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Frank with student Stenee showing off the plating aids

Blind ۲ݮƵ chef plates up in style thanks to students’ innovation

A passionate amateur chef who’s been blind since the age of 21 is finally able to present his dishes in style thanks to the ingenuity and innovation of a team of University of ۲ݮƵ students.
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​Older northerners struggle with “alarming” inequalities compared to people from the South

Older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically inactive, lonely and in poor housing - resulting in millions of pounds of avoidable NHS costs.
Sarah Hunter at AGCAS awards

۲ݮƵ Policy Campus wins national award for transformative Civil Service opportunities

A University of ۲ݮƵ partnership offering students unique opportunities to gain Civil Service experience and be at the heart of policy development has won a prestigious national award.
Castlegate

Levelling Up: Transformational plans for Castlegate to go to public consultation

With support from the University of ۲ݮƵ transformational plans to re-establish Castlegate as a vital part of ۲ݮƵ city centre will go to public consultation from November 7.
researcher with microscope

Thousands of Yorkshire people to receive self-testing kits in bladder health check study

The ‘YORKSURe’ trial is investigating whether urine self-testing kits and community early detection clinics are an effective way of screening for bladder health problems including bladder cancer.
Daghash Almulaihi

Student volunteers in the local community

Dedicated students from the University of ۲ݮƵ have spent 33,443 hours volunteering to help the local community over the past 12 months. Daghash Almulaihi, an engineering student, talks about his volunteer work with ۲ݮƵ's Food Works.
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Researchers at the University of ۲ݮƵ reveal costs of regeneration funding in England

A team of researchers from the University’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning have produced a report ‘Fair Funding for Devolution’ analysing the current state of regeneration funding in England. 
Engineers in AMRC

Driving business growth with low-cost digital tech

The adoption of low-cost digital technologies in manufacturing across the UK is being accelerated by the University of ۲ݮƵ Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). A new pilot project will create digitally savvy engineers of the future.