Online subject tasters

Our online subject taster sessions help students experience what it is like to study at the University of Sheffield.

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Our taster sessions are for both Year 12 and 13 students, as well as BTEC and mature students, if you'd like to attend a taster session virtually, this is the right session for you. You'll join an online event delivered by one of our academics in the subject area of your choice.

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Subject	Session title	Date	Link
Aerospace Engineering	Aerospace Engineering: from Kites to Satellites	Tuesday 2 May, 4.00pm	Find out more about our Aerospace Engineering taster session
Adult Nursing	The Kidneys: Why they're so great	Thursday 4 May, 4.25pm	Find out more about our Adult Nursing taster session
Applied Social Science	Looking at Reality TV through a social science lens. Why does it matter and what should change?	Thursday 4 May, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Applied Social Science taster
Bioscience	Hunting, wildlife trade, and global conservation	Wednesday 19 April, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Bioscience taster session
Computer Science	Machine Learning and Data Science	Tuesday 9 May, 4.00pm	Find out more about our Computer Science taster session
Civil and Structural Engineering	Innovations in Structural Engineering: Strengthening against earthquakes	Wednesday 10 May, 4.00pm	Find out more about our CSE taster session
Chemical and Biological Engineering	Optimizing your future with Chemical Engineering	Thursday 18 May, 4.00pm	Find out more about our CBE taster session
Economics	Economic Inequality: Should We Encourage, Tolerate or Reduce	Thursday 20 April, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Economics taster session
Education	Creating comics with young children	Tuesday 25 April, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Education taster session
Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Virtual Arduino Lab - an introduction to Electronic and Electrical Engineering	Thursday 4 May, 4.00pm	Find out more about our EEE taster session
Faculties of Science and Engineering	What can I do with A Level Chemistry	Thursday 27 April, 4pm	Find out more about our Faculties of Science and Engineering taster session
Faculties of Science and Engineering	What can I do with A Level Maths?	Tuesday 25 April, 4pm	Find out more about our Faculties of Science and Engineering taster session
French	French in multilingual countries	Tuesday 16 May, 3.50pm	Find out more about our French taster session
General Engineering	Interdisciplinary Engineering for a Renewable Future!	Thursday 11 May, 4.00pm	Find out more about our General Engineering taster session
Health, Science and Engineering	It's not just Doctors and Dentists - explore the alternatives to a degree in medicine	Thursday 20 April, 4pm	Find out more about our Health, Science and Engineering taster session
History	Historicising Multiculturalism: South Asian Migration to Britain	Monday 24 April, 3.35pm	Find out more about our History taster session
Human Communication Sciences	Speech and Language Therapy taster session	Tuesday 2 May, 4.25pm	Find out more about our HCS taster session
Information School	Application of Data Science in Autonomous Vehicles	Wednesday 3 May, 4.10pm	Find out more about our Information School taster session
Journalism	Press Conference and Newswriting Workshop	Tuesday 2 May, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Journalism taster session
Landscape Architecture	Reimagining spaces for environmental and social benefit	Tuesday 18 April, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Landscape Architecture taster session
Law	Crisis at the United Nations Security Council	Thursday 4 May, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Law taster session
Management	Career Development Planning	Tuesday 18 April, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Management taster session
Music	Pleasure and Repetition in Popular Music	Thursday 27 April, 3.50pm	Find out more about our Music taster session
Materials Science and Engineering	Nanomaterials - the smallest solutions to the world's biggest problems?	Monday 15 May, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Materials Science and Engineering taster session
Mathematics and Statistics	Exploring Number Theory	Wednesday 17 May, 4pm	Find out more about our Mathematics and Statistics taster session
Orthoptics	Why do we see double? An introduction to Orthoptics	Wednesday 10 May, 4.00pm	Find out more about our Orthoptics taster session
Philosophy	Problematic Praise	Monday 24 April, 3.50pm	Find out more about our Philosophy taster session
Politics, Philosophy and Economics	Misinformation, trust and online media - is online conspiracism damaging our politics?	Tuesday 25 April, 4.30pm	Find out more about our PPE taster session
Politics	Who Deserves Protection?: Exclusions in the United Nations’ Responsibility to Protect	Wednesday 26 April, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Politics taster session
Physics	The Discovery of the Neutrino	Wednesday 7 June, 4.00pm	Find out more about our Physics taster session
Psychology	The Psychology of Addiction	Wednesday 10 May, 4pm	Find out more about our Psychology taster session
School of East Asian Studies	Martial Arts Cinema - A Journey Through Time and Culture	Wednesday 3 May, 3.50pm	Find out more about our SEAS taster session
Sociology	"Popular-by-surprise": the lifecycle of anonymous apps	Tuesday 2 May, 4.30pm	Find out more about our Sociology taster session
Spanish	More than Magaluf: Prejudice, Persecution and Polemic on Mallorca	Wednesday 17 May, 3.50pm	Find out more about our Spanish taster session