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Sheffield Launches Powerful New Alliance to Transform Adult Social Care

Excitement is building across Sheffield as a ground-breaking initiative takes shape to reshape the landscape of adult social care.

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram stood in front of a brick wall

Head North - Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram at Festival of Debate

Join Andy and Steve in conversation with Professor Beth Perry from the Urban Institute, as they outline how we can spread political and economic power throughout the UK and push forward for a fairer future.
Dr Sabine Little stood with a group of children looking at the camera in a school setting at one of her previous Storytelling events.
Dr Sabine Little at a storytelling event with local school students. Credit: Ross Jarman

Sheffield declared a UK City of Languages

Sheffield is the latest city nationally to be declared a ‘City of Languages’, in a new initiative aimed at promoting and helping the city’s multilingualism to flourish.
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New research reveals billions made by companies involved in UK border security

New research from a team of leading UK universities has revealed that over £5 billion in government contracts has been awarded to private companies for managing border security and small boat crossings.
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Recent research review suggests that action is needed to ensure future workers have problem-solving and critical thinking skills

Professor Andy Dickerson and Professor Steve McIntosh are part of the project team working with employers, policy makers, and education leaders to address pressing issues about education, skills and work.
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Congratulations to our two new leading social scientists on being admitted as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Professor Richard Murphy, from Sheffield º£½ÇÉçÇø Management School, and Professor Jenny Pickerill, from the Department of Geography, have been announced as Fellows.
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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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Crook Public Service Fellowship Reports

As the UK Government prepares to announce its policy intentions in the key areas of devolution and the levelling up agenda, two new reports seek to highlight pressing challenges to policymakers looking to reduce regional inequalities within England.

First look at the new Faculty of Social Sciences building

An architectural video showing the exterior and interior of the new Faculty of Social Sciences Building