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

Is this session right for me?
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.
Can't see something you like? We are continually releasing new subject tasters, please register your interest and we will notify you of new sessions as they become available.
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Subject | Session title | Date | Link |
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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
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Bio-dental Science and Technology
School of Languages & Cultures: Portuguese