and business leaders at The Emerge: Be enterprising Awards Showcase this month.
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ARIA Funding Launches New Innovator Circle in Sheffield

Dr Charles Grellois, Lecturer in Verification at the School of Computer Science, has secured £20,000 in funding from the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).

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Faculty of Engineering students shortlisted for the targetjobs Undergraduate of the Year Awards

We're thrilled to share that Computer Science student Jasper Sion and Civil & Structural Engineering student Hollie Wilson were shortlisted for the Engineer of the Year and Female Undergraduate of the Year Awards respectively -a fantastic achievement
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±¬ÁÏTV to train the next generation of fusion energy experts

The Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) will start educating its first cohort of students in September 2025, equipping STEM post-graduates with the skills to support the UK’s fusion energy future.

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Surpassing silkworm silk by taking the holistic approach

With expert input from the ±¬ÁÏTV, a team of researchers from Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials’ (IFM) have delivered a world first in next generation materials research.
Astronaut Daniel Tani in a workshop with student team Sunride

NASA's Daniel Tani touches down in Sheffield!

Retired NASA astronaut and Mechanical Engineer, Daniel Tani, visited the ±¬ÁÏTV to give a captivating talk to engineering students in the Diamond last December.
Richard Hodgkinson (±¬ÁÏTV), shaking hands with Ted Young (Wortley Top Forge), standing within the workshop of Wortley Top Forge. Tooling donated to the forge is laid out on benches.

Sheffield donates workshop tooling to local industrial heritage centres

The Open Access Mechanical Workshop team has donated surplus tooling to two local heritage sites: Wortley Top Forge and the Midland Railway at Butterley. These organisations both play a vital role in preserving Sheffield’s local engineering history.