Here is some information from the wider university service areas.
Do you need any help with maths?
The ACES Faculty will be running some ‘Maths Help’ drop-in sessions just before and during the resits in July.
They will take place in the Adsetts Centre, Level 5.
The dates are as follows:
Thursday 9 July, 10am-12pm
Friday 10 July, 10am-12pm
Tuesday 14 July, 10am-12pm
Thursday 16 July, 10am-12pm
Monday 20 July, 10am-12pm
Tuesday 21 July, 10am-12pm
From Monday 8th June – Friday 25th September (end of Freshers’ Week), Student Wellbeing will operate a reduced service for the summer as follows:
For more information see our What We Offer page.
Our learning centres run a range of skills workshops that are open to all Sheffield Hallam students to help you develop the skills you need for effective university study. There’s no need to book – just come along and join in.
The programme of academic skills workshops runs regularly at Adsetts and Collegiate learning centres.
The schedule for June 2015 workshops starts on Monday 8th and will include sessions on
For details of times and locations of the workshops, see the Academic skills workshops page on shuspace.
A programme of workshops on Referencing and RefWorks is also running through June 2015. For details see
At the beginning of July, Sheffield Hallam is changing the way students and staff borrow books from the library.
In preparation for this change, we need to make sure that our records are all as up to date as possible. This means that we need students and staff to return any overdue items to either the Adsetts or Collegiate Libraries as a matter of urgency.
Records show that we need 8,230 overdue books to be returned so that others can use them. To replace them, it would cost £228,064!
Therefore, to encourage you to return items, we’re having a fines amnesty – this means that if students return these items to us before Monday 1 June, any fines for items which are currently overdue will not be charged.
So there really has never been a better time to return your library books!
We are interested in how you cope with masters level study and in examining the personal characteristics that help you cope.
The knowledge generated will assist us to improve the student experience.
You are being asked to complete an anonymous online questionnaire which will take 15-20 minutes. Further details are given in the questionnaire. If you would like to take part, please access the link below:
https://shusls.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0ICQ9N6ntOs1BPL
If you know someone else on a UK Masters who is willing to take part too, please forward the link to them.
The study was approved by Sheffield Hallam University Research Ethics Committee and if you have any questions you can contact the following academics:
Dr Emma Kirkby-Geddes e.e.kirkby-geddes@shu.ac.uk
Professor Ann Macaskill a.macaskill@shu.ac.uk
Dr Lisa Reidy l.reidy@shu.ac.uk
Nightline is a student run organisation and all our volunteers are trained in dealing with a variety of issues that students want to talk about. We offer a phone call service which any students can phone and talk to one of our volunteers, we are a non-advisory service but do offer support to students in a variety cases and are there for students who just want someone to talk to.
Our service is open every night of the academic year from 8pm – 8am, we are also an information service for students who need to find information on something specific such as finding a doctor surgery, university related problems and so on. We make sure that all information given will assist the person who is calling. We also have an email service in which students who feel uncomfortable talking on the phone can email us with any issues and our volunteers will contact you within 48 hours.
As well as this we have an instant messenger service that is open from 8pm – 12am which again is for students who might feel uncomfortable talking on the phone, but this service leads to quicker replies. Again with all the services we offer all our volunteers are trained and confidential in the service we provide. Our ultimate aim is to provide all students with a service in which they feel supported and have someone to turn to when they need to.
The contact details for our services are as follows:
Phone call service: 0114 222 8787
Information service: 0114 222 8788
Email service: Nighline@sheffield.ac.uk
Instant Messenger service: Go to www.sheffieldnightline.co.uk and click on tab which says instant messenger service.
Between Tuesday 5 – Friday 15 May, Student Wellbeing are offering tips and hints to help students deal with stress over the exam period.
Here are the details:
Where: Outside Hallam Hall (Level 6 Owen) and Sports Hall (Level 0 Surrey).
When: Staff will be there an hour before the exams at 8.45am-9.30am and 1–2pm.
There’s also information on the Student Wellbeing blog under the Exam Stress tab.
You may find these ‘coping with exam stress‘ resources useful too:
For all our students from Nepal – in the aftermath of the earthquake we want to make sure that you are aware of the support available for you at this time.
We are very saddened by the devastation caused and do appreciate that this is a very difficult time for you. We hope you have been able to make contact with your family and friends, and that they are fine.
Please feel free to come and see one of our advisers in case there is anything at all we can help with. Our advisers have appointments available everyday (you can book by calling 0114 225 3813 or email internationalsupport@shu.ac.uk) and are also available for daily drop in 11am – 12 noon.
Please do not hesitate, we are here to help in any way we can.
International Student Support
Exams are coming up in May and this can be a worrying and demanding time for many students. But there’s no need to panic; get your preparation right and use the right tools and resources and you’ll be on the right track.
We like this exam hints and tips article from the Independent. There’s lots of great tips here about organising and looking after yourself in the run up to the exam period.
You should also think about eating healthily to carry you through your exams. Healthy eating doesn’t have to mean lengthy preparation and you can get some great and quick ideas from the Beyond Baked Beans student food website. Some of our members of staff also have some suggestions for cheap, easy to prepare food now that it’s starting to get warmer outside.
It might also be useful to you to know what tools and resources are available to help you with your exam preparation:
You might find the Library Gateway useful. This online resource brings together all the different search tools you might need to find your way round the physical and electronic collections in the SHU library and you can find it at: http://library.shu.ac.uk
You can also access subject guides which introduce students to the books, journal articles and news items relevant to their subject area. You’ll find this at: http://library.shu.ac.uk/subjectguides.html
Another service offered through the learning centres are the drop-in study support sessions. If you’ve got a question about an assignment you’re working on or you want to have a draft of an assignment looked at, these weekly one-to-one sessions with a study support tutor are designed for just that. Look on shuspace here for more details.
Throughout April you may also be interested in attending an academic skills workshop as these cover a variety of study-related topics. A particularly useful session at this time of the year is the Get ready for exams session which will provide you with planning and revision tips.
As a student at SHU you are also automatically enrolled on the new Blackboard organisation Academic skills resources (2014/15) which includes My Study Skills: the toolkit.
The Academic skills resources Blackboard organisation contains
Please note, the first time you go to skills4studycampus you have to register – this is to set up your personal account so that you can see your progress, go back to where you left off and add notes in ‘my journal’.
Finally, in terms of your wellbeing, you may find this ‘Ten things you can do to look after yourself’ leaflet useful as basis for improving your physical and mental health. The Student Wellbeing Service can offer you lots of support around dealing with stress too. They have self-help resources available and can also see you in a one-to-one or a group setting. There are also the final group sessions of the year which you can attend on areas such as mindfulness and assertiveness skills.
We hope this is useful for you and will help you to feel prepared as we move towards the January exams. If you have any particular worries or concerns about exams, please feel free to come and speak to your Student Support Officer via your faculty helpdesk or an Advice and Information Adviser at one of our drop-in sessions. These run Monday to Friday at both City and Collegiate campuses.
And remember, stay calm and start preparing!
…then come to the Love Food Hate Waste workshop!
The Love Food Hate Waste campaign tells us that: “Food waste is a major issue. We throw away 7 million tonnes of food and drink from our homes every year, the majority of which could have been eaten. It’s costing us £12.5bn a year and is bad for the environment too.”
So, if you or anyone you know wants to:
…then please come along to the free workshop on Tuesday 12 May in Cantor 9016 between 10am and 1.15pm. Places are limited, so book your place on the session. Please email Marion Homer on ailsa.guard@wrap.org.uk if you’d like to attend the session and put ‘Sheffield Hallam 12th May’ in the title.
