Our role in the city and region

We're committed to raising skills across the region through our placement, apprenticeship and widening participation activity alongside support for local employers to access talented graduates.

• Providing students access to placement and recruitment opportunities with local employers through our Careers Service and the RISE scheme
• Developing world-class talent in partnership with industry at the AMRC Training Centre
• Ensuring routes into Higher Education for those at risk of missing out through programmes such as HeppSY+

We’re working with regional partners to drive urban development across our campus and the heart of the city, alongside growth of the Sheffield City Region Innovation district.

• Supporting Sheffield City Council’s funding bid for to transform the high street
• Developing green spaces through projects such as Grey to Green and Love Square
• Our campus masterplan

Informed by local voices, we're working to make a positive difference to people's lives by delivering projects and initiatives which support communities and organisations across the region.

• Our students give back to local organisations through volunteering opportunties
• Sheffield's unique Social Accountability initiative gives the doctors of tomorrow valuable experience within communities
• The University within the community

Driving economic, social, environmental and cultural benefits is part of our DNA. As a civic institution, historically created ‘for the people’, the University has a responsibility to act as a trusted role model and partner within the region.

• The University further cements this position as a leading civic university by signing up to the Civic University Agreement
• Professor Dave Petley discusses how the AMRC model can drive forward innovation across the North