A Message on Autism Awareness Month from Musical Theatre Student, Erin!
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This is me :)
"Hello everyone, I'm Erin an autistic 18 year old and I am on the musical theatre course here at The Sheffield College (and a big musical theatre fan too)."
"I thought I would tell you a bit more about me, so I've already mentioned that I am a musical theatre fan, but I have many special interests including Disney, turtles, sharks and many more!"
"I thought I would start with what Autism awareness month is and what it is like to be autistic. Autism awareness is vital for people like me and many others, as many people think autism is a scale as in your high functioning autistic or low functioning autistic but that's quite the opposite. Every autistic person is different."
"For me as an Autistic person I am very hypersensitive to loud sounds, fluorescent lights and different types of fabric. You may or may not know but autism is more often spotted in men and boys rather than women, most women are diagnosed later in life."
Most people think that the Autism spectrum looks like this...
But it actually looks like this!
"I also wanted to add a bit about things you can watch and read. I really encourage you to look for autism awareness social media platforms like @adelaidesaywell, @dyslexiadayna and @iinsidemyhead. They are amazing so please go give them a follow."
"If you would like to follow me my instagram is @inaworldoferin I also write a blog called 'Only Human' which you can find here. If you would like to read some of my posts it would mean the world."
Massive 'Thank You' for filling out the Student Surveys
Student Voice feedback is very important to the College and one of the large-scale ways we collect this feedback is through the Student Voice Surveys that run twice a year. Thank you so much to everyone who has taken part this year and shared their views on their experiences in College.
This feedback is presented to the highest level in College, including the College Executive Team and Board of Governors, and is a key part of quality improvement for the College. Your voices are heard and contribute to improvements and planning for student support, student experience, teaching and learning and campus facilities. Not only does your feedback help with enhancing the student experience it also enables us to really celebrate how good The Sheffield College is. Taking part in these surveys really helps shape your college experience and campuses.
This year we have had in total nearly 10,000 student survey responses! This includes nearly 80% of students taking part in the term one induction survey and 83% taking part in the term two on programme survey.
Consistently students share what an inclusive and welcoming place the College is with thousands of students agreeing they feel they are treated with fairness and respect by the College (97% in term one and 94% in term two) and agreeing the College is a welcoming place for people from all backgrounds (98% in term one and 97% in term two).
You will also have the opportunity during May to contribute to the College's reassessment for the Leaders in Diversity award - look out for that student survey invite coming soon!
In the term two on programme survey we also asked you to share your ideas on how we can improve or change how student feedback is shared, listened to and acted upon, and how we can let you all know about the next steps following student feedback. The Student Participation Team will be reviewing all of your great ideas this term so we can try to incorporate it into next year's student voice activities in College.
Look out for Sexual Health Sheffield coming into College!
We have recently re-launched Sexual Health stalls at College. These are run the great people at Sexual Health Sheffield, who hand out free condoms, provide signposting to services, and resources and information.
They are running them on Monday lunchtimes and will be at a different site every week, rotating between City, Hillsborough, Olive Grove, Fir Vale and Peaks.
Keep an eye out for them, and don't forget, free condoms are always available from reception desks at College.
Sexual Health Sheffield also run free and confidential walk-in Youth Clinics at the Hallamshire Hospital on Mondays and Wednesdays 2-6pm and Saturdays 9am-12:30pm. You can check out Sexual Health Sheffield's website below for more information and guidance...
New helpline available for The Sheffield College students
If you are in College and you need emotional or personal help, your Personal Tutor, Student Mentor or member of delivery team will be there to do that.
However, problems and worries often happen outside of college times. This is why the Sheffield College has launched the Student Assistance Programme. This is an external agency that offers a 24/7 helpline of support. All phone calls are answered by trained Councillors who are able to guide, support and signpost. The leaflet also has the number included.
Health Assured have a fantastic App called 'My Health Advantage' which as a Sheffield College student you can download. There are lots of: podcasts, fitness advice, and well-being tips. There are instructions on how to download the App and the unique code you will need in the SHAPE Your Future Google classroom. If you can't find this, ask your tutor.
Student Info Calling the SAP helpline - non counselling.pdfExternal Support
Do you need some support with your mental health or your home life? Please see below for some useful organisations that might be able to support you, feel free to click on the logos for more information!
Sheffield Drug and Alcohol /Domestic Abuse Coordination Team
Andy's Man Club - Men's Mental Health Support
A Reminder of Key Information
It's easy to forget who to contact if you need help at College, so here's a quick reminder of some key information and contacts that are useful to remember...
Have an issue with your a College laptop or computer? Have a problem with MyHub or your College log in? Is there a website that you need to access for revision that is blocked?
You can contact the IT team at College by emailing yourIT@sheffcol.ac.uk
Is there a leaky tap in one of the toilet sinks? Is there a dodgy lock on one of the cubicles? Is there a water fountain that's not working?
You can report issues like this to our Estates team at College through MyHub
Want to find out more about enrichment on offer at College? You can ask your tutor or email studentsunion@sheffcol.ac.uk
Don't forget there are free period products available from College at every campus.
These are available from reception at every campus, or there is a box in Upper Student Central at City and next to reception at Hillsborough that you can help yourself to.
Have we missed off any key contacts that would be useful to know? Drop us an email to remind us!
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