Education Matters

Published in SoEStudent

·Jul 14

Work Placement at Archdale School

BA Education, Culture and Childhood level 2 student, Michelle Martinez-Gill, completed her placement at Archdale School - a school dedicated to pupils with special educational needs (SEN). She is now volunteering there until the end of the summer term. 1) How did you find this placement? As part of the BA degree, the School of Education supported us to select an appropriate placement in the form of a live placement or work-based project. The placement team officers have given us a list of providers along with short descriptions and links to their websites.

Schools

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Published in SoEStudent

·Jul 5

Student Community Mentor

by Hannah Raine In the academic year 2021–2022 I worked as the Student Community Mentor for the students across the School of Education. In this role, there were two main responsibilities: designing, promoting and delivering a combination of online and in person community building events and activities; signposting students to…

Mentor

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Published in SoEResearch

·Jun 21

Beyond the medical: The impact of long-term health conditions on young people in school

Dr Lauren Baggley, Dr Charlotte Davies, Dr Erika Payne & Dr Sarah Lakeman all gained their professional doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology (DEdCPsy), in 2021. Their research makes visible the experience of young people whose needs are often narrowly defined as ‘medical’. …

Health

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Published in SoEStudent

·Jun 16

Amazing placement experiences from our BA Level 2 students:

Congratulations! Two of our current BA Level 2 students from the School of Education have just finished their placement at Maker{Futures}. We asked them to share their placement experience with us: What is Maker{Futures}? Maker{Futures} is an ambitious programme from the School of Education which is led by Dr Alison Buxton to support…

Education

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Amazing placement experiences from our BA Level 2 students:

Published in SoEStudent

·Jun 16

Ten tips to improve written assignment grades

by Blansh Al-Awkabi When I started my undergraduate studies at the School of Education, I was completely new to university-level academic writing. After I received my first grade, a lucky pass, I understood that I needed to do some learning as my old strategies for writing college-level assignments differed completely…

Study

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Ten tips to improve written assignment grades

Published in SoEResearch

·May 25

Visiting Fellowship in Canada

Having completed the data collection process for my thesis I was given the opportunity to conduct a research visit to Canada. This opportunity came from a Turing Scheme at the University of Sheffield that allows PhD students to undertake a research placement abroad. Upon receiving my supervisor’s consent I was…

Education

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Published in SoEResearch

·May 24

Rethinking Deafness, film and accessibility

By Ryan Bramley, Beth Evans, Kirsty Liddiard and Jon Rhodes Dr Kirsty Liddiard and Dr Ryan Bramley, of the School of Education and iHuman, are working on a Sheffield Innovation Programme (SIP) project with Beth Evans and Jon Rhodes at user research and design studio Paper to explore how Deaf…

Accessibility

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Published in SoEResearch

·May 10

Re-Emerge: Reflecting on the Maternal Journal Training workshop

Lauren Brennan, Isla MacRae and Jessica Bradley, School of Education, University of Sheffield 29 April 2022 In this blog post we introduce the Re-Emerge Arts and Health Programme, led by The Art House in Wakefield, and consider Maternal Journal, an important strand of the programme which engages directly with new…

Education

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Re-Emerge: Reflecting on the Maternal Journal Training workshop

Published in SoEStudent

·Mar 31

Working a part time job whilst at Uni?

We’re delighted to welcome blogs by one of our student ambassadors, Hien T Dao, who will be sharing posts about her experience of coming to Sheffield and studying on our MA Education course. T Hien joins the School of Education from her home country of Vietnam. Working a part time job whilst at Uni? Being an international student…

Jobs

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Published in SoEResearch

·Mar 30

Spring into a better night’s sleep

Sunday night marked the start of British Summer Time (BST), and what beautiful spring weather we have had! The lighter evenings and bright weather are certainly mood-enhancing — and we need that more than ever in these turbulent times. However, you may be feeling the effects of losing an hour…

Sleep

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