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Postgraduate Open Day Guide November 2016–February 2017. Transform your future. 2 Postgraduate Open Day Guide November 2016–February 2017 1 A World Top 100 University Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015–16 QS World University Rankings 2015–16 99% of research submitted to REF is internationally recognised, excellent or world leading Research Excellence Framework 2014 Top 10 in the Russell Group for research output The Russell Group represents 24 leading UK universities committed to the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience and unrivalled links with business and the public sector No 1 Students’ Union for eight years running Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2016 6 Nobel Prize winners £250m capital investment 2010–2015 on teaching facilities, students’ union, research labs, residences, sports and library facilities 1.3 million books and periodicals in the library 2 Postgraduate Open Day Guide November 2016–February 2017 3 Studying at Contents Sheffield is about taking your career and your life to the next level. The Postgraduate Open Day 4 General talks 5 Want to explore your A-Z of department talks 6 undergraduate subject in more detail, just because you love it? Campus tours 10 We’ll show you how your passion Dainton Graduate for learning can be a real asset in Research Centre tours 11 all kinds of jobs. Accommodation tours 12 Want to study for a PhD and Library tours 13 prepare for a research career? Planning your day 14 With a postgraduate degree from Sheffield 16 Sheffield you could go anywhere. How to get here 18 You could even switch subjects Getting around 20 and learn a profession like management, teaching or law. We Campus map 22 also run specialist courses for Where to eat 24 experienced professionals who Access for all 26 want to develop their careers. What happens next? 27 We teach the very latest thinking: new and emerging fields of study, new technologies and new practices. You’ll develop powerful insight, independence, creativity and technical skills. Whatever your next level is, we’ll get you there. Follow #shefunilife all week and get a unique and amazing insight into postgraduate life at Sheffield. 4 Postgraduate Open Day Guide November 2016–February 2017 5 The Postgraduate General Open Day talks Firth Hall The Council Firth Court, map ref 105 Room, Firth Court map ref 105 Meet staff and students and discover more about postgraduate study at Welcome to Postgraduate Study at the University of Sheffield in our main exhibition. Sheffield 11am How to Apply 11.15am Experts from our Admissions team will talk you through the application Registration Desk Main Exhibition process to ensure you know exactly The Registration Desk is your first Staff and students from all what you need to do. port of call. our academic departments will be here: Postgraduate Finance Register your attendance any • Faculty of Social Sciences & Funding time between 10.30am and 4pm. • Faculty of Arts and Humanities 11.45am • Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry Colleagues from our Finance team Firth Hall, Firth Court and Health will guide you through a range of (map ref 105) • Faculty of Engineering funding opportunities, where to • Faculty of Science look for it and how to apply. Meet our students Chat with members of our So will the people who run our Where can Postgraduate Postgraduate Society as well support services, including: Study Take Me? as current students in our • Accommodation for 12.15pm ‘Meet a Postgrad’ area. This is postgraduates Colleagues from our Careers your chance to talk to students • The Careers Service Service will explain the benefits of from all faculties about their • Libraries postgraduate study and where it postgraduate experience and • Computing might take you. to find out what makes • Support for disabled students Sheffield unique. Free hot drink. • Sports The Sheffield Postgraduate • 301: the academic skills centre Experience Firth Hall, Firth Court • Doctoral Academy 12.30pm 10.30am–2pm (map ref 105) • Students’ Union Current students talk about what • International makes Sheffield special. • Finance • Student Services Support for Research Information Desk Students • Admissions 12.45pm Find out about our Doctoral Firth Hall, Firth Court Academy and the support available 10.30am–2pm (map ref 105) for research students. Chancellor’s Room, Firth Court (map ref 105). 6 Postgraduate Open Day Guide November 2016–February 2017 7 Arts and Humanaties A–Z of department talks Subject Level When Where Details Map ref Archaeology Masters and 2pm Northgate House room 14, Talk, tour and Q&A 180 Research West Street English Language and Applied Masters and 2pm Jessop West foyer Talk and Q&A 184 Linguistics Research Talk to the staff and students English Literature Masters and 2pm Jessop West foyer Talk and Q&A 184 Research who specialise in your subject. French Studies Masters and 2pm Jessop West foyer Talk and Q&A 184 Map references refer to the Research (meet Caroline Wordley) Germanic Studies Masters and 2pm Jessop West foyer Talk and Q&A 184 separate Campus Map 2016. Research (meet Caroline Wordley) Hispanic Studies, Latin American Masters and 2pm Jessop West foyer Talk and Q&A 184 Studies, Catalan Studies Research (meet Caroline Wordley) History Masters 2pm The Diamond, Workroom 1 Talk and Q&A 199 History Research 2pm HUB 1, Jessop West Talk and Q&A 184 Music (Nov 2016) Masters and 2pm Room 215, Jessop Building Talk, tour and Q&A 188 Research Music (Feb 2017) Masters and 2pm Room 116, Jessop Building Talk, tour and Q&A 188 Research Philosophy Masters and 2pm Department of Philosophy, Talk and Q&A 161 Research 45 Victoria Street Public Humanities Masters 2pm HRI Meeting Room, Humanities Talk and Q&A 195 Research Institute Russian and Slavonic Studies Research 2pm Jessop West foyer Talk and Q&A 184 (meet Caroline Wordley) Sheffield Institute for Masters and 2pm Seminar Room 1, Jessop West Talk and Q&A 184 Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies Research (SIIBS) Translation Studies, Intercultural Masters and 2pm Jessop West foyer Talk and Q&A 184 Communication, Intercultural Research (meet Caroline Wordley) Communication and International Development, Screen Translation, Multilingual Information Management Engineering Subject Level When Where Details Map ref Automatic Control System Masters 2pm Reception, Amy Johnson Building Drop-in session 173 Engineering Chemical and Biological Engineering Research 2pm Student Support Office, Drop-in session 172 Sir Robert Hadfield Building Civil and Structural Engineering Masters and 2pm Student Support Office (Room D114), Drop-in session 170 Research D Floor, Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Due to construction works, this building is only accessible via the Pam Liversidge Building (map ref 174). Take the lift to D Floor and follow signs. Computer Science Masters 2pm Ada Lovelace Room (107-108), Talk 166 Regent Court Electronic and Electrical Engineering Masters 2pm Report to Portobello Centre reception Talk and tour 177 Materials Science and Engineering Masters and 2pm Reception, Sir Robert Hadfield Building Talk and tour 172 Research Mechanical Engineering Masters 2pm A01, Portobello Centre Talk 177 Mechanical Engineering Research 2pm A01, Portobello Centre Drop-in session 177 8 Postgraduate Open Day Guide November 2016–February 2017 9 Medicine, Dentistry and Health Subject Level When Where Details Map ref Clinical Communication Studies Masters 2pm Human Communication Science, Talk 37 Meeting Room 3 Clinical Dentistry Masters and 2pm Porters Desk, Dental School Foyer, Talks 47 research main entrance Human Communication Sciences Masters and 2pm Human Communication Science, Talk 37 research Meeting Room 3 Human Nutrition Masters 2pm Meet in foyer area, C Floor, Informal chat 88 Medical School Molecular Medicine Masters 2pm Meet in foyer area, C Floor, Informal chat 88 Medical school Musculoskeletal Ageing Research 2pm Meet in foyer area, C Floor, Informal chat 88 Medical School Nursing and Midwifery Masters 2pm School of Nursing and Midwifery, Talk and informal 93 Barber House Annex chat Social Sciences Physicians Associate Studies Postgraduate 2pm Meet in foyer area, C Floor, Informal chat 88 Subject Level When Where Details Map ref Diploma Medical School and meet current Architecture MArch, Masters and 2pm Floor 13, Arts Tower Talk, Q&A and tour 104 students Research Public Health, Clinical Research, Masters and 2pm Reception, ScHARR, 1st floor, Informal chat 166 Architecture PhD 2pm Floor 13, Arts Tower Informal talk with 104 Health Economics, Health research Regent Court, 30 Regent Street Postgraduate Management and Leadership Research Director Reproductive and Developmental Masters 2pm Jessop Wing, Level 4, Informal chat 86 East Asian Studies Masters and 2pm Seminar Room of the Confucius Talk 77 Medicine Seminar Room JW462 Research Institute, 5 Shearwood Road Translational Masters 2pm Sheffield Institute for Translational Information 96 Neuroscience,Translational Neuroscience, Reception, session, mini tour Pathology, Clinical Neurology, 386A Glossop Road and informal chat Economics Masters 2pm Reception, 9 Mappin Street Talk and Q&A with 167 Genomic Medicine academic staff and ambassadors Education (18 November) Masters and 2pm Alfred Denny Conference Room Talk and Q&A with 111 Research academic staff and ambassadors Science Education (9 February) Masters and 2pm Room 1.02, School of Education Talk and Q&A with 138 Subject Level When Where Details Map ref Research academic staff and Animal and Plant Sciences Masters and 2pm