Electronic and Electrical Engineering Welcome Week

For programmes in:

BEng/MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

BEng/MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering with an Industrial Placement Year

BEng/MEng Electronics and Computer Engineering

BEng Electrical Engineering

BEng/MEng Electronic Engineering

Congratulations on securing a place to study Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield. It is a real pleasure to welcome you to our School.

Student Handbook

Please make sure that you save a link to the student handbook as this includes important information about your course.

View the Student Handbook

Welcome Week

Year 1

Recordings of the sessions will also become available on the Blackboard module site for EEE126

Monday 23rd September 2024

10:00 - 12:00: Welcome to the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Location: Diamond Lecture Theatre 1

School Welcome for Undergraduate Students

Tuesday 24th September 2024

13:00 - 15:00: Year 1 Course Introduction

Location: Diamond Lecture Theatre 2

Wednesday 25th September 2024

10:30 - 15:30: Inclusive team working for student engineers, lunch and orientation

Location: Diamond Computer Room 5

In this session you will be working in your tutor groups. Please see the Tutor group lists to identify who your Academic Tutor is.

1st Year Tutor list - by student name

1st Year Tutor list - by group

Welcome Week Inclusive Teamwork 2024 - Student Resource

Resource for students: Inclusive teamwork

Presentation Slides: coming soon!

Thursday 26th September 2024

09:00 - 10:00: Introduction to labs in the Diamond

Location: Diamond Lecture Theatre 1

School Introduction to Diamond Labs

10:00 - 12:00: Race Equality & Consent Conversations

Location: Diamond Lecture Theatre 6

Race Equality Conversations aim to explore race and racism, particularly racial inequality in the UK. The session will include examples of privilege, microaggressions as well as reflective and interactive questions on diversifying the curriculum and tackling difficult conversations. We will also discuss practical intervention tips, equipping our students with skills to safely intervene and protect themselves and or the victim(s).

Prior to this session we highly encourage you to view the following video, as it will provide you with an initial understanding of race and racism in the UK. We will then explore the topics covered in the video further in our workshops. Racism - We need to think differently (5 minutes).

Race Equality Conversation Handbook

Consent Conversations covers key topics of sexual consent: what the law and university policy says, what consent is, how to identify consent, and information on healthy relationships. These concepts are then discussed by students through a number of scenarios. The session finishes with students learning more about being an active bystander and how to effectively support their peers.

You can find out more about consent at university at Consent Collective TV (Please sign up using your university email address).

Consent Conversation Handbook

If you have any concerns about attending these sessions because it might be triggering, you do not have to attend if it would make you uncomfortable. Instead, you can access resources from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages. The session will not be recorded and there will be no presentation slides made available after the event.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Sheffield

We hope that you enjoy Welcome Week and have fun!

If you have any questions about Welcome Week or about starting your degree please get in touch: eee-support@sheffield.ac.uk