Although more students than ever before are accessing the Library’s Skills Centre, we know that many students still face barriers to attending our academic skills sessions and using our online resources. We’re currently conducting research to investigate what factors prevent students from using the Skills Centre, and we’re keen to hear your views on what more we can do to expand our reach and ensure everyone has the opportunity to develop their academic skills while studying at Sheffield Hallam.

We are running three online focus groups in March (Monday 27th, Thursday 30th and Friday 31st)– these will last for one hour, with around 45 minutes dedicated to discussing your experiences of accessing academic skills support and how we could improve our offer to be more inclusive of a wider range of students.

To thank everyone for their time, participants will each receive a £20 voucher (Amazon or Sodexo).

To sign up for a focus group, please:

1. Read the participant information sheet to learn more about the project.
2. Complete the poll letting us know which time/date you will attend. Open the poll
3. Complete the consent form and email it to: sam.dougherty@shu.ac.uk. There’s no need to add a hand-written signature – you can type your name in the box instead.

If you have any questions or queries about this work please don’t hesitate to contact the researcher, Sam Dougherty (sam.dougherty@shu.ac.uk).

Do you have time to take part in research into financial stress amongst undergraduate students? This diary study explores students’ experience of daily stressful situations, which include, but are not limited to, their experience of financially stressful situations. The study involves completing a short survey (about 5 minutes) for seven days and is expected to take no longer than 40 minutes in total. Participation is completely voluntary, and you will be entered into a prize draw to win a £20 Amazon voucher for taking part.

To participate, you must be:-

• over 18 years old
• an undergraduate student
• studying in the UK

If you are interested in taking part, please click on the button below.

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At the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC) at Sheffield Hallam University we are currently undertaking research to understand how people feel about having body measurements taken. To achieve this we are looking for individuals aged 18+, from all backgrounds, genders, ages, shapes and sizes to complete a short survey (about five minutes). In this survey we will ask for people's opinions on different body measurement methods. In doing so we hope to improve clinical and research practice for individuals and population groups. All procedures have acquired Sheffield Hallam University ethical approval.

We would greatly appreciate it if you would be able to distribute the survey link to anyone you think would be interested in participating; be that colleagues, family members or friends - we would really like to hear from everyone! If you have any questions or queries about this work please don’t hesitate to get in contact with either myself, Clare Cryan (b2018243@exchange.shu.ac.uk), or the principal researcher, Dr Alice Bullas (a.bullas@shu.ac.uk).

If you are interested in taking part, please click on the button below.

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Udeme, your new Students' Union BAME Research Ambassador, is conducting research for a dissertation into the relationship between body positivity (appreciating and loving one's body the way it is) and Body Mass Index (BMI, a way of categorising weight). The survey does not collect any identifying information. If you have any questions about this research, please contact Udeme at Udeme.E.Bassey@student.shu.ac.uk.

If you are interested in taking part, please click on the button below.

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A MSc Public Health student at Sheffield Hallam is currently researching the prevalence and the risk factors for substance use (for example tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs) among university students in the UK. The survey only takes about 10 - 15 minutes to complete and does not collect any identifying information. If you have any questions about this research, please contact Clinton at Clinton.O.Iheanacho@my.shu.ac.uk.

If you are interested in taking part, please click on the button below.

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Researchers at the University of Leicester are conducting a project looking at Wellbeing, self-compassion, and sex work. The research project is titled A survey of UK university students: Wellbeing, self-compassion, and sex work. They are interested in learning about any different types of sex work that university students have been involved in, or would consider being involved in, and how different types of work may be related to factors such as wellbeing and self-compassion. We hope that the results can be used to inform support offered by student support services in the future. If you are interested in taking part, please read the Participant Information Sheet. You can also fill the survey in via the button below.

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A MSc Public Health student at Sheffield Hallam is currently researching food insecurity and the impact of this on students' mental wellbeing. This is a nation-wide study. The survey does not take long to complete. You can complete this survey by clicking the button below. If you have questions about this research, please contact Nnedinma at c1014206@my.shu.ac.uk.

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A current student is working as a Leadership & Development Assistant on placement with Sheffield Hallam. They are reviewing the current and future coach education programmes at SHU. If you have any thoughts or would like to be involved in the development of what coach education programmes students and staff might might or need, please get in touch directly with Louis at b9005711@my.shu.ac.uk.