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The University of Sheffield Healthcare Employer Skills Academy
The University of Sheffield Healthcare Employer Skills Academy was launched in September 2022. The academy is based at our Hillsborough Campus, allowing students to enhance their college studies. The University of Sheffield Healthcare Employer Skills Academy allows a hand-selected group of students to work closely with representatives from the university, in order to develop their professional industry knowledge and gain an insight into university life.
The University of Sheffield Healthcare Employer Skills Academy students will be able to undertake an employer-led programme of workshops, masterclasses and inspiring employability skills training sessions throughout their course to transform their life through learning. The students will be given the opportunity to learn from, and demonstrate their skills throughout their time in the academy to enhance their self-development and prepare them for life in the healthcare sector.
This academy inspires students who are unsure of their career path, with an insight into the various healthcare roles that are available. The students will undertake their learning in a University of Sheffield branded classroom, complete with an array of interactive equipment and real-life scenarios that they may face in the working world.
The students will cover an array of subjects with The University of Sheffield such as:
Prof Mary Vincent, Vice President for Education
The University of Sheffield is one of the 24 universities that make up the Russell Group. Members of this group are committed to maintaining the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience and unrivalled links with business and the public sector.
99% of their research was assessed as world-leading, internationally excellent or internationally recognised.
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The University of Sheffield are leaders in health professions education, training and research. Their Health Sciences School brings together expertise from across our three core areas of strength: human communication sciences; nursing; and orthoptics. Students there will focus on themes including biology and the body, health care delivery, and leadership and management.