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Double Award Nominations for ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Nursing Apprentices

Two of the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ’s health apprentices have been recognised this month, with double nominations in the 2025 South Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards Health and Public Services Apprentice category.
A photo of AMRC Training Centre apprentice Ian Pengkerego, Ian is seated and is looking off camera to the viewer's left.
Ian Pengkerego

High standard of apprenticeships lead to success for University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ students

Apprenticeships are pivotal in helping to close the national skills gap in healthcare and advanced manufacturing industries, offering an accessible pathway to rewarding careers.
An elderly couple holding hands.

Up to 15 per cent of end of life carers living in poverty, report finds

Up to 762,000 people across the UK are providing unpaid care for someone living with a terminal illness every year, a report from the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ and Marie Curie estimates.  
Samuel Fox House from the outside.

Mixed-Realities Play Kit

Led by Leeds based company Dubit, the project - Mixed-Realities Play Kit to Prepare Children Aged 4-10 for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - brings together expertise from the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, the Royal College of Art, Glasgow School of Art and ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Orthoptics researchers

BMA Patient Information Awards 2018

We were proud that the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Nystagmus Information Pack was ‘highly commended’ in the BMA Patient Information Awards 2018.
Human Communication Sciences building with welcome sign.

HCS PhD students have an intensive two days of research activities

PhD students from Human Communication Sciences had an intensive two days of research activity as they held their annual series of PhD conference events on 2nd and 3rd July 2018.
Two elephants cuddling with trunks.

Bridging the gap between human and animal communication

A recent paper by Professor Ray Wilkinson from HCS and colleagues from the University York and Max Planck Institutes in Germany and the Netherlands has received wide coverage in the media.
Orthoptics researchers

Advancing Healthcare Awards Shortlist 2018

Congratulations to Dr Helen Griffiths and Fatima Ali Ahmed who have reached the finals of the AHA awards UK 2018.