Online subject tasters
Our online subject taster sessions help students experience what it is like to study at the University of Sheffield.
Is this session right for me?
Our taster sessions are for both Year 12 and 13 students, as well as BTEC and mature students, if you'd like to attend a taster session virtually, this is the right session for you. You'll join an online event delivered by one of our academics in the subject area of your choice.
Can't see something you like? We are continually releasing new subject tasters, please register your interest and we will notify you of new sessions as they become available.
Book your place
| Subject | Session title | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Social Sciences | Looking at Reality TV through a social science lens. Why does it matter and what should change? | Thursday 2 May, 4.20pm - 5.50pm | Find out more about our Applied Social Sciences taster |
| East Asian Studies | Visual Aesthetics in East Asia: The Rise of Cuteness | Tuesday 7 May, 3.50pm - 5.15pm | Find out more about our East Asian Studies taster |
| Geography | Electoral Geographies and Digital Technologies | Wednesday 17 April, 4pm - 5.15pm | Find out more about our Geography taster session |
| Geography | Applying what we learn from Geography in dealing with natural disasters: Lessons learned from landslides in Nepal | Thursday 18 April, 3.50pm - 5.15pm | Find out more about our Geography taster session |
| German |
Freud on Mind and Society |
Tuesday 26 March, 3.50pm - 5.15pm | Find out more about our German taster |
| Journalism | Press conference and newswriting workshop | Thursday 25 April, 4.15pm - 6pm | Find out more about our Journalism taster |
| Landscape | How to analyse and draw a landscape | Wednesday 1 May, 4pm - 5.15pm | Find out more about our Landscape taster |
| Law | The art of negotiation | Monday 29 April, 3.45pm - 5.15pm | Find out more about our Law taster |
| Russian | On the historical (dis)unity of the Russian and Ukrainian peoples | Tuesday 21 May, 3.50pm - 5.15pm | Find out more about our Russian taster |
| Spanish and Latin American Studies | How did we get to understand Brazil as the land of carnival? | Thursday 9 May, 3.50pm - 5.15pm | Find out more about our Spanish and Latin American Studies taster |
Browse our past sessions
See which subjects take part by browsing our past online sessions.
- Previous online subject tasters
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Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
Bio-dental Science and Technology
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Politics, Philosophy and Economics
School of Languages & Cultures: Portuguese
School of Languages & Cultures: Russian
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