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Student Ambassadors for Learning and Teaching activity update

On 13 May 2013, the Faculty Student Ambassadors for L&T presented the outcomes of their project: What is a Social Sciences graduate?

These include • a set of student generated core social sciences skills: Creativity Research Skills Interdisciplinary awareness Contemporary real-world focus Independent learning Communication Teamwork Critical thinking Logical approach Professionalism • A poster illustrating and defining key skills and the student view of the top three skills in each department in the Faculty. • Findings of focus group consultations with students on their perception of faculty cohesion, the identity of the faculty and the relevance of social sciences. • A short film exploring student viewpoints of social sciences from inside and outside the Faculty. More information on all the above is available from the bookmarked downloadable PDF SALT report 12-13.

Archive news:

The new Student Ambassadors for Learning and Teaching for 2012-13 had a Faculty Induction on 2 October 2012.

This year’s project is: What it means to be a (Sheffield) Social Sciences Graduate, a subject suggested by the discussion and debate that took place at the Staff-student Symposium in May (see below). This will be a cross-Faculty project where students engage with each other’s disciplines to find common themes with a view to informing and enhancing employability options for students.

Staff-Student Symposium 9 May 2012
This was organised and hosted by the Faculty SALTs. The event opened with a debate on the cohesiveness of the Faculty of Social Sciences and closed with a debate on employability in the Social Sciences. It also included updates on recent L&T project outcomes. Both staff and students fed back very positively on the day.
See the programme for event  (available from the download box)
See report on the Symposium, written by the SALTs (available from the download box)