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Looking back: a 26 year career in orthoptics

For World Orthoptic Day we sat down with Advanced Specialist Practitioner and Sheffield alumna, Cath Williamson, to talk about her 26-year career journey in orthoptics.

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Double Award Nominations for Sheffield Nursing Apprentices

Two of the University of Sheffield’s health apprentices have been recognised this month, with double nominations in the 2025 South Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards Health and Public Services Apprentice category.
Patients as Educators

Blog: Making patient’s voices heard – what is the Patients as Educators Programme?

Developed in 2004, our 'Patients as Educators' programme gives students working towards a health profession as much opportunity as possible to learn from a real patient setting.
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End of life carers should have six months paid leave, say experts

People who look after loved ones nearing the end of their lives should be entitled to up to six months paid time off work and safeguards for their job so they can return to work, according to academics from the University of Sheffield’s Health Sciences School.
Laura Payne receiving her award

Sheffield speech sciences graduate wins national award

We want to congratulate recent BMedSci Speech Sciences graduate Laura Payne for her national award from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Training in communication with a patient.

Event: An Introduction to Oral History in Palliative Care

Join us on Friday 20 September 2019 for a one-day training course offering an informal and practical introduction to oral history interviewing in a palliative care context.

Student Parveen Ali.

Interactive board game launched to help health professionals support victims of domestic violence

A new and novel training aid has been developed by a University of Sheffield academic to help healthcare professionals support victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA).