Recent Updates

NEW Printshop Discount for Educational Partners 

We’re pleased to introduce a 15% discount on all print orders through The Print Shop at Sheffield Hallam University, available exclusively for our educational partners. The Print Shop has been producing high-quality printing for over 50 years and offers: 

  • A large catalogue of products including posters, leaflets, signage, invitations, stickers, certificates, t-shirts & more. 
  • Nationwide delivery 
  • An easy online ordering process. 

Join Sheffield Hallam University’s Festival of Computing!

We’re excited to invite students from our UK Partners to Sheffield Hallam University’s annual Festival of Computing! This exciting series of events is a fantastic opportunity for students to showcase their work, explore emerging trends, and connect with employers.

The festival features hackathons, exhibitions, and showcases covering key areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Games Development, Data Analytics, and IT Management. Events kick off in March and run through until September.

Visit our website for full event details, and get in touch if you’d like to attend. Students could be studying at FE or HE level, but need to be aged 18+ to attend.

Staff Personal Training and Development 

Continual professional development, training and knowledge exchange are recognised as one of the major benefits for staff, at both SHU and Partner organisations. Therefore, peer to peer knowledge exchange events, CPD conferences, community of interest forums and the annual conference are built into the partner relationship. Go to Staff Development to see more. 

Awards – Inspirational Student & Inspirational Teacher

Each year staff and students at partner organisations are invited to nominate inspirational people in their organisations. A senior panel of judges review the submissions, with winner and partner VIPs invited to the end of year award ceremony. 

Inspirational Student Awards

The Inspirational Student Awards are a way to recognise our amazing students studying a SHU award at our UK partners, who have made a real difference to their fellow students, staff, local community, and beyond. It is to celebrate those who have overcome adversity, inspired us, and made a real difference whilst being a student.

Find out more about this year awards & view photos from the 2024 Inspirational Students Awards Dinner here.

Inspirational Teaching Awards

We have been delighted to announce 11 winners and 3 commendations in the inaugural 2023/24 year of the UK Partner Inspirational Teaching Awards.

Students studying a SHU award across all of our UK partners were given the opportunity to nominate a member of teaching staff who has had a transformational impact on them during their studies. Please see below a list of the those selected by the university panel to receive an award or commendation for 23/24.

These awards recognise the dedication of staff in ensuring students have the best possible learning experience. To receive an award is testament to the hard work and exceptional contributions of these teaching staff to their student’s higher education journey.

Co-branded marketing assets 

SHU may provide co-branded pop-up banners, wall decals and vinyl banners which illustrate the partnership. Please see an example vinyl banner design below. 

Partner conference 

The UK Educational Partner Conference takes place on the SHU campus and brings all partners together to explore advancements in the sector and share best practice.  The conference is planned for the end of semester two and often falls in-line with Partners’ CPD delivery weeks.  

UK Educational Partnership Conference 4th July 2024

Access to libraries and publications  

The importance of access to the breadth of additional research resources for partner staff cannot be underestimated. SHU provides access for our partner staff and students to many library resources, journals and publications. Please see the partner specific access pages for more information.

Account Management 

The Educational Partnerships Team fulfil the account management function for all of our existing UK educational partners.
Each course will have a lead academic who will correspond directly with key partner academic staff. 
The SHU Academic Quality and Standard and Contracts team will support all partnerships as required, with the Educational Partnership Team ensuring progress is made on active projects. 

Partner Visits 

Each academic year the UK Educational Partnership team will make site visits to partners and undertake online catch-up meetings.  The cycle of partnership meetings provides our partners with a voice into the university on key strategic and operational partnership matters.

  • Start of year meeting – on-line or at partner site with key senior partner staff, Educational Partnership Team and relevant SHU staff. 
  • Informal catch-up – online with Educational Partnership team. 
  • Mid-year review – on-line with key senior partner staff, Educational Partnership Team and relevant SHU staff. 
  • Management & Operations – online with Educational Partnership team. 
  • SHU Library Services meet with Partner libraries teams twice yearly, through the College Librarians Network. 

Range of courses 

SHU is divided into 3 academic Colleges – Business, Technology and Engineering (BTE); Health, Wellbeing and Life Science (HWLS) and Social Science and Arts (SSA). Each College is constructed of specialist Institutes and Schools, which offer comprehensive portfolios of courses, that can be found here. Please note – not all of these course are available at partner FE colleges.

Franchise – SHU owns the Intellectual Property (IP) of a course and sells the rights to use it to a Partner. 

Validated – A Partner institution owns the IP of a course and Sheffield Hallam University validate the delivery of the course. 

Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) – Level 4 and level 5 qualifications, such as Foundation Degrees, Higher National Certificates and Higher National Diplomas. HTQs are a Quality Mark and have been approved by the Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education against employer developed standards, also known as occupational standards. 

Graduation attendance 

As Sheffield Hallam University students studying at a Partner institution, members of the SHU Senior Executive Board will attend the Partner’s graduation events. Students studying a SHU award at each partner will also be invited to a graduation ceremony at Sheffield Hallam University.

Student Support

Please find links below to Sheffield Hallam University’s employability & graduate support offer for students.

Employability Offer
Graduate Support Offer

Please find links below to a variety of resources that you may wish to access.

Access & Participation Plan Workshops

Please follow the link to find workshop notes & presentations.

Subject to Validation

Find guidance relating to advertising courses subject to validation, and the approval of marketing materials here. Also available to view are Sheffield Hallam University’s full brand guidelines.