Month: April 2018

A student’s guide to Sheffield restaurants

Hi! I’m Rebecca, a third year undergraduate in Business Management. Having spent three years in Sheffield I’ve tried much of what the city has to offer when it comes to food. Whilst cooking at home is a massive lesson to learn for many freshers, there are times when you become sick of pasta and oven food and decide to see what Sheffield’s restaurants and cafes have to offer. So here’s my suggestions of where to go when you fancy a change.

Breakfast

Alyssum Cafe brunch – @alyssumcafebistro

Famous for their Instagram-worthy food, Alyssum is the place to be if you’re looking for an aesthetically pleasing brunch. Their menu features brunch staples with a Greek twist, like avocado toast with poached eggs and grilled halloumi, baklava pancakes and Greek inspired mezze boards. If you’re more sweet than savoury then they have a range of stunning cakes that look as good as they taste, always temptingly posted on their Instagram (@alyssumcafebistro). Bonus – it’s a five minute walk from the Management School.

Lunch

Tamper Coffee – @tampercoffeesw

Independent cafes are everywhere in Sheffield whether you’re living city centre, Ecclesall Road or in Crookes/Broomhill. In the city centre there’s the New Zealand-inspired Tamper Coffee, serving up some exotic lunches (also highly Instagrammable – @tampercoffeesw). If you’re around quirky Kelham Island, there’s The Grind, which serves amazing coffee as well as healthy salads and sandwiches. Lastly, up in Crookes, Five Rivers specialises in great coffee and snacks and is a popular study spot for Management School students.

Dinner

If you want to eat out but also look after your bank account the key is to go on weekdays. There’s so many deals to encourage custom from great restaurants like 2-4-1 on pizzas at Craft & Dough on Campo Lane as well as at Bloo 88 on West Street. With a Revs card you can get 25% off all food, including weekends, as well as some great deals on cocktails.

For the student on a budget, I’d recommend following Independent Sheffield’s Instagram page (@indpndntshef) as they often advertise deals on food and drinks around the city. As a relatively inexpensive city, Sheffield is a godsend to students who want to eat out but don’t want to break the bank!

 

Societies at Sheffield – Enactus

Hannah ReaneyHi! I’m Hannah, a BA Business Management student in my second year of study. In this blog, I’m going to talk about something that I’m really passionate about, which is Enactus, a society that you can be a part of at University of Sheffield.

Societies that you can get involved with at university are never ending, and range from sports clubs like cheerleading and football, to groups such as Quidditch and film making. But there’s a society I want to talk about in particular, which is known as Enactus. We are a society that is quite different from others as we’re a stand-alone organisation that doesn’t have to adhere to the usual rules of university societies, as we have our own funding.

So, what is Enactus Sheffield?

Enactus stands for ‘Entrepreneurial, Action, and Us’. It’s a non-profit social enterprise run by students, which runs a range of projects both locally and internationally to benefit communities. Our aim is to provide aid to local and international social issues through the development of new businesses. Each year, Enactus Sheffield takes part in the Enactus National Competition with 55 other teams from all over the UK. We get to present on what impact our enterprises have had over the past year, and each team is judged – in each of the last eight years we have placed in the top four teams! We have also received recognition from the former Prime Minister David Cameron and HRH Prince William, as well as winning several national awards.

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  • Takes place in 36 Countries
  • Over 1,730 universities take part
  • We have 72,000+ student members
  • Our work has impacted 1,300,000+ people

Opportunities at Enactus:

All of the above are obviously great reasons to get involved, however you might be asking what Enactus can do for you? The opportunities that you gain when you take part in this society are huge, and range from meeting and working with a large group of diverse people, to the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills at multiple training days and weekends. You would also have the opportunity to go to Nationals, and if successful compete in The World Cup, which this year is in San Francisco! As well as that, implementing our projects take our members around the world, with members travelling to Zambia, Nigeria, Malawi and Bolivia.

Lastly, we’re part of a global network that supports the amazing work we do, with sponsor companies such as Asda, KPMG, Centrica and Accenture to name just a few. So, if you have your eye on a graduate job (which let’s face it, all of us do) then join Enactus to have access to this network of companies keen to employ you.

Enactus