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The Sheffield Universities' Military Education Committee
The Sheffield Universities' Military Education Committee
The Sheffield Universities' Military Education Committee is a sub-committee of the Sheffield University Senate Education Committee and of the Education, Quality and Student Experience Committee at Sheffield Hallam.
Purpose:
Purpose:
The Universities of Sheffield Military Education Committee is a joint Committee of the University of Sheffield (UoS) and Sheffield Hallam University (SHU).
It meets twice a year and reports to the UoS Senate Education Committee and the SHU Student Experience Committee.
It acts as a link between the UoS, SHU and the three Service Units with Sheffield student members (Sheffield Universities Officers’ Training Corps, Yorkshire Universities Air Squadron, and Yorkshire Universities Royal Naval Unit).
It supports students in the Service Units in their aim to acquire military and leadership skills, which contribute to their personal development and employability. It aims to ensure that students’ participation in military activities does not have a negative impact on their wellbeing or academic studies. The Committee receives interim and annual reports from the Commanding Officers of each Service Unit and regular presentations from Students, which provide the Committee with oversight of student experience and the activities they undertake.
About the Committee:
About the Committee:
Full details of the Sheffield Military Education Committee can be found on the Terms of Reference.
Contact the Sheffield Military Education Committee at mec.secretary@sheffield.ac.uk
Who We Support: Meet the University Service Units:
Who We Support: Meet the University Service Units:
You can learn more about the day to day activities of the students via the following:
Sheffield UOTC instagram - Yorkshire UAS instagram - Reserve forces website
The Yorkshire University Royal Navy Unit (URNU) provides naval training to undergraduates of seven universities in the Yorkshire area.
Sheffield University Officers’ Training Corps (SUOTC) is an Army Reserve unit that recruits exclusively from university students across South Yorkshire.
The Yorkshire University Air Squadron (YUAS) is based at RAF Leeming, situated between Catterick and Thirsk. YUAS recruits from 10 universities across Yorkshire.
Resources for Students:
Resources for Students:
Pastoral Support Pathways:
Pastoral Support Pathways:
As a member of a university service unit, there are a number of different support pathways open to you. Our purpose here is to highlight your options - your service unit, department of study, and university web pages will provide up-to-date pointers to specific resources.
Service unit support: your peers and CO are an immediate point of contact for pastoral support.
Personal tutor/departmental welfare support: individual departments/schools will have their own pastoral support services. Students are advised to familiarise themself with local resources, policies, and procedures.
Faculty wellbeing advisors: Undergraduates in the University of Sheffield can book appointments with a Faculty Wellbeing Advisor - see tUoS website
Counselling services: Your university will have its own counselling service. Contact them directly for an initial triage appointment.
Student Services: The Student Services Information Desk and [Hallam equivalent] are your one-stop-shop for general student-related enquiries.
Health Service: The university health service and [Hallam equivalent] are your first point of call for medical/health concerns, including mental health.
NHS/urgent support: For urgent health concerns, use 111/999/A&E
Concerned about another student? Your university webpage has advice on how best to seek support for another student.
Academic Support Pathways:
Academic Support Pathways:
Similarly, you will have access to multiple academic support resources.
Personal/Academic tutors - can provide one to one advice
301 & ELTC and Hallam equivalents - centralised support services for academic study skills
Engage with departmental/school level professional services support - advice on the processes and procedures for your programme of study
MEC support - If needed, MEC can liaise with your school/department to provide input on study/service unit balance.
Service unit support - your peers and COs can provide advice and support
Careers & Employability
Careers & Employability
Recent Projects
Recent Projects
Recent MEC projects include:
Advising on Inclusivity in recruitment
Extensions and Extenuating Circumstances: making a case for the inclusion of service unit activities as part of the universities' extenuating circumstances procedures, and seeing this embedded.
Mapping of Graduate Attributes
Committee Restructuring for better support and visibility of the needs of students in service units
Promoting the Armed Forces Covenant scheme to the universities' executive boards
Support for Armed Forces in the Community
Support for Armed Forces in the Community
Both Sheffield Universities are committed to supporting members of the Armed Forces in our communities. Sheffield Hallam University is proud to hold silver award Employer Recognition Scheme status.
Both Universities have adopted the Armed Forces Covenant.
The major function of COMEC is to serve as a single point of contact to represent the views of MECs to the MOD and as a channel of information between the universities and the MOD. They hold an AGM every year, and updates of COMEC activities and information will be circulated at each MEC meeting.
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