SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

Sheffield Hallam University is one of the UK’s largest and most diverse universities: a community of around 37,000 students, 4,500 staff and 295,000 alumni around the globe.

We are an award-winning university, receiving Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for outstanding support for student success and progression.

We provide our students with a curriculum designed for collaboration and cross-disciplinary learning. Courses are designed with industry experts, embedding work experience opportunities, digital skills pathways, and placement years.

We are home to the National Centre of Excellence for Degree Apprenticeships and the UK’s second largest provider of higher and degree apprenticeships. We support close to 3,000 degree apprentices and work with over 700 employer partners to enable university learning in the workplace and address the higher-level skills gap.

We won the Apprenticeship Award at the Educate North Awards 2024, in recognition of our work to develop apprenticeships and to provide more and better opportunities to learners of all ages across the region.

Our research and innovation work is characterised by a focus on real-world impact. Working across disciplines in world-class facilities, our academics tackle challenges facing society today.

We have an international reputation in areas such as materials science, art and design, sports science and engineering, biomedicine, and economic and social research.

We bring together academic knowledge with real-world skills, shaping the workforce of the future.

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Overview of facilities and qualifications

We are creating a South Yorkshire Institute of Technology space in our flagship campus development in Sheffield City Centre.

Across a dedicated floor within a brand-new zero-carbon-ready building, learners will benefit from the latest equipment being used by industry, including:

• high-resolution scanning facilities
• wearable sensors
• drone technology
• robotics
• interactive studio space

A large cutting-edge immersive suite will be created in the space, using new AR and VR equipment to replicate real-world, work-based scenarios in the classroom. This will combine interactive 3D graphics and audio to provide a creative multi-sensory learning space appropriate for use across a range of disciplines.

Sheffield Hallam University courses span disciplines in Computing and Construction, Creative and Digital, Engineering and Health. This includes some of our most innovative degree apprenticeships including Creative Digital Design Professional, Digital User Experience (UX) Professional and Packaging Professional. It also includes undergraduate courses in Games Design and Media Production.

CASE STUDY

Leon is a first-year Diagnostic Radiography apprentice at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. He is currently studying a BSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography higher and degree apprenticeship course at Sheffield Hallam University, a partner of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology.

“My lecturers are great and they make learning enjoyable. The course supports me to develop my previous skill set aided with the knowledge that is taught at a higher level qualification.

“Sheffield Hallam has a great support system in place. Having dyslexia can be daunting at times, but the support has been amazing.

“I’m the first within my imaging department to be accepted onto an apprenticeship. I have helped support the Trust and employees within the organisation.

“My day-to-day role involves conducting exposure quality assurance on x-ray machines, supporting x-ray examinations, and aiding radiographers and fellow students. I ensure all images are checked and forms are analysed before I conduct an x-ray.

“The role also involves general housekeeping, meeting and greeting patients, maintaining professionalism, and being respectful at all times. Currently, I have been able to shadow in other imaging departments like CT, MRI, and Ultrasound.

“I can apply the knowledge and technical terms I have learned with confidence when describing pathologies seen on x-ray images when communicating with Radiographers and Radiologists.

“At times you might struggle, but the support is easy to access at Sheffield Hallam and in the workplace. You have got to put the work in, when you feel you are struggling, remember why you’re doing the course and what your goals are.

“My career ambition is to become a Reporting Radiographer.”