Our students care about the local community and the world they live in. And they have a lot of energy...
Rachel Colley
"As well as mentoring first-year students, I'm on the Events team of the Sheffield Volunteering Committee as Sports Day Rep - bringing together school children from disadvantaged areas to use the fantastic University sports facilities.
"I also take on my own volunteering projects, such as teaching in a local school and creating displays for small museums who need a helping hand."
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Sarah Pickford
"I have a part-time job at an after school club for primary school children, two afternoons a week, which I love.
"I am also involved with the dance society; the tap and modern dance classes I go to once a week are so much fun. All this keeps me very busy but that's how I like it!"
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Will Christophers
It all started with a dream. A dream and a £5 barbecue set.
MBA student Will Christophers’ passion for Japanese food and culture has grown into a thriving business.
As an Architecture undergraduate at the University of Sheffield, Will was president of the Japan Society.
Cooking Japanese food on a £5 barbecue set outside the Students’ Union, he discovered he had the talent and the drive to succeed as an entrepreneur.
After winning a student business competition in 2006, Will invested in some more sophisticated equipment and began supplying local retailers with his Willyaki brand of sushi and teppanyaki.
The plan is for Willyaki to become largest the Japanese fast food brand in Yorkshire.
And Will is giving something back to the university and the city that supported his dream, with the Willyaki Business School and a forthcoming book inspiring other small-starters to think big.
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Tim Hughes
"I don't have a part-time job because I’m so busy with my course and everything else I do, I just don’t have enough room in my head! I'm in a band, I play golf, squash and badminton regularly and run most days.
"After my gap year, I set up a charity called the Chikupira Foundation in order to help support children and education in an area of southern Malawi. In just over two years we have raised about £32,000."
Tim Hughes, Medicine, third year