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Hi there, is Sheffield a campus or field uni?

Hi, were there any lives in Ranmoor or Endcliff. I don’t want to be carrying all my stuff while walking up the stairs. I’m staying in Rivelin F6 and I think the wall is either blue or red, i’m not sure.

Thanks that's really useful to know! Can i ask what you plan on doing after your course?

That sounds awesome! Yeah I would love to go into research

Hi there,

My current plan is to work within the plant science industry for two years directly after my integrated masters, then I would like to complete a PhD in a topic related to secondary metabolite production in horticultural or agricultural crops.

Do you think that a career in research is something that would interest you?

Daniel
Third Year
MBiolSci Biology

Hi Daniel,

I’m currently thinking of applying for Biology at Sheffield. Is there the option to transfer between courses in first year? For example, could you transfer to the biochemistry course or biomedical course from biology? If not, how much specialisation is there on the biology course? Is it mainly plant/animal based biology, or could you still have the option to study more biomedical topics?

Also, where is the teaching mainly done for biosciences? Is there a single building for biology or is it spread out over the university?

Last question: what do you study on your year abroad? Does it follow roughly the same curriculum as the course at Sheffield?

Thanks for any answers

Would you say the uni buildings are quite far apart? I'm just worried its more of a city uni where everything is far away. Could you walk from ranmoor/endcliffe to lectures?

Hi Rachel!

Hope you are well I lived in Ranmoor for my 1st year and personally didn't have any problem with the distance and I wasn't very active! Ranmoor and Endcliffe are situated I would say around a 25-30 min walk from the majority of uni buildings. The walk to uni on a morning I thought was quite nice, it's a lovely walk through Sheffield and it was a good way to make friends as I often walked with people I had met on my course and most others did too. Once you are in the 'uni area' around the Students Union I would say all buildings are walkable in 10 minutes or less, this is the time we are given between each lecture to move between buildings (luckily)! It comes down to personal preference, Ranmoor and Endcliffe are the more typical 'social' student halls and that's where the majority of students will stay in 1st year, but there is also city accommodation ,like Allen court, which is lovely accommodation and is much closer to the Uni buildings if that's something you would prefer. I would say the only negative of the city accommodation is that it is less social as less freshers stay there. Can I ask what course you are looking to study? As I can find out how far roughly the accommodations are from that course's department building and this may help you out more with your choice.

If you have anymore questions feel free to ask, all of us on this thread have experiences of living in different student accommodation so you will be able to get some different prospective's on the areas

Alisha
2nd Year
BMedSci Orthoptics

Which is the quietest endcliffe accommodation? I know Ranmoor is quieter overall but I prefer a bit of a mix.

I was wondering if they go through your drawers and stuff during an inspection?? I’m currently not in Allen Court and won’t be there until like the end of February. I got an email that they will be accessing your room and I wanted to know how exactly these “health and safety tasks” go because honestly someone going through my room while I’m not there makes me quite uncomfortable.

What are the Endcliffe Crescent Houses like? Are they as involved with the student life?