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The Children's University event at Sheffield City Hall Ballroom

Universities launch South Yorkshire Children’s University partnership

1st December 2022 from University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University have launched a new partnership that will support the expansion of Children’s University in South Yorkshire, so that every child and young person in the region can be encouraged and rewarded for taking part in extra-curricular activities.

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Rotherham CU students at the ceremony

Rotherham children celebrate first Children’s University graduation at Gulliver’s Valley

28th June 2022 from Sheffield Hallam University

School pupils from Rotherham who take part in Children's University celebrated their commitment to extra-curriculuar learning at the first Rotherham Children's University graduation ceremony.

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Sheffield Children's University Students doing a hat toss

Funding secured to further expand South Yorkshire Children’s University

10th November 2021 from Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield Hallam has committed to funding the ongoing expansion of the Children's University across South Yorkshire to help raise aspirations and opportunities for more young people across the region

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Mayor funding for South Yorkshire Children’s University

1st May 2021 from unLTD

Sheffield City Region Mayor Dan Jarvis has announced he is supporting the expansion of the Children’s University across South Yorkshire. The Mayor has pledged £95,000 of his Mayoral Capacity Funding to support the expansion of the successful Sheffield Children’s University model across South Yorkshire. This will include the creation of…

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How Dan Jarvis uses his limited powers to improve Sheffield’s skills provision

28th May 2019 from Centre for Cities

Dan Jarvis celebrated his first anniversary as Sheffield City Region mayor earlier this month. Local political wranglings have left the mayoralty with fewer powers than his colleagues elsewhere in the country, which naturally has limited the impact he has had to date. But one interesting scheme he has used the…

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