'I did a nine-month placement in a hotel in the USA.'
International hospitality and business management student Amy Scott travelled to Colorado in the USA to spend nine months working for the famous Stanley Hotel.
'Working in a billion dollar company, the opportunities were endless.'
Food and nutrition student Emma Taylor spent her placement year developing new food products for PepsiCo International.
'My course helped me to create software for breakdancing competitions.'
As part of his computer science for games course, Torrell Ewan developed a piece of software to help run breakdancing competitions. It was so successful that, with the help of our Enterprise Team, Torrell turned his idea into his own business, Woosh (wooshcms.com).
"I help people to keep their independence"
BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy student Amelia explains why she wanted to study occupational therapy.
'I rebranded a radio station on my course.'
While he was studying Digital Media Production, Ehsan Habib was taken on by local community radio station Link FM 96.7 as a volunteer graphic designer.
'I worked with lots of major fashion brands.'
In 2020, fashion student Vick Batey won the national Fashion Concept Award at Graduate Fashion Week. She also graduated with a first-class degree.
'I designed a dress which was worn by international music star Ellie Goulding'
After finishing her final year studying a degree in BA Fashion, fashion designer Olivia Creighton has not only won best digital portfolio at Graduate Fashion Week but one of her designs was personally selected by International Music Star Ellie Goulding to wear at the Cartier Queen’s Cup Final.
'Studying a BTEC helped prepare me for uni.'
BTEC qualifications provide you with valuable skills for studying at university and help in preparing students for applied learning and industry experience.
'I've designed and animated TV shows for CBeebies.'
Sheffield Hallam BA (Hons) Animation graduate Heather designs characters for popular shows on CBeebies.
'Talking about body image in schools is really rewarding.'
Inspirational student story about Ï㽶ÊÓƵ graduate Laura Tarry, student ambassador