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Network to drive harmonisation in sustainability assessment awarded funding

The LCA Regulatory Science & Innovation Network (LCA-RSIN) has been awarded over £400,000 in Innovate UK funding, to build on a successful Discovery phase and implement the network.

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º£½ÇÉçÇø to co-lead £5m hub to support national nuclear waste strategy

The next generation of experts needed to safely and securely manage the UK’s legacy nuclear materials will be trained by The Universities of Manchester and Sheffield.
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º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield leads the UK in engineering research income and investment

º£½ÇÉçÇø leads the UK in engineering research income and investment, according to the latest figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
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º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield strengthens partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)

Professor Koen Lamberts, President and Vice-Chancellor of the º£½ÇÉçÇø of Sheffield, led a senior delegation, including representatives from engineering, to IIT Bombay last month.
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Celebrating exceptional achievements at the inaugural Placement Year Awards 2024

Engineering students from Aerospace, EEE & Computer Science won at the recent º£½ÇÉçÇø Placement Awards, winning the Celebrating Resilience and Engineering Placement Student of the Year awards, and placing Highly Commended in 3 other categories
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Call to government to develop a cross-sector UK materials strategy

Professor Joan Cordiner, on behalf of the Royal Academy of Engineering, has signed a joint letter calling on the government to develop a joined-up, cross-sector strategy for using and managing materials in the UK.
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Revolutionising Motor Control: A New Era of PEMD Training

The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has celebrated a significant milestone in our project 'Practical PEMD for All', an initiative funded by Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation.
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Computer Science Lecturer Recognised as ELLIS Scholar

Dr. Chen (Cherise) Chen has been recently elected an ELLIS Scholar in the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) under the Robust Machine Learning program.
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Success at the IChemE Global Awards

At this year’s IChemE Global Awards, we had six finalists and proudly returned with two prize winners and one highly commended project.