The University of Sheffield School of Architecture
Internationalisation SSoA continues to be a vibrant international community: over 30% of our students and nearly 40% of our staff are international. This is reflected across all aspects of our work from the way we learn and teach, to the diversity of our research portfolio and the way we engage with the city and the world beyond. We are particularly dedicated to supporting incoming international students, as well as home students seeing international experience. We focus on developing the cultural agility of all our students, and actively see to create further opportunities to expand our students’ awareness of the international context of research, study and practice. We have developed curricula that are culturally aware, sensitive, appropriate and ethically grounded, supported by a diverse and comprehensive international teaching network. We have strong connections with other schools and organizations around the world and actively promote cultural exchanges with the department, across the University and with our partner institutions. As well as raising cultural awareness, our teaching collaborations enable students and staff to participate in international exchanges through collaborative work of placements. Our international teaching network includes Erasmus + partnerships with a wide range of EU universities (2 new exchanges with the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts–KADK, and Universidad de Alicante have been added this year) as well as partnerships further afield through programmes such as the University-wide Study Abroad. Additionally, a range of informal teaching collaborations with international partners and activities such as field trips, case studies and research collaborations–enrich the learning experience, making it culturally diverse and geographically spread.
Outgoing Exchange Students: Stephen Fisher (Y5), KTH Stockholm Victoria Glistrides (Y2), Delft University of Technology Vencel Huiber (Y2), NU Singapore Ivana Kafedjian (Y2), NU Singapore Incoming Exchange Students: Y2 Clara Beckers, Delft University of Technology Jessica Bone, Montana State University Joohee Kim, Sungkynkwan University Lauren Maley, University of Sydney Cole O’Brien, Montana State University Brooke Tilston, UNSW Sidney Alexandra Wolsifer, Montana State University Yi Qi Yu, University of Sydney Y3 George Fitzpatrick, University of Sydney Valentina Labonte, Technishe Universitat Munchen Luis Wittmann, Technishe Universitat Munchen Jinrui Zhang, Monash University Y5 Gabrielle Depauw, La Villette Paris Thomas Gadot, La Villette Paris Marie Blaker Hogevold, Oslo School of Architecture and Design Chongqing University students attend Winter School as part of new partnership The Sheffield School of Architecture hosted 32 students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at Chongqing University (CQU) China from 16th - 26th January 2019. The Winter School was the first collaboration in a new partnership between the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Sheffield and the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at Chongqing University. The group spent five days in Sheffield and attended a series of lectures from University of Sheffield academics. Following the lectures, the students took part in field trips to some heritage and nature sites including Lincoln Castle, Chatsworth House, the Peak District and York. They also visited London, Cambridge, Birmingham, and Manchester for guided tours of selected architecture schools, university campuses, museums and galleries. The visiting students and staff were very pleased with the Winter School and highly praised the unique learning opportunity provided by the SSoA. We would like to thank Chongqing University for choosing Sheffield for their Winter School, and we look forward to more collaborative projects in the future.
01 Ivana Kafedjian (Y2) - NU Singapore It would be hard to list all of the things I enjoyed about my exchange, but the main ones would be: meeting a lot of people from all around the world (NUS has around 1400 exchangers every semester); living in a totally different culture and watching myself adapt and grow as a person; having a lot of amazing food; travelling to a new place almost every week; being taught by tutors and lecturers with a very different background and seeing new approaches to so many things. I learned a lot about myself, became more easy-going, more accepting towards myself and others, more confident. And the amount of things I learned about Singapore, architecture and other cultures is immense! 02 Vencel Huiber (Y2) - NU Singapore Overall the experience was quite positive, I believe I have improved a lot in many things related to school and also learned a lot about myself while encountering a totally different culture. There was a lot of things I really enjoyed during the year but I think the opportunity to travel around in Southeast Asia was the most fun. Apart from that it was a yearlong summer with delicious food and many interesting people.In terms of school, it was really tough especially the first semester. I would recommend exchange in general for everyone, because it really puts one to a broader context and I also believe that living in a different country gives a much deeper understanding than visiting one. On the other hand I would only recommend NUS architecture for students who are really confident with their work and who are brave enough to jump into deep water. 03 Cole O’Brien (Y2) - Montana Studying at the University of Sheffield stands out as one of the most valuable experiences of my lifetime. I will forever remember the irreplaceable friendships, travels and dedicated tutors who made up my months abroad. In particular, the Ropewalks, Liverpool project provided me a unique global perspective on architecture and construction while honing my conceptual design approach. These lessons will be invaluable in my future career as I aim to return overseas in practice. As I’ve already told students at my home university, I cannot recommend the University of Sheffield highly enough for those seeking a top-class educational and international experience.
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