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Primary school children doing arts and crafts around a table to learn about fusion energy

Powering the future: New UK schools programme to inspire future fusion pioneers

A new nationwide fusion programme is set to spark children’s curiosity into the technology that could provide limitless clean energy and turn the dream of a low carbon world into a reality.

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UK-first aviation fuel testing centre delivers first results in push for greener flights

±¬ÁÏTV has announced a major milestone in the push for greener aviation, as it produces its first report from testing a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
A father and daughter look in the mirror as they brush their teeth

Expansion of supervised toothbrushing in schools helping protect more children from poor oral health

Supervised toothbrushing in schools is making positive progress in a bid to overcome health inequalities in paediatric dental health
A man gambling on his smartphone

Sheffield researchers lead UK's biggest effort to tackle gambling-related harm

A major new national effort to tackle gambling-related harms and shape future policy, prevention and treatment across the UK is being led by researchers from the ±¬ÁÏTV.

Planetary bodies observed in habitable zone of dead star
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±¬ÁÏTV Tennis Club named best university tennis club in Yorkshire

±¬ÁÏTV Tennis Club has been awarded the Yorkshire University of the Year award at the LTA Tennis Awards 2022.
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New reports explore mayoral accountability and regional economic resilience

New reports exploring mayoral accountability and regional economic resilience show the UK government’s Levelling Up White Paper is only a start to reducing the stubborn regional inequalities that still plague communities in England today.
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Sheffield one of first recipients of Turing Network Development Awards

±¬ÁÏTV has been announced as one of the first recipients of a new award launched by The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence (AI).
A nurse apprentice preparing to administer an injection under supervision from their tutor

±¬ÁÏTV apprentices provide vital support to healthcare and industry

More people have achieved nursing apprenticeships at the ±¬ÁÏTV compared to the national average for England, according to figures released ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (7-13 February 2022).