By Rachel Measures, Masters in PR. University is strange in that you’re so busy from September until July. But then all of a sudden there are no lectures, no meetings, not even assignments and then… a lot of time to fill. Whether you’ve gone back home or stayed in Sheffield, it can be a really…
By Rachel Measures, Masters in PR. Many of you are leaving for a few weeks or months over the summer now that your courses have finished. At this time, it’s not surprising to say that student houses can be easy targets for crime, especially when they can be left empty for a while between university ending…
By Chandni, interior architecture student. I am currently on my placement year working as a trainee architect at the Leisure Expert Group in Amsterdam. The company designs theme parks, festivals, movie parks and other leisure experiences. However at the start of the year I was working for Sara Folch in Barcelona. Why I changed my…
By James Cantrill, BA (Hons) Journalism. Struggling with the all the stress of uni? Is the amount of work you have getting you down? Are you anxious that you haven’t got enough money to get you by? Well, sometimes you might not find what you are looking for in the pub, at the bottom of…
By Jess Brown, BA (Hons) Graphic Design and Illustration. Trigger warning: This blog contains possible triggers for people with mental health issues, suicidal feelings, and borderline personality disorder. I don’t know who first said that life was like a kaleidoscope but whoever it was was on the ball. Maybe it was the person who invented…
By Laura Dowson, BA (Hons) Illustration, 2nd year. So you’ve heard that you have to drink and party 24/7 to fulfil a typical university lifestyle. (Yawn.) You are wrong. Shock – but some people actually don’t like to drink. It could be for a medical reason, you could suffer from horrific hangovers (me) or it might…
By Hannah Parker, BA (Hons) Business and Enterprise Management. Interested in getting even more out of your course? Then read about how I have been helping to run a course-led society this year at Hallam. When starting my second year, I was approached by my course leader asking if I’d be interested in being part of…
By Paul Besley, BA (Hons) Creative Writing, second year. You may have noticed big changes recently as you walk through the main door of Owen at City Campus. To your left is the new Hallam Help point. This along with the ten other Hallam Help points dotted around both the City and Collegiate campuses has…
By Laura Dowson, BA (Hons) Illustration, 2nd year. What is it? The SHU Career Mentoring Programme is an AMAZING opportunity that pairs students with a professional who is experienced in the subject they study. The relationship is a partnership that focuses on the personal development of the student. What’s in it for me? What ISN’T in…
By Jess Brown, BA (Hons) Graphic Design and Illustration, 2nd year. You know the big old post office down the road from Owen building? A lot of you may not know this, but that’s where us freaky deaky art kids hang out and do our courses. It’s strange because just up the road is the…