Wednesday 1 April, 6pm-9pm
Heartspace, level 2 Owen building
Join Culture Connect for an evening of African drumming. There will be performances, snacks and fun activities. This event is open to all students and is organised by Global Community, a Students’ Union society. Entry is £2 or free to society members.
* African drummers to be confirmed.
Member from Sudan
MSc Information Systems Security
‘When I joined Sheffield Hallam I decided I was going to manage my time carefully to balance between my course study and my extracurricular activities. I believed that the value of my UK experience will be much more than the degree. Since I arrived I’ve taken part of any available opportunity to develop skills such as leadership and communication. When I joined Conversation Club my goal was to enhance my confidence and abilities of meeting new people and making new friends. Conversation Club created the fun ice-breaking atmosphere in which I could make new friends, learn more about British culture and develop skills I never had the chance to develop in such fun activities before. It’s much more than just a networking event.
‘Studying an MSc degree in the computing field can be very stressful and I realised that if I don’t reset my brain engaging in fun activities, my academic performance would degrade. Firstly when I joined Conversation Club, being a new student, I wanted to make friends. I did indeed make friends in the activity; however, this activity did provide me with more than friends. It is one of those unique opportunities where I got to make new friends, have a great time while developing my soft skills such as teamwork, and learn about different cultures while meeting people from all over the world.
‘I highly recommend that all new students, especially those who come from abroad, join Conversation Club as soon as they arrive if they want to feel home. The organisers of Conversation Club are among the nicest and funniest people I have met – not only in Sheffield but in my life – and I’m sure Conversation Club will be one of the main moments I’m going to miss if I leave Sheffield.
‘I also joined the great Culture Connect scheme as a mentor. The strong relationship I developed with my mentee from China made this experience mutually rewarding. I used my experience to guide her and make her feel at home at Sheffield Hallam while I got the chance to learn from her experiences. And we benefited from the fact that we both come from amazingly different backgrounds. This opportunity helped me develop my communication skills and social confidence and awareness while making new great friends, learning about different cultures and having an unforgettable time.
‘I’m looking to become an IT entrepreneur in the near future. The extracurricular activities will shed some light in areas that the academic courses won’t address. I’ll meet people from different backgrounds and learn their experiences, adopt their problem solving skills and I’ll develop the soft skills required to tackle real-life challenges.
‘Conversation Club is much more than just a regular networking event. For me it is so important that I added it to my coursework schedule. It is a great opportunity through which I could have a great time, meet new great friends from all over the world, and learn about different cultures while developing necessary skills such as communication and teamwork. I can release the stress by taking some time away from studying, so I can return to it with more energy.’
The next Conversation Club is on Thursday 26 March at 5pm-7pm in Room D105, Collegiate Crescent.
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This year there were 50 events organised by students and staff across both campuses.
Watch videos from the week below:
On Sunday 8 March we celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). Observed since 1909 it was a global celebration of respect, appreciation and recognition of women, while continuing to call for greater equality.
Thousands of events occurred to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women and Sheffield Hallam University was an active participant.
Students and staff were nominated by colleagues shared their inspirational stories.
Watch Culture Connect mentee Hala Alnaji’s inspirational video below:
The term ‘bluestocking’ has been associated with intellectual thinkers throughout Europe for around 500 years. It can be traced back to the 15th century when intellectuals met in Venice and deliberately wore blue-coloured stockings.
In the 20th century the bluestocking was claimed by the Blue stockings Society and gained significance as a symbol of equality for women in higher education.
Following in the footsteps of the women’s rights movement, we wish to claim the bluestocking in celebration of our diversity, including our female, LGBT and black and minority ethnic staff and students.
We are currently recruiting new members for our ICE CLUB (Student Crew), these posts are open to all current students at Sheffield Hallam University and involve welcoming new students, leading a varied programme of social activities and promoting Go Global projects.
The jobs are advertised on SHU Space (under the careers and employment tab), you will need to submit your C.V and a covering letter before midday on Friday 27 March.
If you have any questions about the ICE CLUB please contact Andrew Bromley at a.bromley@shu.ac.uk
Best wishes,
Take a selfie with our booklet or at a SHU Fest event and you could win a prize!
Post or share your selfie at Facebook and Twitter #shufest
The Indonesian Society introduce the angklung – a traditional musical instrument made of bamboo. Each beautiful angklung has a unique sound or note and you will have a chance to play them. The instrument is known as one of the national identities of Indonesia as well as locally in West Java.
Download the full list of SHU Fest events at www.shu.ac.uk/shufest
A Sheffield Hallam University Press Release:
A weeklong celebration of dance, music, poetry and more is set to kick off on Monday to showcase the talent and diversity of the students and staff at Sheffield Hallam University.
SHU Fest is now in its fifth year and with 49 events planned, SHU Fest 2015 promises to be the biggest and the best yet.
An Omani fashion show, a Brazilian Carnival, Bollywood dancing and an Indonesian Angklung orchestra are just some of the exciting events on offer to the public from Monday until Sunday 8 March.
The festival kicks off with an Irish folk acoustic set by Emily Connor, president of the Students’ Union and her singing partner John Underhill. Meanwhile the Cocklebread Band of Sheffield Hallam staff will also quench the ears of folk and bluegrass fans.
A master class teaching people Portuguese in just 60 minutes and an Omani fashion show featuring the beautiful designs by student Hajar Alruzeigi takes place on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Indonesian students will cook up their favourite recipes from back home and will teach others how. While national league champion ballroom dancer Fides Matzdorf, of Sheffield Business School, and his partner Ramen Sen, will perform on Thursday.
SHU Fest will culminate with a colourful celebration of the Holi Festival — a traditional Indian festival which marks the coming of spring with people throwing clouds of rainbow coloured powder at each other.
Throughout the week prizes will be on offer for the most original selfies posted using the hashtag #SHUfest and the location of Saturday’s city day trip will be decided by a public vote.
Samantha Jane Logan, one of the organisers at International Student Support, said: ‘Sheffield Hallam University has an amazing range of student talent from around the world. SHU Fest is a fantastic opportunity for students to get involved in something extra alongside their studies, showcase their cultural traditions from home and abroad, and gain additional experience to make their CV’s stand out. SHU Fest is one of the many exciting SHU GoGlobal projects which aim to broaden our students’ horizons and foster a feeling of community amongst our 34,000 students.”
Now–Friday 26 June 2015
Share your experience of going global to inspire others and you could win an iPad mini.
The SHU GoGlobal blog competition is to create an online blog about your experience of internationalising while being a student at Sheffield Hallam University. Internationalising is the process of gaining an understanding of other cultures and developing a global outlook.
The brief is to create an online blog which records the best stories from your time at Sheffield Hallam or your study/work experience abroad and the impact the experience has had on you and your future.
You can read the competition rules at www.shu.ac.uk/global
