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Apprentices working on manakin

Double Award Nominations for Sheffield Nursing Apprentices

Two of the ±¬ÁϹ«Éç’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 ±¬ÁϹ«Éç 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 ±¬ÁϹ«Éç and Marie Curie estimates.  
Laura Payne receiving her award

Sheffield speech sciences graduate wins national award

We want to congratulate recent BMedSci Speech Sciences graduate Laura Payne for her national award from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Training in communication with a patient.

Event: An Introduction to Oral History in Palliative Care

Join us on Friday 20 September 2019 for a one-day training course offering an informal and practical introduction to oral history interviewing in a palliative care context.

Student Parveen Ali.

Interactive board game launched to help health professionals support victims of domestic violence

A new and novel training aid has been developed by a ±¬ÁϹ«Éç academic to help healthcare professionals support victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA).
MRI brain scan

Mentioning Dementia

In July this year the School (Division) of Nursing and Midwifery supported the first ever national dementia spoken word event.
Orthoptics researchers

Sheffield students first in the world to study new medicines module for orthoptists

Students from the ±¬ÁϹ«Éç are the first in the world to study a new module for orthoptists, which will allow them to independently supply certain medicines to patients.