Tag Archives: 1 August 2016

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Suzhou College visits SHU

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The Department of Nursing and Midwifery and the Department of Allied Health Professionals hosted a two week visit of 11 students and five academics from Suzhou Health College, China. The students are currently undertaking a diploma in either nursing or rehabilitation studies at Suzhou Health College and are hoping to come to SHU in September 2018 to undertake a BSc (Hons) Health Studies in either nursing or rehabilitation. The visit provided the students with the opportunity to experience British culture, to experience Sheffield and SHU and also to experience different approaches to teaching. The students also delivered presentations on what they love about Sheffield.

The academics were also interested in observing different approaches to teaching but also to explore the differences and similarities between China and the UK’s healthcare provision. They had the opportunity to visit the Hallamshire and Rotherham hospitals, observe multidisciplinary team meetings and to visit a community centre.

This visit helped the students and staff from both sides to explore different ways of working, as well as for SHU staff to show our delegates from China what makes Sheffield so great! We are looking forward to welcoming our students in September 2018 to show them even more that SHU and Sheffield has to offer.

Words by Jackie Parkin

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Hong Kong students visit the Sheffield Business School

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In June 2016 SBS were delighted to host a group of 24 students and two staff from Hong Kong on a week-long study and cultural visit.

The students had just completed their Business Higher Diplomas with the Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) which is part of the Vocational Training Council (VTC) in Hong Kong. SBS has a ten year collaboration with SHAPE, also part of VTC, and many IVE students progress to SHU top up awards in Hong Kong.

The students enjoyed a mix of educational, professional, cultural activities as well as having free time to enjoy local food, shopping and make new friends.

They joined students in classes in SBS and met with current SBS students to discuss the differences in teaching and learning experiences. They visited Chatsworth House where a talk on Chatsworth as a business was provided. The students provided Instagram presentations on their final day to reflect on their visit, which was nicely rounded off with a  British favourite – fish and chips!

SHU hope to deliver more events such as this in future years to give this opportunity to more VTC students and strengthen our collaboration.

Words by Jayne Stocks

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Summer of fun for TARUC students

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TAR University College students joined us for three months this summer to study and experience Sheffield for the summer: find out what they did!

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by @mokjingru

As part of the dual award degree programme, we welcome students from TARUC every summer to study for a semester at Sheffield Hallam University, and this year was no exception with around 150 arriving!

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by @leeyaqin

For our ‘Summer of Fun’ event schedule, we put on a range of activities and trips to allow our students to experience Sheffield and the UK as much as possible. We had trips to York, Manchester United and the beautiful Peak District National Park, which is right on Sheffield’s doorstep.

If you’d like to see what our students have been up to, then we’ve been running an Instagram competition for them to post their adventures up and tag #shudualaward2016 so take a look and like your favourites!

 

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Botswana Accountancy College induction

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The 2016 School of Business & Leisure induction for first year students was held on the 13th and 14th June. This year there were 110 privately sponsored and 254 government sponsored students that have been accepted.

Ms Lorraine Koobokile
Ms Lorraine Koobokile – Head of Student Support and Welfare

Welcoming the students to the Botswana Accountancy College, the students were taken through what the institution stands for; what it wants to achieve; its missions and vision; its partnerships and what is expected for them to be students that represent the Botswana Accountancy College brand. To facilitate this, the registry department presented on issues pertaining to student allowances and briefed them on the registration process of the College. The students and welfare department advised students about campus life and the school’s learning environment.

The portfolio manager of SBL, Mr Aubrey Mbewe, took the students through basic information a student ought to know to carry them through each semester e.g. pass mark, fail and discontinue, reports and supplementary examinations etc. The students were given the semester timetable as classes were commencing the same week on the 15th June. On the second day, there was an orientation by the Library and ICT where the students were given information guidelines on how to access the College’s computers, internet, online resources and how to use the library. This day was also about familiarising the students with the campus facilities.

Words by Mpho Victoria Mokgosi