University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is a leading university located in Sheffield, UK.

Students' union, sports and traditions

The University of Sheffield Union of Students is the largest students' union in the UK, with two bars (Bar One and The Interval), three club venues (Fusion, Foundry and Octagon), two off-campus public houses (The Fox and Duck and The Rising Sun), a cinema, nearly one hundred student societies and a turnover of around £8,000,000.

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The Union is generally left-wing, and is run by a variety of working, representative and standing committees, presided over by the Union Assembly and eight elected full-time sabbatical officers. It is a constituent member of the National Union of Students.

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Left-wing - Committee - National Union of Students

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A Union group publishes The Steel Press newspaper fortnightly, while another runs Sure Radio, which broadcasts throughout the Union building during term-time and over the Internet. A third group maintains a news-based website, Sheffield Base.

Related Topics:
The Steel Press - Sure Radio - Internet - Sheffield Base

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The Union holds various student nights through out the week, in the Fusion and Foundry within the Union building, including pop music nights Juice! and Pop Tarts on Wednesdays and Saturdays as well as less mainstream drum and bass and indie rock nights The Tuesday Club and Fuzz Club. Chart and dance night, Frouk, is held in the Octagon on Fridays as the Fusion and Foundry hosts monthly nights such as Climax and Diversion. Bar One is an award-winning take on the 'traditional' student bar and The Interval is a continental style cafe/bar. Both bars host regular pre-club nights with a variety of music and special events such as 'Union Christmas Day' along with serving a wide range of food and drinks. The union also features one of the largest beer gardens in Sheffield.

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Pop music - Wednesday - Saturday - Drum and bass - Indie rock - The Tuesday Club - Fuzz Club - Friday

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Film Unit, the Union's Film Society, shows four films a week during term time: independent and arthouse films on Wednesdays, mainstream films on Fridays and Saturdays and classics on Sundays.

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Film Unit - Wednesdays - Friday - Sunday

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Sheffield supports a large number of student societies and sports teams, which compete in the BUSA championships. Sheffield University Bankers Hockey Club play top-flight field hockey in the national first division. The annual Varsity Challenge takes place between teams from the University and its rival Sheffield Hallam University in over 30 events.

Related Topics:
BUSA - Sheffield University Bankers Hockey Club - Field hockey - Varsity Challenge - Sheffield Hallam University

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As part of RAG week, University of Sheffield students used to take part in the Pyjama Jump pub crawl, dressed only in their nightwear in mid-winter. This event was banned in 1997 following the hospitalisation of several students. Another RAG week tradition is the Spiderwalk, a fifty mile trek through the city and the Peak District, the first half through the night.

Related Topics:
RAG week - Pub crawl - 1997 - Peak District

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