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Culture Connect, Employability

Available on campus over the summer? Become a mentor to Pre-sessional English students!

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Join our on campus mentoring scheme as a mentor and get a certificate!

Summer Connect banner MENTORSummer Connect provides face-to-face group mentoring support for our Pre-sessional English students (PS15 and PS10), to help them to settle into life in Sheffield whilst they are on campus over the summer. The scheme runs from July to the end of August.

About the Pre-sessional English students

These students are here to improve their English before starting their degree course. As the University is quieter over the summer, these students may have limited opportunities to meet the wider student body and feel a sense of belonging. These students are often shy and reluctant to use university support services. We’ve developed a mentoring scheme to provide them with extra support.

Recruitment and selection

Mentees are automatically signed up as part of their Pre-sessional English course. We are hoping to recruit about 72 mentors (including 19 Super Mentors) to support them. Mentors must be available on campus at set dates and times, as scheme activities are scheduled as part of their course.

Induction and training

As part of the selection process, you must attend a face-to-face induction. We will tell you more about your specific role and responsibilities at these events.

Group matching

There are 19 Pre-sessional English class groups in total, with around 15 students per class. Staff will allocate 1 Super Mentor and 3 mentors to each class. To make mentoring groups, Super Mentors will randomly allocate 3-4 students to themselves, and to each mentor.

Mentoring sessions

Each mentee will receive 3 mentoring sessions in their mentoring groups. These will take place in university classrooms on a Friday afternoon, as part of the Pre-sessional English course. One of the sessions will include playing SHUoply, a fun team game which involves exploring the University and support services with a chance to win a prize.

At the end of the scheme, there will be a debrief where mentors and Super Mentors support mentees to apply for Culture Connect in a computer room.

The role of Super Mentors

Super Mentors are students who have been part of one of our mentoring schemes before and have extra responsibilities. As staff cannot be present at each mentoring session, Super Mentors will be responsible for providing you with supervision and guidance. After meeting with your mentoring groups, you will meet with your Super Mentor and reflect on how things went. Super Mentors will then feedback to staff later on.

Super Mentors will also be responsible for delivering a 30 minute presentation about a specific topic to their class group as instructed by the International Experience Team.

Overview of schedule

Once the scheme starts, you must be available at these dates/times. More details about the scheme will be announced at your induction:

  • Friday 14 July, 1.45-4pm – Mentoring session
  • Friday 21 July, 1.45-4pm – Mentoring session
  • Friday 28 July, 1.45-4pm – Mentoring session
  • Friday 4 August, 1.45-4pm – Mentoring session
  • Friday 11 August, 1.45-4pm – Conversation Club (optional to attend)
  • Friday 18 August, 1.45-4pm – Mentoring session
  • Friday 25 August, 1.45-4pm – Debrief

Feedback and celebration
Upon completion, you will fill out an evaluation form and get a certificate. You can add the experience to your CV and we are happy to provide job references upon request. By taking part in this scheme, you will also become eligible to apply for Hallam Award.

How to apply

Monday 19 June – 1-3pm – Induction. Book at https://unihub.shu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/450916/summer-connect-induction

Or

Wednesday 28 June – 2-4pm – Induction. Book at https://unihub.shu.ac.uk/students/events/detail/452759/summer-connect-induction

Employability

Special working in the UK after studies session – Tier 2 (General)

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At this time of the year, you are probably thinking about your plans for finding a job after completing your studies. The following announcement is important for international students who wish to stay in the UK after graduating and want to find out about work visa rules.

Special Working in the UK after studies – Tier 2 (General)

Date – 23 June
Time – 4–5.30pm
Where – Adsetts 6620

This is a special and unique event focused specifically on the Tier 2 (General) work visa rules. Tier 2 (General) is one of the most popular visa categories for international graduates who wish to work full time.

We will concentrate specifically on the Tier 2 visa rules and explain eligibility rules. We will cover topics such as salary thresholds and eligible jobs. There will also be a Q&A session. We will also have SHU international graduates who have successfully got Tier 2 work visas. They will share their tips and experiences. You will have the opportunity to ask them any questions you may have.

This promises to be a popular event so book your place now! Go to http://tinyurl.com/SHUTier2event23June

 

Social activities

Trip to Cambridge

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Join us for a trip to the beautiful city of Cambridge, home to the River Cam, punting and some of the most famous university buildings in the world!

Cambridge is a University city of old streets, ancient colleges and lovely bridges spanning the River Cam. There are historic and contemporary buildings to visit, world renowned museums, fantastic theatres and live music.

We’ll be going on Saturday 17 June from 8am – meet outside the main University entrance, City Campus. Tickets are non-refundable unless the trip is cancelled by the SHU GoGlobal Team. Buy your tickets from
http://tinyurl.com/Cambridge17June

Employability, Student stories

Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur profile – Yang Liu

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Sheffield Hallam University is proud to have endorsed Chinese graduate Yang Liu (Elena) in order to set up her own business in the UK after graduating.

Sheffield Hallam has a Tier 1 licence from the Home Office. The licence enables the University to endorse up to 10 international graduates per year to become self-employed after completing studies. Elena was one of the successful applicants to enter the University’s competitive application process, which is run by the Enterprise Team. After receiving the endorsement Elena successfully applied for a Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visa with the help of the International Experience Team. The visa allows her to be self-employed in the UK.

Elena founded Yang For Young Limited in March 2017. Yang For Young offers good quality and easy-to-use products to help young people with sensory impairments to gain more life skills.

Elena so impressed the judges from the UK Steel Enterprise Accelerator Programme that she won a prize of £10,000 to develop her business. We are confident that Elena will have a great future ahead of her!

If you are interested in following in the footsteps of Elena, contact our Enterprise team to find out about the application process. The Enterprise Team welcomes international students who are graduating from degree courses and interested in becoming entrepreneurs in the UK. Students can access free support from the Enterprise team, including free workshops and advice from professional business advisers. You don’t need to have previous business experience, but you do need to have the enthusiasm and skills to learn how to run your own business.

Enterprise Team
Telephone 0114 225 3131
Email enterprise@shu.ac.uk  

Social activities

Social climbing session

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Sheffield is famous for climbing, so why not get involved in a four-week course, with instructors on hand to help you every step of the way?

We will be holding these sessions at the Foundry Climbing Centre, which is a top class training facility and a fun and friendly environment for people new to the sport of climbing.

These sessions are free of charge, and the first will be on Wednesday 14 June at 5.30–7pm, then repeated on Wednesday 19 July.

Book your place in advance at the Hallam Active reception, level 1, Surrey Building.

Social activities

Free social cycling sessions this summer

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Bike

This summer, the Sheffield Hallam Students’ Union are helping to put on taster sports sessions, designed to get you active and experience Sheffield in new ways.

The first of these sessions is a social cycling event, giving you the opportunity to spend some time seeing the sights in the Peak District National Park – some of the most beautiful scenery you can find in the UK.

Collection of your bike and helmet is from the HUBS at 9.45am or 10am at Collegiate Campus and a coach will then take you to explore the Peaks. The sessions run on the following dates:

11 June and 25 June

Book your place in advance at the Hallam Active reception, level 1, Surrey building

Social activities

Visit to Weston Park Museum

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Join us for a 30-minute walk to Weston Park Museum, for some fantastic exhibits that tell the story of Sheffield, from prehistory to the present day place that you know and love.

It’s an award-winning museum which lets you discover the real story of Sheffield, from its geological roots to the people, politics and music that have helped to shape the modern city.

There are a whole host of permanent and temporary exhibitions from a whole range of ages and times in history.

This trip will be on Wednesday 10 June and entry is free. Meet our student crew at the main University entrance at 10am, to return at approximately 2pm.

Social activities

Weston Park May Fayre

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Weston Park is a fantastic public park in the heart of Sheffield, running alongside Weston Park Museum and Mappin Art Gallery.

You can take a stroll through the Weston Park May Fayre and see the Victorian bandstand in all its glory. Take a look through vintage wares, take a ride on the helter skelter and grab a bite to eat at this fantastic fayre.

It will be running on May 21 between 11am–5pm, see more details here.

Welcome

Welcome to the SHU GoGlobal blog!

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We’d like to warmly welcome all of our students to the SHU GoGlobal blog, whether you’re studying in Sheffield, or at one of our fantastic partnership institutions!

The International Experience Team will be on hand to update you with anything happening across our two campuses, as well as events and achievements from our friends in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Botswana and Malaysia! If you have anything that you’d like to see posted by us for our readers to see, then please do get in touch.

You can like our page on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or email us and we’ll see what we can do.

Thanks everyone!