Sheffield Hallam University - Banking with Finance

Advantages: good number of societies, sports, science and nursing courses are second to none.
Disadvantages: teaching standards slipped by final year, limited computers, poor print services, poor union

...Like most other reviews I've read, I can also say that Sheffield Hallam University was not originally my first choice university. I had originally chosen UWIC (Cardiff, Wales) and MMU (Manchester) as my first and insurance offers, but after taking a trip to view each of them I immediately fell in love with Sheffield. As soon as I arrived on the platform in Sheffield it felt immediately right for me, I remained apprehensive but enthusiastic. I was only to eager to explore my new surroundings and the university for that matter and made my way to the main campus just ten minutes walk away. I stepped into the glass fronted reception area in awe and felt even more that this would be the university to come to. After making my presence known, I waited for what must have been another ten minutes before being greeted by a third year student who...

shemustbethedevil 03.08.2009 · Read review
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Coming to Sheffield Uni?- READ THIS FIRST

Advantages: Good pubs, friendly people, good reputation
Disadvantages: lack of bars, poor shopping, some departmental disorganisation

...on the Masters a total of 4 staff left that we know of. In fact, myself and a few of my fellow students were left without a supervisor mid way through our dissertation. This did not go down well with us. The department is also poorly organised. Certainly on our programme there was a serious lack of communication between staff and between staff and students. Unfortunately, having lived with a laguage student (under graduate) and two social sciences students (postgrads) I am aware that this level of disorganisation was apparent within their departments also, and we shared many an evening having a good old moan about the state of things in the University. Please don't read this review and think that sheffield is the worst university in the country, it isn't. It has a great reputation still and I don't have any experience of any of the other...

leafy81 08.11.2007 · Read review
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Ain't no party like a Sheffield Uni Party...

Advantages: Small friendly City and the university departments are usually top notch
Disadvantages: Sheffield - its not exactly the Bahamas is it?

...Noticed the other day on CIAO that they were asking for reviews on Sheffield University, so as it is only a few weeks before the universities open for the new semesters I thought I`d be really helpful and crib together this article. Oh yes I was also a student there ? so I do know a bit about the place (graduated in 1999 with a degree in Physics) especially the pub life? Where shall we start? Well let?s go for a review of the University itself ? well you are supposed to go there to learn! Personally I can only comment on the chemistry, math?s and physics departments, as they were the only ones I ever had dealings with. The staff were all very friendly and I found they would usually go out of their way to help me with any problems. Be warned they don?t take too kindly to work handed in late?. There has been a few changes...

scruff 30.08.2001 · Read review
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Love SheffieldUni

Advantages: nice location, great friendliness
Disadvantages: Hilly, dear halls

...). The halls are good, but a little dear. Stevenson is definately the best and prettiest, and they're in nice leafy suburbs. They foster great friendliness and lasting companionships. One dissapointment is the library - small and oldfashioned. I regularly had to photocopy pages from books in Sheffield Hallam Uni as the library at my uni didn't have them. Overall, a very friendly, nice place to grow up in....

cathpye85 20.06.2007 · Read review
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The University of Sheffield - its brilliant!

Advantages: Nightlife, quality of teaching, student union, sheffield itself, meadowhall shopping complex, university and acomadation locations
Disadvantages: Expensive sports centre, weather

...I am currently a student at Sheffield University and I have spent 2 years in studying in Sheffield. In the first year I stayed in a large halls of residence, located in a leafy suburb (still walking distance from uni and town centre) called Ranmoor. Has great bar and is v.big, it is a great place to be in your first year and make loads of friends. Close by is Broomhill, has supermarket, hair dressers, banks take aways and lots of pubs. Broomhill is great as it is close to all the halls. The Student Union is very good and the best I have seen. Sheffield was dubbed Student Union of the year at the Club Mirror Awards 2004 and rated Excellent in the 2005 Virgin Alternative Guide. The union nights are fantastic with cheap drinks, great bars and lots of other students. The union nights cater for everyone and each night of the week...

willbradley 01.08.2005 (03.08.2005) · Read review
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Review of Sheffield University

Sheffield Hallam - A University of 3 Halves

Advantages: Excellent facilities if you are a computing/science/english student
Disadvantages: Arts facilities are poor, Psalter library appalling

...and always willing to help. The only big problem I really had with my course (Film Studies) was the complete lack of teaching in relating the course and what we had learnt as part of it, to the world outside University. We were never given any careers advice, never told what options we had after leaving University. Whereas other courses such as in computing or science, students were offered work placements, given practise interviews, generally shown how to hone their skills in order to market themselves effectively and to get a job at the end of their University lives. Arts students at SHU must fend for themselves apparently! Psalter Lane aside, Sheffield is a lovely, friendly and attractive city, and the City campus is a modern and professional environment in which to study your (non-Arts) subject. Business and computing courses are...

ihatebroccoli 12.08.2000 · Read review
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Sheffield University - Yeah, quite nice

Advantages: Excellent city to be a student in.
Disadvantages: Large university and halls a long way from main campus.

...I've just finsished my first year as a Geography student at Sheffield and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Sheffield University is pretty good, but Sheffield is an excellent city to be a student in. Firstly the University itself is very large. This is good because it means that there is always lots going on, i.e. loads of societies and clubs, but it often means that you don't feel part of the community like you would at school or a smaller University. Having said that because there are so many students it means that the Union is realtively rich so can afford some quite decent acts and bands and there are some quite good club nights there. The union shop is particularly excellent selling everthing a student needs at relatively cheap prices. If you are about to start you first year you will probably be staying in halls. I didn...

Fuzzythehedgehog 30.08.2000 · Read review
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Why choose Sheffield

Advantages: Great social life, loads of students in the city
Disadvantages: Sheffield is quite hilly and the halls of residence are pretty far away from the university.

...I'm a first year journalism studies student at Sheffield University and to be honest the choice of Sheffield was based purely on the courses excellnt repuatation and took little interest in the city and university itself. I did not expect to get grades good enough to attend so I reluctantly made it my first choice and was surprised and a little daunted when I actually got accepted. However upon arriving here I have been overwhelemd by how fantastic this university is. The students union, voted best in the country by Virign University Guides last year, is helpful and gives students a wide range of services and events that I have enjoyed over the past year. Accomodation here can be hit or miss, as a self-catering house student, rented from the university's extensive amount of property situated very close to the union and town centre, i...

leonardholliday 06.02.2001 · Read review
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Review of Sheffield University

A GREAT UNI!

Advantages: Fun, Gatecrasher, Cheap Trams and A Good Place To Study
Disadvantages: Gets quite cold somtimes

...After visiting several universities I decided on Sheffield (A choice I do not regret!). The courses are great, theres loads of clubs and sports on offer etc., and even a free swimming pool. The city its self is great! There is really good nightlife (Gatecrasher), Meadowhall (a huge out-of-town mall) an excellent tram service and the uni it's self is just a few minutes away from the best dry ski slope I have ever seen! Reasonable priced acomadation is easy to find. The whole place is really friendly and clean. Over a third of graduates continue to live in Sheffield after they've finished their degree! I would recommend this uni to anyone who wants to study in a great place and have a lot of fun!...

PrinceCharles 26.07.2000 · Read review
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sheffield great student city

Advantages: nightlife
Disadvantages: not many

...i have been in sheffield for three years, both the universities are highly rated in all aspects, i want to tell you a little about the city itself. Sheffield is located in the heart of Britain, right on the M1 easy to get to from both north and south. It has a large city centre with excellent shops including a tram system. The centre also contains Ponds Forge the international standard sports centre and The Crucible theatre. There are a multitude of cinemas including a new Virgin entertainment centre on the outskirts. For shopoholics there is also the meadowhall shopping centre. There is a tremendous nightclub scene, including the infamous Gatecrasher at the Republic nightclub other student venues include club Wow, The Leadmill and Kingdom. Accommodation is cheap averaging about 30 pounds per week and the city is less crime ridden...

laline72 04.12.2000 · Read review
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