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WorldSkills Industrial Electronics

WorldSkills UK Industrial Electronics Competition – National Qualifiers held at 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂ

The event was held here at the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield on 18 June 2025, with 14 students from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering competing across the day.
Frank with student Stenee showing off the plating aids

Blind Sheffield 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 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield students.
A close up of a CPU being placed on a circuit board

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield to help close semiconductor skills gap

A new skills programme that will supply a pipeline of talent to the UK’s semiconductor sector – key to its long-term success – has been launched with support from the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.
Hot Steel Moving Into Forging Machine

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield researchers to transform UK steel and manufacturing

Two major new research hubs that are set to revolutionise UK steel and digital manufacturing, have been launched with the help of researchers from the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.
COM researchers Phil McMinn and Owain Parry

Researchers find new hope through machine learning for dreaded ‘flaky test’

Researchers from the Department of Computer Science's Testing Research Group are working on innovative solutions to a problem that causes much frustration among software developers - flaky tests.
unPhone rolling off the production line

Innovative unPhone helps students learn and be creative

A locally manufactured device that looks similar to a mobile phone is offering a low-energy route for Computer Science students to learn and be creative.
Photo of the SunbYte team at the balloon launch in Sweden

Students launch new technology into space to observe the sun

Students from the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science have launched a solar telescope into the earth’s atmosphere to make observations of the sun.

Exterior image of the diamond, a large white and gold building with geometric shapes on the outside

Engineering at Sheffield subjects rank in top 10 in Guardian 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ Guide 2023

Engineering subjects at the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield have been ranked among some of the best in the UK in the Guardian 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ Guide 2023, published at the weekend (Saturday 24th September 2022).
Photo of Professor Jim Lister opening the UKCI 2022

UK Computational Intelligence Workshop hosted in Sheffield

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ this year hosted the UK Computational Intelligence Workshop, showcasing the latest research into neural networks, fuzzy systems and evolutionary computation.