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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.
Cloud Conference

Cloud Conference brings current research to a nation in lockdown

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted learning and research activities at universities worldwide, but materials engineers are leading the way to share the latest research developments in radioactive waste management through an online conference.
Genome sequencing

Sheffield scientists leading the fight against coronavirus join national consortium to map the outbreak

Scientists and clinicians from the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield, including our Department of Computer Science, and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have joined a UK consortium to map how COVID-19 (coronavirus) spreads and behaves.
A group photo showing members of the spent fuel research team

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield engineer wins at the Inspirational Women of Sheffield Awards

An academic from the Faculty of Engineering has won the ‘Pam Liversidge OBE Award for Engineering’ at the 2020 Inspirational Women of Sheffield Awards hosted by the Sheffield Star.

Skys the limit

Smash the barriers to your dream job in construction, Dame Julie tells schoolgirls

Rotherham’s best-known businesswoman Dame Julie Kenny CBE has urged schoolgirls not to let sexism stand in their career path.
Professor Joan Cordiner
Professor Joan Cordiner

Prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh fellowship for Sheffield Engineering professor