Online subject tasters: Social sciences

You'll explore how our students present their architecture work to peers and academic staff and learn the importance of being able to communicate ideas in architecture to different audiences. 

We'll talk about how the review process at the Sheffield School of Architecture is designed to be student-led, inclusive and supportive. We’ll then ask our students to perform a design review. This will be a real design review of a project they’ve worked on. 

Attendees will also have time to ask questions of our students and staff.

Schedule

• 5pm - 5.10pm -Welcome and Introductions
• 5.10pm - 5.25pm - Communication and Design Reviews at Sheffield School of Architecture
• 5.25pm - 5.45pm - Design Review(s) - this may be a single design review, or multiple design reviews depending on the project
• 5.45pm - 6.15pm - Round-up and Q&A
• 6:15pm - Finish

Economic choices shape nature just as nature can shape our choices. 

In this session, you will have the opportunity to learn about Environmental Economics and the key questions it is concerned with as well as how economic concepts help us understand environmental problems and their possible solutions.

Schedule

• 5.00pm - 5.05pm - Welcome and settle in
• 5.05pm - 5.35pm - Introduction and overview: Environmental Economics: What is the right amount of pollution?
• 5.35pm - 5.45pm - Research and teaching about environmental economics
• 5.45pm - 6.15pm - Q&A: studying economics at the University of Sheffield
• 6.15pm - Finish

In this session, we will explore the critical question: “What does ‘sustainability’ mean and how are Social Sciences subjects ensuring a sustainable future?” As the world faces the urgent challenges of climate change and the need for sustainable global development, understanding the interplay between urban environments and sustainability is more important than ever.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how Social Science subjects can drive solutions towards more sustainable future cities.

This session presents the opportunity to explore:

• The causes, consequences, and solutions to global environmental issues
• How we're planning our cities in the era of the climate emergency
• How the landscapes around us are designed to be socially, ecologically and economically sustainable

Schedule

• 5.00pm - 5.10pm - Settling in and brief introduction to Landscape Architecture, Geography and Urban Studies and Planning
• 5.10pm - 5.20pm - Geography
• 5.25pm - 5.40pm - Urban Studies and Planning
• 5.40pm - 5.55pm - Landscape Architecture
• 5.55pm - 6.15pm - Q&A about student life with a student ambassador

This taster session will introduce students to Journalism as a career, explain how news reporters gather news and highlight the ethical dilemmas journalists face when covering stories, using examples from the news that week.

The second part of the session will consist of a group debate around the subjects of ethics, privacy and celebrity. Participants will be given a number of scenarios and asked ‘What would you do?’ After that, we will talk through some real-world examples of ethical dilemmas, and ask the students what they might have done in that position.

Schedule

• 5pm - 5.10pm - log in and get comfortable
• 5.10pm - 5.20pm - Introduce the Journalism department, overview of what Journalism is, what our students study
• 5.20pm - 5.35pm - Taster lecture on Journalistic ethics
• 5.35pm - 6.10pm - Group discussion
• 6.10pm - 6.30pm - Q&A session from student ambassador

In this taster session, we’ll explore how Social Science subjects are contributing to our understanding of health and wellbeing, particularly in relation to care systems and the role of information and digital technologies.

Through informative discussion and real-world examples we will look to address the question: “How can we better understand and impact people’s health and wellbeing?” We’ll consider how social scientists can apply this knowledge to drive positive change in societies around the world.

This session presents the opportunity to explore:

• How societies can use data to drive change and promote people’s health and wellbeing
• Wellbeing concerns within the workplace and designing organisational interventions
• Explore social factors that can impact the body and identity

Schedule

• 5.00pm - 5.10pm - Settling in and brief introduction to Sociological Studies, The Management School and Data Science.
• 5.10pm - 5.25pm - Sociological Studies
• 5.25pm - 5.40pm - Management School
• 5.40pm - 5.55pm - Data Science
• 5.55pm - 6.15pm - Q&A about student life with a student ambassador

This taster session offers prospective students the opportunity to explore the question 'What is capitalism?' 

The session will be interactive, allowing students time to explore the question from their own perspectives, before engaging with some of the foundational thinkers and theorists of capitalism (including the famous philosopher and political economist Karl Marx). 

Together, we will look at how capitalism shapes the lives of workers throughout the globe; specifically looking at the global fast fashion industry in South Asia. 

Schedule

• 5.00pm - 5.10pm - Log in and get comfortable
• 5.10pm - 5.20pm - Introduce the Politics and International Relations, overview of what Politics is, what our students study
• 5.20pm - 6.10pm - Interactive Taster lecture on 'What is capitalism?'
• 6.10pm - 6.30pm - Q&A session from student ambassador