Schools and colleges outreach
Our outreach offer for schools extends to activities bookable by teachers, careers advisers and students themselves. We are engaged in several targeted activities to encourage and support students who may not ordinarily consider a university course or career in Medicine, Dentistry or Health.
For teachers and advisers to book
- Subject talks
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Date: April 2020 - July 2020 - ADHOC (currently on hold due to COVID-19)
Who: Year 12 &13, Access to HE StudentsA 45-60 minute introduction into one of the following courses, for sixth forms and colleges in South Yorkshire.
- Adult Nursing
- Health & Human Sciences
- Speech & Language Therapy
- Orthoptics
The session is led by a member of staff and student ambassadors and is delivered in your school or college.
The students in the class must be one of the following:
- 50% male
- studying an alternative qualification (BTEC, Access to HE etc)
- 50% POLAR 4 quintile 1 or 2
- a mix of the above
- Medicine & Health Professions Roadshow
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Date: April - July 2020 - ADHOC (currently on hold due to COVID-19)
Location: School or College
Who: Year 12, 13 and Access to HE studentsAn opportunity for year 12 and 13 students to discover the variety of health courses available to study at The University of Sheffield. In small groups, students will spend a few minutes chatting to each of our student ambassadors, using the popular speed networking technique. Your students can ask questions such as how to get work experience, how they will make friends, or what placement is like. This session is based in school, and lasts for between 60 and 90 minutes.
The students in the class must be one of the following:
- 50% male
- studying an alternative qualification (BTEC, Access to HE etc)
- 50% POLAR 4 quintile 1 or 2
- A mix of the above
For students to book
- UCAT 2020 Online Course
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Date: 1st-30th July 2020
Location: Online (Blackboard Open Education)
Who: Year 12 studentsOutreach officers and current medical and dental students have created an engaging and inclusive online course to help aspiring medical and dental students with the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT).
Why should I take an online course to help with the UCAT?
At the University of Sheffield, you need to have a good score on the UCAT to be invited to interview for medicine and dentistry. The online course may help you develop the skills and techniques to improve your score. Rather than revising alone, our resources and ambassadors will keep you motivated during your revision, and will answer questions you have about the exam. Also, the course is completely free.What is the structure of the UCAT 2020 Online Course?
The course is split into 5 blocks, with each block covering one of the five subsets of the UCAT. Each block includes:- An engaging online lesson
- Sample questions for you to solve at you own pace
- A timed mock test, with personalised feedback from a current student
- Discussions forums, where you can ask questions and discuss topics about the UCAT with current and aspiring medical and dental students
+ two live webinar Q&As with current medical and dental students.
Each subset block will run for between 5-6 days, it is up to you when you complete the block in that time. The online course will run in addition to your own revision. It is estimated that you will spend approximately 10 hours completing the online course. Students who get the highest scores on the UCAT, spend between 25-30 hours preparing for the exam, so we expect you to be doing your own revision daily, in addition to the online course.
The course is run by outreach staff and student ambassadors, independent of those involved with admissions decisions at The University of Sheffield.
The University of Sheffield’s UCAT 2020 Online Course Eligibility Criteria
Students applying for a place on this scheme must meet all of the following:- Be in Year 12
- Be on track to meet A-Level and GCSE entry requirements. Medicine entry requirements are here. Dentistry entry requirements are here.
- Attend a state school.
- Have permission from their parent or guardian to use the online platform; Blackboard Open Education.
Students applying for a place on the scheme must also meet one or more of the following criteria:
- From a low progression to Higher Education area or the lowest socio-economic groups (we use you postcode to find this out)
- A Looked After Child/Young Adult Carer/Estranged student
- A student with a declared disability
- In the first generation of their family to enter Higher Education (other than siblings, or parents who attended as a mature student)
Students on the Discover Medicine, or Discover Dental Professions will be guaranteed a place, as long as they have their parent’s/guardian’s permission, but they still need to fill in an application.
- Discover Dentistry
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An entertaining and illuminating online course for everyone to explore the impact dentistry has on our lives.
- Observe GP
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Aspiring medics aged 16+ are required to develop an understanding of medicine when applying to medical school. Work experience is one way to gain insights into medicine, the RCGP have created another. Observe GP provides is a free, online interactive video platform providing insights into general practice.
Get involved
To get in touch about any of these opportunities, or for a discussion about how the faculty can help you to engage your students, please contact Emma Parr at e.parr@sheffield.ac.uk for more details.