Fingerprint breakthrough in breast cancer detection
A team of scientists from Sheffield Hallam University has successfully developed a pioneering non-invasive method for detecting breast cancer from fingerprints, with 98% accuracy
Industry experts to help transform doctoral supervision
The expertise of more than 100 supervisors from major industries including GSK, Unilever, the BBC, and the Royal Shakespeare Company, will support a £4.6 million project to transform guidance on doctoral work.
First-of-its-kind study shines a light on the ‘essential contribution’ of GP nurses
A new report from Sonnet Impact and Sheffield Hallam University has laid bare the unique contribution of general practice nurses (GPNs) and the importance of the profession under the NHS Long Term Plan.
Sheffield Hallam develops new methods to reduce use of animal testing in medical research
Researchers at Sheffield Hallam University are working to find alternate methods of conducting medical research that does not require live animals.
Sheffield Hallam University to support new £5m project to improve health and tackle inequalities in Wakefield
Sheffield Hallam University is a key research partner in a new £5m programme to gain more insight into why residents in Wakefield have poorer health than people living in other parts of the country.
Mental wellbeing and social connections of middle-aged men improved by parkruns
Taking part in parkrun has a positive impact on the mental wellbeing of middle-aged men and helps them to form new friendships, according to new research.
Parliament Select Committees set to hear from Hallam academics
MPs are set to hear from three Sheffield Hallam University academics tomorrow (1 Dec) as they give evidence to Select Committees on the impact Covid-19 has had on health technology and grass roots sport.
Study launched to explore impact of knife crime images on young people
The effects of knife images on young people are set to be examined as part of a new partnership project led by researchers at Sheffield Hallam.
Pandemic has ‘wiped out ten years’ progress in older industrial Britain’
Unemployment in older industrial Britain is now above the levels experienced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
Community ownership key to levelling up Britain’s high streets, according to new research
A new report from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University and Power to Change has shone a light on the need and opportunity for supporting communities to save ailing high streets and support the levelling up agenda.