If you could turn back time (in the words of Cher), what would your dream prom look like? Would it be Masquerade Ball, A Carnival based upon the famous sites in Rio or a Dance through the Decades. These were just some of the ideas submitted in our SHU School Prom Competition. With the chance … Continue reading SHU School Prom Competition
“Have SHU Got Talent?”
This Thursday and Friday the Sheffield Hallam University Outreach team will be taking over the Winter Gardens with a variety of exciting, interactive and free activities for children over half-term and is asking them: 'Have SHU got talent?' Activities include mask making, creative writing, costume design, imaginative play and puppet theatre and will provide a great … Continue reading “Have SHU Got Talent?”
Affinity Project
At Sheffield Hallam University we pride ourselves on ensuring we put students first, whether that’s our Undergraduate and Postgraduate student body, primary school pupils attending community events or school and college students thinking about applying to university. Within our Team we advise and support young adults through some really significant and sometimes tricky periods of … Continue reading Affinity Project
Helping students progress into higher education
One of the key programmes that the Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) Widening Participation and Outreach Team deliver is SHU Progress, a scheme which helps students whose personal circumstances might mean that they face barriers to going to university. SHU Progress (previously called The Compact Scheme) offers applicants to SHU additional support in the year of … Continue reading Helping students progress into higher education
Getting Ready for the Prom
Following the amazing success of our Prom Competition last year, we were over the moon to secure the project for a second time. This event brings school students together to pool their creative and collaboration skills to make and submit a 2 minute video detailing their dream prom which is then judged by an expert panel of events … Continue reading Getting Ready for the Prom
SHU Outreach to bring a spark of excitement to the Moor this half term
On Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd November, the Sheffield Hallam University Outreach team will build on our previous community engagement successes by heading to the Moor Market to hold two days of activities, where young people aged 5 - 13 can get crafty with bonfire themed art and crafts, take part in brain teasing word … Continue reading SHU Outreach to bring a spark of excitement to the Moor this half term
Goodbye summer, hello autumn
So what are the signs? Be it the falling leaves, getting your overcoat out of the wardrobe or just trying to remember which weekend the clocks change, the autumn is now upon us. For the School and College Engagement Team, this always means we are about to kick off another year of inspiring learners from … Continue reading Goodbye summer, hello autumn
Dream Bigger – the Family Fun Day
It's been a week since the Family Fun Day and I still feel like I'm recovering - although as this was my last event before going on maternity leave next week, maybe I shouldn't be surprised! The event was the first of its kind for the university and was created as part of our larger … Continue reading Dream Bigger – the Family Fun Day
Words of advice from our Parent Ambassadors
Within the Admissions and UK Student Recruitment team here at Hallam we have 9 Parent Ambassadors that support various widening participation, outreach and recruitment activities and events. They offer a completely different perspective on what university is like, and what parents & guardians might expect when their children fly the nest. We've asked them to … Continue reading Words of advice from our Parent Ambassadors
A placement student’s perspective..
As we approach the end of summer term there's little let up in the amount of activity we've been delivering to schools and colleges across the region and we've been really pleased to give a year 10 student from Ecclesfield School the chance to be part of our team for a couple of weeks. Here's their post … Continue reading A placement student’s perspective..