Your Communities
Your University Community
All staff and students are asked to take responsibility for helping to create an environmentally friendly and sustainable multicultural campus. Members of the University community also share a duty to act responsibly towards each other. Consideration towards others is the key principle, whether face to face, via social networking sites or text/emails.
Your Local Community
The University has a good relationship with local communities. Engaging positively with your community and helping maintain those relationships includes getting to know your neighbours, respecting diverse ways of life (eg they may be elderly, have very young children or come from a different background). You could also take part in community volunteering projects, and become inspired as an active citizen. Living in University accommodation also means you are part of a vibrant student community.
One of the challenges of living in a local community is learning how to integrate successfully into a neighbourhood setting. You are therefore encouraged to respect your neighbours and help promote acceptable behaviour and good community relations. Problems can occur with neighbours where reasonable conventions regarding noise disturbance are ignored. Examples might include shouting, swearing, slamming of doors, revving cars, playing loud music, irresponsible disposal of rubbish and litter, inconsiderate parking and other antisocial behaviour. The Students' Union runs a campaign encouraging you to "keep it down when staying up late".
Antisocial and inappropriate behaviour is taken extremely seriously by the University and action will be taken under the University Discipline Regulations where appropriate.
Helping the City of Sheffield Community
Working in the community on a voluntary basis helps students gain valuable work experience. Sheffield Volunteering (run by the Students' Union) is an award winning programme which provides a wide range of community volunteering opportunities. Some examples of activities are:-
Storying Sheffield is an innovative art and community project based in the School of English. Undergraduate students and people from the city with no family background in higher education are working and studying together to produce, record, and collect stories, fragments of stories, and many other diverse representations of the lives of Sheffield people, and the 'life' of Sheffield.
A Nice Time on Saturdays which provides activity days for 8-11 year old bereaved children. These are monthly trips on a Saturday to various locations in Sheffield with transport provided.