Sheffield Students' Union
Your Union
When you become a Sheffield student you automatically become a member of what is generally held to be the best Union of Students in the UK.
The Union is at the heart of the campus. Its shops, cafés and bars, are open seven days a week, from breakfast into the night.
This hub of facilities and services, central to your life as a Sheffield student, was rated best in the country in the 2010 Times Higher Education Student Experience survey.
It also won Best Union in the NUS Awards 2008 and Best Union in the Club Mirror Awards in both 2007 and 2004. In the 2008 Virgin Alternative Guide it is rated 'Excellent'.
The building is undergoing a £5-million rebuild, which will substantially improve the services, activities, representation and support the Students' Union provides to its members.
The best gets better: Union building rebuild
Here are just a few of the reasons to visit:
Bars, clubs and gigs
Whatever your tastes, there is bound to be something for you to do at the Union every night of the week.
From the revered retro club night of Pop Tarts, to the acclaimed hip hop of The Tuesday Club, the Union comes to life every night.
There is always something going on in Bar One, the largest and liveliest bar on campus.
The Interval café bar has a more relaxed atmosphere, and delicious food, while Coffee Revolution serves organic and Fairtrade coffee.
Fuzz Club showcases live music from up-and-coming indie talent, while The Foundry regularly presents big-name bands.
Bars, clubs and gigs at the Union
Cinema
Film Unit screens a full programme of films every week in the Union's 400-seat cinema, the cheapest in the city.
The Unit provides a popular balance of special effects blockbusters and art-house movies.
The Film Unit
Clubs and societies
There are 250 student-run clubs and societies, taking in the recreational, academic, religious, and political.
You can form your own sports club, write for the student newspaper, tread the boards with the Sheffield University Theatre Company, or climb a mountain.
Clubs and societies
Getting involved
The range of events is so vast that the Give it a Go scheme - offering students the chance to try out new activities without making a major commitment - has proved very popular.
Give it a Go scheme
The Student Volunteering programme has also been praised as a showcase project at the National Student Volunteering Awards.
Student Volunteering programme
Study areas in the Union
The Union building is also there to give you somewhere quiet to sit, work or read.
During exams the building is open 24 hours, providing a safe environment for study and free hot drinks.
Practical help and advice
The Student Advice Centre is free and confidential. Highly-trained staff advisers offer help on problems such as managing money, housing contracts and academic and welfare matters.
For student parents, the Union has top-rated nursery facilities and a play scheme during school holidays.
Student Advice Centre
Run by you for you
The Union is run by students for students, giving every individual the chance to contribute and make things happen.
At the Union you get back what you put in. Even the profits from the bars pay for advice and welfare services, ensuring that your Union continues to go from strength to strength.
The Union shop
What's happening in the Union
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