What next?

What to do before teaching starts?

This page will be updated with information about life at University once you arrive at Sheffield. Find out about the our learning systems, your Student Societies, sport, the campus....

Blackboard: The online hub for all of our teaching

Blackboard is the Virtual Learning Environment for the University. You can see the short video here as an introduction and also look at these pages for the full guidance.

Do you want to represent your classmates to the School and the University?

The School runs a Student Staff committee (SSC) which meets to discuss issues met by students and also runs projects. We want this committee to be representative of all of our students so first years are definitely welcome. If you are interested, first have a look at this Union's page and contact slc-enquiries@sheffield.ac.uk to ask for more info.

Google Workspace

Your university account gives you access to a suite of services which uses Google (emails, calendar, meetings, Cloud drive...). You can find an introduction to the service in the video below. If you prefer, you can also jump directly to the subject you need information on:  

The privacy of your Google Data

Introduction to Google Mail

Google Calendar

Google Tasks and Reminders

Google Drive, Docs, Slides and Sheets


Do you want to get started with Language learning straight away? This open access site provides courses on languages which could give you a head start.

We are looking forward to seeing you soon! Before you arrive in Sheffield, you might like to look at these

The Students Union has created pages about its Intro Week plans for 2022 including: