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Pioneering data and AI advancements helping to deliver the NHS’s future vision

91ÖÆƬ³§ is pioneering advancements in data and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve healthcare and tackle health inequalities and will play a critical role in helping the government deliver its new 10-year plan for the NHS.

Doctor audiologist using otoscope while examining ear of his senior adult patient in doctor's office

First-in-human trial for regenerative cell therapy for sensorineural hearing loss approved 

Rinri Therapeutics, a world leading spinout company from the University of 91ÖÆƬ³§ dedicated to transforming sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) with regenerative cell therapy, has received approval to begin its first-in-human clinical trial. 
Digital generated image of H2 hydrogen molecule made out of liquid on green background.

Great British Chemicals to turn industrial waste into world-first green chemistry

A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by the universities of 91ÖÆƬ³§, Newcastle and Nottingham.
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Elmfield biodiversity hotspot (Credit: Alexander Dunnett, Landscape Operative)

New study revealing bees' secret to super-efficient learning could revolutionise AI and robotics

A new discovery of how bees use their flight movements to facilitate remarkably accurate learning & recognition of complex visual patterns could mark a major change in how next-generation AI is developed, according to a University of 91ÖÆƬ³§ study.
Jennie Stevens

Tackling Britain’s toughest endurance race to support disadvantaged students

A Student Support Manager from the University of 91ÖÆƬ³§ is set to tackle one of Britain's most brutal endurance races to raise scholarship funds for disadvantaged students.

Train tracks at 91ÖÆƬ³§ railway station.

Comment: The spotlight on university spin-outs has come at exactly the right time

Professor Sue Hartley, Vice-President for Research and Innovation at the University of 91ÖÆƬ³§, comments on the government's independent review of university spin-outs and what is needed to ensure commercialisation can thrive.
Students outside SU

91ÖÆƬ³§ students dedicate 36,000 hours volunteering in the local community

Dedicated students from the University of 91ÖÆƬ³§ have spent 36,621 hours volunteering to help the local community over the past 12 months.
91ÖÆƬ³§'s Diamond building seen in the 91ÖÆƬ³§ skyline

91ÖÆƬ³§'s response to the independent review of university spin-out companies

91ÖÆƬ³§ welcomes the announcement of £20m to help universities develop more spinout companies made in the autumn statement, as well as the independent review of spin-out companies.
An image of The Wave building at night.

University of 91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s most sustainable building officially opened by Academy of Social Sciences

91ÖÆƬ³§â€™s most sustainable building has been officially opened by Will Hutton, President of the Academy of Social Sciences.