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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is the biggest Chinese festival of the year, and we at GoGlobal love to celebrate it with our students!

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Students sampling some traditional Chinese food!

As it’s based on the lunar calendar, the date changes each year, falling in either January or February to correspond to the black or new moon. As we move into the year of the monkey, we thought it’d be a great idea to highlight the fantastic event that our students put on to mark the start of the new year!

A celebration event was set up and organised by event management students from the Sheffield Business School and our own International Experience Team; the event included delicious traditional food, craft and cultural demonstrations, as well as a chance to learn about how Chinese New Year is celebrated. It was a fantastic success and meant that all students could join in and see in the new year.

For more images, check out this album from Sheffield Hallam on Facebook.

Happy new year to all of our Chinese students 🙂

SHU Fest is coming!

SHU Fest, our massive week-long festival packed with fun and exciting events showcasing the talent and diversity of our students and staff, is almost upon us.

We now have a schedule of events, which can be found here so make sure you know where you need to be and when! We will be posting our highlights of this year’s festival as well as ones to look out for in upcoming newsletter, so until then, have a look at what you fancy and check last year’s videos out:

 

Student Volunteering Week

Student Volunteering Week takes place between the 22nd and 28th February 2016. Sheffield Hallam Students’ Union Volunteering have organised a range of opportunities to get our students out in the community as well as some exciting activities to celebrate the great year they’ve had so far!

They’re aiming to get our students putting in 300 hours of volunteering across the week – can you help them reach their target?

Check out their full schedule of events for the week: here.

Outlines Festival – Discounted Student Tickets

Outlines is a brand new, one-day festival dreamed up by the brains behind Tramlines to add a dose of winter festival fun to some of Sheffield’s best venues.

Expect a genre-spanning mix of established names and breaking talent, as artists take to the stage at venues including The Harley, Queens Social Club, Plug, O2 Academy and Skate Central’s roller rink, where the shows come complete with skates. 2016’s lineup will feature UK hip-hop pioneer Roots Manuva, post-punk icons Gang of Four, electronic pop upstart Shura and BBC Sound of 2016 longlister Loyle Carner.

Sheffield Hallam students can get tickets for £14 (normally £25). Just enter your University email address when buying your ticket.

Get your ticket

Work While You Study Fair

Coming up is the fantastic Work While You Study Fair from the Careers team!

If you fancy earning some extra cash while you study, getting some vital experience to get you ahead of the pack and meeting some top employers then this is the event for you.

Every year the fair helps students get in contact with employers looking for motivated and enthusiastic  people like you: what opportunities will you find? Only one way to find out!

The fair will be held in the Careers and Employability Centre (just outside the main entrance to the Owen building) on February 24. Check out the Careers Central site on shuspace for more details.

 

Trip to Cambridge, Newcastle or Nottingham – you choose!

The power in in your hands for this SHU Fest event!

To wrap up SHU Fest we invite you to vote for a day trip to one of the above cities, all of which are known for culture and diversity in the UK.  All three of the cities offer lots of fun and interesting things to do, and help to give you a sense of England’s history.

Please vote for your favourite place by 5pm on Wednesday 24 February. To vote, visit go.shu.ac.uk/shufestvote

The winning location and price will be confirmed after voting closes on the SHU GoGlobal Facebook page. Tickets will be available from the Student Services Centre, level 5 Owen Building.

Check out the rest of the SHU Fest schedule here.

New Non-credit Academic Courses – now open!

The TESOL Centre is running two new non-credit courses for international students:

  • Writing your master’s thesis

This course is for international students who are currently writing or about to start writing their master’s dissertations. Sessions will cover, for example, structuring the text, writing abstracts and introductions, reviewing the literature, and making claims.

  • Writing your undergraduate assignments

This course is designed for undergraduate international students who would like to improve their written assignments and exams.

Sessions will include, for example, how to use an assignment question or topic to frame your answer, how to structure different types of assignment (essays, reports, case studies) and the language of different text types.

Courses start Monday 29th Feb and run for 5 weeks.

Day Activity Time Room
Mon, Feb. 29th Writing your master’s dissertation 16:00-17:30 Both classes will be in the classroom on the bridge in the Adsetts Centre.
Wed. Mar. 2nd Writing your undergraduate assignments 16:00-17:30

Important! You must sign up in advance for these courses:

To sign up for “Writing your master’s dissertation”
Email Lisa McGrath:
L.McGrath@shu.ac.uk

To sign up for “Writing your Bachelor’s assignments”
Email Brett Clifton: B.Clifton@shu.ac.uk

Scam targeting international students

We have been made aware that international students are being approached by an individual claiming to be SHU lecturer who has lost their purse and has no money for the train ticket home. International students are asked to give money with the promise it will be repaid the next day.

This is a SCAM. Please do not give money to such individuals, if you are approached then please do not give the individual any money or personal details (passport numbers etc.). The incidents have already been reported to the police, but if this has happened to you – please contact Hallam Union Advice Centre (advicecentre@shu.ac.uk or call 0114 225 4148) as a matter of urgency.

If you have any concerns, please feel free to call us on: 0114 225 3813 or email: internationalexperience@shu.ac.uk

The Bridge – a brand new skills hub

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If you’ve ever needed some skills support, then your luck is in: they’re now all in one handy, easy to find place! The Bridge is above Adsetts Library cafe, and from 25th January 2016 it’s where you can find Academic Skills, the University English Scheme and Maths and Stats Help.

Bringing these services together should enable you to find more easily the advice you need – when you need it.

For more details on what workshops are available, and the  schedule of events coming up, check their page here: https://students.shu.ac.uk/shuspacecontent/support_for_learning/get-help-academic-work

There are also some great online resources available to help if you’re not in university: http://libguides.shu.ac.uk/skills

SBS Graduation Ball

The mystery of the night: it’s the Sheffield Business School Masquerade Graduation Ball!

The ball will be held on Sunday 29th May 2016 at Magna, Sheffield… once one of the biggest steelworks in the world! Expect a night like no other with amazing productions and special effects with special performances from Live Bands, DJ’s, fire breathers, stilt-walkers and much more! Tickets are at £45.00 and will go on sale on at Stoddart Deli.

Transport!

There will be transport to and from the venue. This will be £5 and will have pick-ups from the following locations: Sheffield Hallam University City Campus, Sheffield Hallam University Collegiate Campus and Sheffield United Football Ground. These can be bought when buying your ticket so make sure there is £50 on your SHU Card!

Details about the event can be found in the poster below or at www.tinyurl.com/SBSGraduation2016

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