Introduction

The Sheffield Graduate Award recognises valuable skills and experience gained at university outside your degree course.

This prestigious award is open to all students, bringing an extra dimension to your qualifications when you graduate, enriching your personal development and substantially boosting your employment prospects.

You can register for the Award any time during your undergraduate students.
The Award is also open to postgraduate students, although provision for PhD students is currently under review.

By giving you valuable and sometimes challenging experience in areas including enterprise, work experience, community volunteering and international relations, taking part in such activities proves that you are not only academically competent, but someone whose mature, outward looking and positive outlook will be a real asset to any organisation.

One of the University’s most important objectives is to encourage in our students a commitment to personal growth, self - improvement, enterprise and life skills development – contributing to the distinctive qualities of the typical Sheffield graduate. The Sheffield Graduate Award is a great way to prove that you too are a distinctive Sheffield graduate.

• knowledgeable in your subject area
• a critical, analytical and creative thinker
• a skilled and ethical researcher
• an entrepreneurial problem solver
• information literate
• a flexible team worker
• an accomplished communicator
• skilled in the use of I.T.
• an independent learner
• an efficient planner and time manager
• competent in applying their knowledge and skills
• an active citizen who respects diversity and has the cultural agility to work in multinational settings
• experienced in working with clients, communities and partners outside the university
• someone who sees the big picture and understands the importance of context
• professional and adaptable
• a well rounded individual, reflective, self aware and self-motivated

Taking part in The Sheffield Graduate Award could turn out to be an important step towards a successful and fulfilling future. It may even inspire the career direction you eventually choose.