University of Sheffield Students' Union
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| Institution | University of Sheffield |
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| Location | Western Bank, Sheffield, England |
| Established | 1906 |
| President | Thom Arnold [1] |
| Other sabbatical officers | Finance Officer: Harry Horton[2] International Students' Officer: Krissy Meyer[3] Welfare Officer: Mat Denton[4] Activities Officer: Nabil Alizai[5] Sports Officer: Ben Baldwin[6] Women's Officer: Sarah Charlesworth[7] Education Officer: Jon Narcross[8] |
| Members | 24,319[9] (2009) |
| Affiliations | National Union of Students, Aldwych Group |
| Website | www.sheffieldunion.com |
The University of Sheffield Students' Union is a Students' union in Sheffield, England.
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[edit] Aims
Its mission is to act in the interests of all our members and has a vision to be the outstanding student-led organisation in the UK.[10]
[edit] Representation
The Union is run by a variety of working, representative and standing committees, presided over by the Student Union Council (SUC) and eight elected full-time sabbatical officers. These elected officers are supported by a number permanent staff led by the General Manager Steve Hubbard, who took over the reins from Paul Blomfield in late 2010. It is a constituent member of the NUS.
[edit] Facilities
It has a turnover of around £11,000,000 and contains two bars, four club venues, a chain of coffee shops, over 250 student societies,[11] a student JobShop, salad bar (New Leaf), pastry outlet (Proper Pasty) as well as both Our Sheffield and the Students' Union shop (for clothing/accessories and food/drink/stationery respectively).[12] It also owns an independent pub (the Fox & Duck in Broomhill).
Bar One is a more traditional student bar, while The Interval is described as a "continental style cafe/bar". Both bars host regular pre-club nights with a variety of music and special events such as Union Christmas Day and ExamSlam along with serving a wide range of food and drinks. Upon the opening of Bar One, it was the longest union bar in the country. The union also features one of the largest beer gardens in Sheffield.
[edit] Activities
The Union holds a variety of student club nights throughout the week at the Fusion and Foundry and the Octagon Centre. These include pop music nights Population (Monday), ROAR! (Wednesday) and Pop Tarts (Saturday), Drum and Bass/Dubstep night The Tuesday Club, and chart/dance night Space. Space is held in the Octagon on Fridays as the Fusion and Foundry hosts monthly nights such as Climax (LGBT night) and Cuba Libre. Several times a year, large, multi-venue events, such as Freshers Mania and Carnival, are held, attracting over 3000 students. Other one-off events include the International Cultural Evening, World Food Festival, Intro Fiesta, Christmas Cracker, Big Night Out, Scary Tarts and Freshers Ball.
The Union, under its obligation as part of the NUS to provide 24-hour support for students, funds Sheffield University Nightline, a telephone and email based listening and information service run by student volunteers from the University.
[edit] Societies and clubs
The Union has a list of approximately 270 societies and clubs, all run through a section of the union named "The Activities and Sports Zone".
Film Unit, the Union's Film Society, shows four films a week during term time: independent and arthouse films on Wednesdays, mainstream films on Fridays and Saturdays and classics on Sundays. Films are played in a cinema with a capacity of nearly 400, equipped with commercial 35 mm film projectors and a Dolby Digital sound system. suTCo (Sheffield University Theatre Company) produce nine plays a year at the Drama Studio, a studio theatre converted from a church, as well as the biennial 24 Hour Charity Musical - rehearsed, choreographed, designed and produced within a 24 hour period. The Technical Services Committee (TSC) are volunteers responsible for the setting up and running of equipment at the aforementioned club nights and live events at the Union.
The Motor Club existed from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s and membership was open to students and post-graduates from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University). The club organised twelve-car rallies and treasure hunts and two major annual rallies, the Rallye Escafeld and the Witchhunt rally. The club also ran the Mid Summer Venture Rally one year. Many of the members subsequently made their careers in the motor industry including Ford, Austin-Rover and Lotus. There was a reunion of members on October 12–14, 2001 in Sheffield and another one on September 25-6 2004.
[edit] Publications and broadcasting
The union's publication and broadcasting is branded under the name of "Forge Media".
The Forge Press newspaper (formerly The Steel Press) is published fortnightly, while Forge Radio is the union's own radio station which broadcasts throughout the Union building during term-time and over the Internet. Forge TV - the newest part of Forge Media - is the Union's own television station, broadcasting online and around campus, as well as producing on-demand content. A fourth group maintains a news-based website, ForgeToday.com. Stiletto is the Union's Women's magazine written and produced by students. It is currently published three times a year and distributed for free around the Union.
As of September 2010, former Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs joined the Forge Media team.
[edit] Sports
The union supports a large number of sports teams, which compete in the BUCS championships. The annual Varsity Challenge takes place between teams from the University and its rival Sheffield Hallam University in over 30 events.
[edit] Awards
It has won a succession of prestigious awards, including best Higher Education Students' Union in the country at the first ever NUS awards ceremony in 2008[13], Top UK Student Union: in the 2001 Virgin Alternative Guide to Universities, and #1 Students' Union in the UK for the past three consecutive years according to the Times Higher Education reports[14].
[edit] Affiliations
- Association for Managers in Students' Unions
- National Postgraduate Committee
- National Union of Students (NUS)
- The Aldwych Group
- Nightline
- UKCOSA
- Sheffield Chamber of Commerce
[edit] References
- ^ "Union President". University of Sheffield Union of Students. 2010. http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-voice/student-officers/president.php. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ "Finance Officer". University of Sheffield Union of Students. 2010. http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-voice/student-officers/finance.php. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ "International Students' Officer". University of Sheffield Union of Students. 2010. http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-voice/student-officers/international.php. Retrieved 2010-07-21.[dead link]
- ^ "Welfare Officer". University of Sheffield Union of Students. 2010. http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-voice/student-officers/welfare.php. Retrieved 2010-07-21.[dead link]
- ^ "Activities Officer". University of Sheffield Union of Students. 2010. http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-voice/student-officers/activities.php. Retrieved 2010-07-21.[dead link]
- ^ "Sports Officer". University of Sheffield Union of Students. 2010. http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-voice/student-officers/sports.php. Retrieved 2010-07-21.[dead link]
- ^ "Women's Officer". University of Sheffield Union of Students. 2010. http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-voice/student-officers/womens.php. Retrieved 2010-07-21.[dead link]
- ^ "Education Officer". University of Sheffield Union of Students. 2010. http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/student-voice/student-officers/education.php. Retrieved 2010-07-21.[dead link]
- ^ "Sheffield University Student Population". University of Sheffield. http://www.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/custom-jsp/instprofiles/profile.jsp?fact=stupop. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ Union Strategic Plan, 2006/7 - 2008/9 [1]
- ^ Union Societies [2]
- ^ Union Societies [3]
- ^ "NUS Awards winners announced". National Union of Students. http://www.nusawards.org.uk/default.aspx?i=2009_link2008. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
- ^ "Sheffield Students' Union - Awards". http://www.shef.ac.uk/union/awards.php. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
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