Skills for Life
Develop your personal skills and well-being
The 'Skills for Life' programme is a series of self-help groups and workshops run by the Counselling Service.
You can learn new skills with your peers, which will enable you to cope better with the demands of University life.
You can:
- Develop academic skills to transfer to your working life
- Develop interpersonal and communication skills that promote good friendships/relationships
- Learn healthy lifestyles that promote health and well-being
Learning takes place in a group environment that reflects the real challenges students face coping in the various social networks at University. You also gain an opportunity to learn and develop your social skills.
Groups are run over a number of weeks (normally 4 or 5 weeks). The facilitator of the group will offer information/advice and introduce healthy ways of coping with specific problems. The progressive development of practising new skills and learning from one another in an atmosphere of peer support are the features of this learning approach. Groups will be no larger than 12 people.
Workshops are one-off events that run for 2 and 3 hours. They offer students information that promotes an understanding of their problem. It is an opportunity to learn some new skills and get some tips and advice on how to overcome specific difficulties.
For more information about the workshops and group courses we run please follow the links at the top right of this page.
The Skills for Life Building is located at :
317 Glossop Road,
Sheffield S10 2HP
Opening hours:
The Skills for Life Building is only open for attendees at prearranged groups and workshops.
For this reason all Skills for Life enquiries should be directed to the University Counselling Service at 36 Wilkinson Street.
If you would like to know more or arrange to meet a group worker then please phone or email us:
Tel: 0114 222 4095 (internal extension 24095) or 0114 222 4131 (internal extension 24131)
email : skillsforlife@sheffield.ac.uk
Please note that there is no wheelchair access at the Skills for Life building, 317 Glossop Road. If you wish to attend a workshop/group please contact us as soon as possible to enable us to make alternative arrangements.
