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Congratulations to alumni recognised in the King's Birthday Honours List 2025

As part of the official celebrations for the monarch's birthday, another impressive cohort of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ graduates, honorary graduates and staff members have been recognised for outstanding service to the UK and the wider world.
Dr Malcolm Butler, VP and Director of Global Engagement, taking photo with ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ alumni.

Miles apart, yet always connected to ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ

As an international ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ graduate, you’re never far from a fellow ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵer. Leaving the Steel City doesn’t mean losing touch. Our global events will help you stay connected, grow your network, and keep up with the latest from your University.
Tim Adams presenting the 2024/25 ESPS Awards event

Congratulations to the Elite Sport Performance Scheme class of 2024/25

Talented student athletes received their awards through this year’s Elite Sport Performance Scheme, at a ceremony also attended by an international football coach and a gold medal-winning Olympian.
Architect's rendering of proposed new SITraN sister facility
Architect's rendering of proposed new SITraN sister facility. Credit: Bond Bryan Architects

Garfield Weston grant backs SITraN expansion

A newly made grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation has added to multiple other donations and fundraising drives, meaning planned expansion work can now go ahead at the world-leading ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Institute of Translational Neuroscience.
Students waiting at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ railway station to set off for City Connections

Building City Connections thanks to ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Alumni

On Wednesday 2 May 2018 we took 30 current Arts & Humanities students from widening participation backgrounds to London to visit alumni businesses and network with alumni. The event in London, along with two workshops in ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, aims to raise the confidence and aspirations of students, develop their commercial awareness, and introduce them to a network that they may not otherwise have access to.
Chemistry alumna Helen Sharman

2018 New Year honours for outstanding contributions to science and health

Alumni and staff from the University of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ have been recognised by Her Majesty The Queen in the New Year honours.
Alumnus Thomas Gill behind the bar at The Closed Shop pub

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ alumni brewing up success

Two ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ alumni who have turned their passion for ale into a career have now also saved a well-loved pub, just up the road from the University.
Alumnus Dr Lu Gang

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ alumnus in China recognised for entrepreneurship

We are delighted to congratulate alumnus Dr Lu Gang (MScEng Data Communication 2002, PhD Computer Science 2008) who has been awarded the British Council’s 2017 Entrepreneurial Alumni Award in China.
Lady Justice Rafferty and John Hopkins

Celebrating a ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Law alumna

Just before the 10th annual Edward Bramley lecture was delivered by our Chancellor, The Rt Hon Lady Justice Anne Rafferty, DBE (herself a law alumna from 1971) we were able to remember and celebrate Edris Irene Hopkins, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ’s first female barrister and a pioneering figure in the University’s history.