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

Browse our past sessions

See which subjects take part by browsing our past online sessions.

Previous online subject tasters

Architecture

Bio-dental Science and Technology

Bioengineering

Chemistry

English Language

English Literature

Geography (Physical)

Geography (Human)

German

Health and Human Sciences

History

Journalism

Mechanical Engineering

Physics and Astronomy

Robotics and Mechatronics

School of Languages & Cultures: Portuguese

School of Languages & Cultures: Russian

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