The University of Sheffield
School of Architecture
Outreach

Each year, Sheffield University School of Architecture works with the University’s Outreach Service to encourage people from a wide variety of backgrounds to consider entering Higher Education. We work with pupils from local schools who are at a disadvantage for reasons of family background, ethnicity or economic circumstance.

We are closely involved with the Steven Lawrence Trust (SLT). Among the SLT programmes in which we are involved is their mentoring scheme; each year we take students to London to be trained by the SLT in mentoring skills so that on their return to Sheffield they themselves can mentor school pupils from similar social, ethnic and educational backgrounds.

We welcome enquiries and applications from mature students and we recognise the additional experience they are often able to bring to a group.

Matter-reality

In Year 1 we run a project called Matter-reality, in which groups of Year 1 students focus their research on a single material or construction process. Following research and experimentation with their designated material, the students then use the knowledge they have gained to build a temporary public structure in Sheffield city centre. This project actively engages our students with the local community and has had valued and practical support from Sheffield City Council.
Outreach

The University of Sheffield School of Architecture has worked with many organisations to develop outreach programmes for schools or for the wider community. We have worked with many schools locally and nationally, and with organisations as diverse as Sheffield’s Portland Works and The Hepworth Wakefield.
Live Projects Live Projects are a pioneering educational initiative at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture, bringing masters students with organisations in real time, with real budgets for a six week period every autumn. Our Live Projects continue to lend the energy and expertise of our Master of Architecture students to community groups. In return, the experience and satisfaction gained by our students from collaborating on community-based projects gives more levels of depth, perspective and meaning to their learning.