Volunteering opportunities
Whether you're a recent graduate or an expert in your field, there are lots of opportunities for you to guide and inspire Sheffield students, both face-to-face and online.
Our opportunities focus on supporting students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds, ensuring your time and support goes to those who need it most.
If you’re interested in volunteering please register here:
I am interested in being an Alumni Volunteer
Upcoming opportunities
Coach Café - Online Networking
Become an Alumni Coach and talk to students from your faculty about graduating and navigating the world of work in our series of online networking events taking place throughout the year.
The Firm
Spring 2025
If you’re a lawyer, solicitor or barrister working in Sheffield or the wider North, get involved in The Firm to support Law students. Students will visit different firms based in the North, then join us for an evening networking reception hosted by an alumni business to meet current students and fellow alumni.
Global Engineering Challenge & Engineering You’re Hired
GEC January 2025
EYH February 2025
Take part in the Global Engineering Challenge and Engineering You’re Hired project days to help first and second year students tackle real life engineering problems.
EYH/GEC 2025 has now taken place.
Register your interest here for the 2026 programme
Watch the Global Engineering Challenge 2022 HighlightsWatch the Engineering You're Hired 2022 Highlights
City Connections - Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences
Northern City Connections - November 2025
Have you built a successful career in Sheffield or the North? We're looking for alumni like you to inspire students from underrepresented backgrounds to build a career here. Attend our networking event to meet fellow alumni and share your experiences of living and working in Sheffield or the wider north with students from the faculties of Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences.
Registration for NCC 2025 is now closed.
London City Connections - March 2026
Our flagship London City Connections programme will return in March 2026. We’re looking for senior-level, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities alumni who are based in London, to attend our evening networking event. Meet other London alumni and share your experiences of living and working in the capital to inspire students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Registration for LCC 2025 is now closed.
Year-round activities
Provide work-based learning opportunities
Offering a placement or internship can be a transformational experience; both for the student and for your organisation. Students can bring new ideas and skills as well as expertise from their department to help deliver a project at your organisation.
Tell your story
Inspire students by sharing your story through an alumni case study. It could be about your time at university, your career journey or things you've learned along the way. Alumni profiles are a fantastic way for prospective and current students to visualise where their time at Sheffield may lead them.
Offer guidance and advice
Mentoring is a great way to share your experience and develop your own skills. You can offer an insight into your job, the skills required, the challenges you face and your advice for students wanting to pursue a similar role to your own. Communication is by email and/or video call and is typically one exchange per week with your mentee for 8-10 weeks.
To register your interest, click the button below.
Provide a job opportunity
Whether it's part-time work, internships, placements, full-time roles or graduate-level schemes, we are always happy to share employment opportunities with our students and graduates. Click below to advertise a vacancy or email us to find out how we can support you in recruiting a placement student at employers@sheffield.ac.uk
Take on a fundraising challenge
Fundraising is another fantastic way of giving back to your University. From scholarships to medical research, if there's a cause that's important to you, why not start your fundraising journey today?
Hear from fellow Sheffield alumni about why they love volunteering
If you have any questions please get in touch