Is any1 startin Hallam Uni in Sep?? Im 19 an startin Early Childhood Studies - so anybody doing that course? Just wanted to meet people before I start...

Nope Im going to Sheffield Hallam tho. Doing Electronic and Electrical Engineering (BEng)

Originally posted by rickmiles85
Nope Im going to Sheffield Hallam tho. Doing Electronic and Electrical Engineering (BEng)

good to see people doing engineering. Good luck with it. It's blo*dy hard! good luck to you too angelic. I've been at hallam for 5 years and had a great time.

Yes I agree mate. It is hard. I dont find the engineering aspect of it that difficult. Its the maths which is my dark area. :) went to the open day last week. they dont half suck up to ya but behined the smoke screen it seemed a nice play to study.

I had the same problem with maths as well. I'm doing forensic engineering. There is a lot of maths support though. If you get your head down and work at it, you'll be fine. I personally think the engineering school is one of the best schools at hallam. The facillities and staff are excellent. unfortunately, doing engineering means that you'll have a lot more hours in lectures than most other courses, but thats the price you pay.

I'm doing mechanical engineering. It is quite maths intensive, but I a duffer like me who hadn't been to school for 20 years can do it, I'm sure you'll be okay.

The engineering school is excellent. Kerry in reception is excellent, always a smiling face and willing to help.

Thats one thing I did notice. The facilities do look outstanding. This maybe a stupid question to ask, but you here all this bu****** about so many thousands of engineers short to get you onto the course, but from a students point of view does the outlook on being an engineer look bright? job prospects etc..?

I have been in engineering for 25 years. My opinion is that we're short of YOUNG engineers. People who will carry the torch after my lot have retired. The youngest engineer out of 6 of us is 37!

Remember, everything you use or see has had the input of an engineer sometime during (if not all the way thorugh) it's development.

i'm not sure yet mate. I'll let you know next year. A lot of my friends finished last year. All doing different degrees. All of them have now got jobs in their respective professions. Even though it took some of them a while, they all got employment eventually. I'm sure if you come out of uni with a decent degree, you will get a job. maybe not as soon as you finish, but you will.

Originally posted by rickmiles85
Nope Im going to Sheffield Hallam tho. Doing Electronic and Electrical Engineering (BEng)


He he he..... I did the exact same course at Hallam, all I can say I hope you like maths, lol. Cos theres lots of it arrrrrrgh. Lecturers doin that course arnt too bad, but some could have been better. I did have a few moments where I felt like packing it all in, but stuck at it, was mostly maths that I struggled with. Overall a top place to study, excellant facilities, had loads of fun and made loads of friends. Hope I have not put you off. Good Luck.

I'm not starting in September, but i'm already in First year at Hallam, doing a BSc European Computing (French Stage6).

Nice to see newbies B4 they get in :)

I know a few people who have recently graduated from Hallam with various engineering degrees - only one of them has found a job so far...... 2 of my other mates who have been engineers for 15 years and 40+ years have found it so difficult trying to find other jobs after being made redundant they have both changed career. One is training to be a teacher, the other has just started with a small start up company writing reports for them. Doesn't look too great to me but you never know...

I'm getting sick of contacting Hallam.

I've contacted them 3 times now to see if there is any chance of me getting on a Social Work course this September and each time I'm told they will have to talk to someone else and will get back to me.

Maths is my downfall. Apparently the Social Work degree now requires you to have maths GCSE. Even though by the time I go to uni I will have completed one year of a computer studies HNC, which obviously requires some maths work.

It'll be too blo0dy late soon! :P

Hallam has a maths support session Mon-Fri in the Adsetts centre.

I finish this year all being well :D

Originally posted by jessycar
Hallam has a maths support session Mon-Fri in the Adsetts centre.

I remember going to maths help in Adsetts and was told sorry we cant help as the maths your doing is too advanced for us.... Not the kind of help I was looking for :confused:

A bit like taking your telly in for repair and the bloke saying, "Sorry pal, can't do owt wi it, its bust".

Originally posted by mega_monty
I remember going to maths help in Adsetts and was told sorry we cant help as the maths your doing is too advanced for us.... Not the kind of help I was looking for :confused:

YIKES! lol. I agree. Some maths within engineering is seriously tough and there is no way of getting out of it. It has to be correct. You cant construct a bridge and make a rough guess on the strength of the steel. Otherwise it could blow down. :thumbsup: or sway (like the millennium bridge in london) ;)

Originally posted by jessycar
Hallam has a maths support session Mon-Fri in the Adsetts centre.

I finish this year all being well :D

From 1100 to 1300 i believe.


Originally posted by mega_monty
I remember going to maths help in Adsetts and was told sorry we cant help as the maths your doing is too advanced for us.... Not the kind of help I was looking for :confused:

I doubt it, the maths support is for all students, and if a 4th year comes i doubt he'll be asking about addition :o

Originally posted by Gregsd
I doubt it, the maths support is for all students, and if a 4th year comes i doubt he'll be asking about addition :o

You would have thought it would have been for all student types, but that is what happened when our group of electronic engineering students went along for help.... In the end we approached one of our lecturers who agreed to give us extra tuition and also by helping each other in adsetts after lectures.

Im sorry if this has upset some maths helpers but this is what happened, maybe we picked the wrong day and that particular maths help lecturer was unable to help, maybe a different day, different lecturer may have been able to have helped.

Hi Angelicspoon, i am at hallam already and your course is based on my campus so if you need anything gis a shout xx

I did escape sorry graduate, seems like a long time ago now though.

As for the maths help, many of the lecturers who were at maths help were my lecturers from the maths department. Although I don't think they were every day and they did have some non maths specialists there too. To be honest, I didn't go to it very much, just used to go directly to my lecturers for help so I'm not entirely sure, though I do recall a coursemate once going and him not knowing the lecturer so it wasn't one of the maths ones.

there is also a 'maths for the terrified' session run in the adsetts every so often.

I'm starting Hallam in Sep 05 too! I'm doing the LLB law course :D See you around :clap:

I'm already there, in my 2nd year on the b.a English Studies x

I'm already there as well, i'm in my second year of Diagnostic Radiography.

Originally posted by caprice
I'm starting Hallam in Sep 05 too! I'm doing the LLB law course :D See you around :clap:

Mrs Patchy is starting the LLB at Hallam in September too! :)

Originally posted by Patchy
Mrs Patchy is starting the LLB at Hallam in September too! :)

Ooo tell her to look out for me! I'll be wearing my trademark colour - pink! :thumbsup:

Just graduated from hallam and going back in September to do MA in International Business and Management!

Love being a student! and getting away from home!

I'm already there too, I've nearly finished my first year on Communication Studies.

Yep, already there. Just coming to the end of my first year doing BA Fine Art at the Psalter Lane campus.

Leah xx

I work at Hallam. If you want your tuition fees wiped just slip me a fiver ;)

Good uni. Most of my friends are there.

Originally posted by caprice
I'm starting Hallam in Sep 05 too! I'm doing the LLB law course :D See you around

I'm just about finishing the first year of my LLB Law degree :) Tops marks to (most of) the lecturers and tutors. The support and facilities available to those doing law are top class as well.

Good luck for September!

Thanks norton! I might want to 'pick your brains' about it, if thats alright :)

Feel free :)

I found it useful talking to people who were already part of the way through the course.

maybe all the peeps who replied to this thread could all do a forum / s.h.u meet up sometime? Just a suggestion:confused:

im starting in sept 05, doing joint criminology and sociology :)

Iv applied to do a Social Work Course at Hallam Uni I had my interview the other day!!
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