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KE Awards 2025

Knowledge Exchange and Impact Award winners announced

The University's second annual Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards honoured colleagues for their exceptional achievements and the far-reaching impact of their collaborations with partners at local, national and international levels.
Winning student team with certificates

Engineering student team wins People’s Prize in global design competition

Two student teams from the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ's Global Engineering Challenge (GEC) programme represented the faculty at the Engineering for People Design Challenge 2024/25.
Digital generated image of H2 hydrogen molecule made out of liquid on green background.

Great British Chemicals to turn industrial waste into world-first green chemistry

A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by the universities of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ, Newcastle and Nottingham.
Students from Project SunRide stood with a representative from their sponsor - Labman Automation
Students from Project Sunride who are representing the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ in Race2Space, with their sponsor Labman Automation. Credit: Project Sunride.

UK’s future space scientists take off in world’s largest rocket firing competition finale

Some of the UK’s brightest young engineers have gathered at the historic site of Britain’s Cold War rocket programme for the climax of the world’s biggest student rocket firing competition (25 June - 11 July).
Students walking towards a building on Penn State's campus with lots of green spaces and trees around them

University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ expands research partnership with Penn State

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ and Pennsylvania State University have agreed to expand their research partnership which will drive their joint research and innovation in more areas such as energy, materials science, semiconductors and sustainability
Tuck Seng Wong stood outside the Sir Frederick Mappin building

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ to lead £7.6 million UK-South East Asia Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub

A new vaccine manufacturing hub designed to address current and future pandemics/epidemics in South East Asia is to be led by University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ researchers.
A person interacting with a chatbot on their laptop

Security threats in AIs such as ChatGPT revealed by researchers

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT can be tricked into producing malicious code, which could be used to launch cyber attacks, according to research from the University of ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ.
Engineering Heartspace building entrance

Engineering ranked in the Top 100 in the 2024 Times Higher World Subject Rankings.

The Faculty of Engineering is recognised as a top university in today’s (26 October 2023) announcement by the Times Higher World Subject Rankings.

Digital Health Hub

South Yorkshire leads the UK’s digital healthcare revolution

An ambitious new digital healthcare hub in South Yorkshire is set to lead the UK’s digital health revolution and address inequalities in patient care.