Foundation Year Health, Sport and Social Care Foundation

You will develop your skills and academic knowledge in readiness for degree-level study.

How you learn

In the foundation year, you build your knowledge alongside developing your academic skills. You'll gain valuable skills in information gathering, project and self-management, written and oral communication, and digital work. You will explore a range of contemporary issues affecting the health of the nation, and consider the impact of current health policy and the delivery of care.You receive face-to-face feedback regularly during your modules in order to prepare you for the completion of your assessments. This will be via tasks set for you to undertake in the module seminars or in your independent study time.

You learn through

• lectures
• seminars
• tutorials
• project supervision
• practical classes and workshops

Applied learning

Live projects

You will have a chance to investigate an area of interest in more detail by completing a project. This will allow you to obtain a deeper knowledge of the core principles in science or social science as relevant to your chosen degree course.

Networking opportunities

You are encouraged to make contact and develop relationships throughout the foundation year with students and staff as relevant to your study area. You can make contact with departments and societies via events or social media.

Adult Nursing@Shu Adult Nursing Men in Nursing Together (MINT)@MINT nursing BSc Mental Health Nursing@SHU Mental Health BSc Operating Department Practice (who also hold and annual event)@ODPSHUBSc Radiotherapy and Oncology@SHU Radiotherapy Sheffield Hallam Student's Union Radiography Society@SHSURadSocBSc Learning Disability Nursing & Social Work@answ_shu