Faculty of Social Sciences Taster Days
Departments in the Faculty are offering taster days to local schools and colleges, highlighting the wonderful opportunities that studying Social Science subjects at the University of Sheffield can bring.
The Faculty of Social Sciences is a large and diverse group of thirteen departments, including 'classical' social science departments, but also several other major subject areas, some of which are distinctive to Sheffield.
The departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences are
- Architecture
- East Asian Studies
- Economics
- Education
- Geography
- Information School
- Journalism Studies
- Landscape
- Law
- Management School
- Politics
- Sociological Studies
- Town and Regional Planning
Through the Faculties Outreach Team the taster days will also include general informtion about applying to the University, student finance, the chance to talk to current students about their experiences, and a guided tour of the campus.
Follow the links below if you are interested in the current taster days on offer
Politics department - Sheffield Student Model UN Day - Friday 1st March 2013
Landscape Architecture - Designing Where we Live - Monday 11th March 2013
Economics - Discover Economics Taster Day - Tuesday 12th March 2013
Politics department - Discover Politics Taster Day - Friday 15th March 2013
Sociological Studies - Discover Sociological Studies Taster day - Monday 25th March 2013
Town and Regional Planning - Discover TRP Taster Day - Friday 19th April 2013
School of East Asian Studies - EastAsia@Sheffield Friday 7th June
Social Sciences Residential Year 11 Summer School - 15th to 17th July 2013
The days are FREE to attend, and we would encourage schools/colleges to put forward students with no immediate family experience of higher education, as well as those from groups currently under represented in higher education. We also invite applications from pupils who are currently ‘Looked After’ by the local authority and children who have a declared disability.
We can help with the cost and arrangements for transport if you have a group of pupils wanting to attend, and refund individual public transport costs of pupils making their own way here. Letters and application forms for all the taster days will be sent out to all ‘City Region’ schools and colleges and places are limited so please apply as soon as possible.
Enquiries about any of the days should be directed to Sophie Philpott, Outreach Activities Officer for the Faculty of Social Sciences 0114 2229785 or s.philpott@sheffield.ac.uk
Look out for further activities from the Faculty of Social Sciences in 2013, including days with Geography, Management and Journalism.