Sheffield Hallam University is situated in the city centre but is only 2 miles from the peak district so you get the best of both worlds – a busy modern city for socialising and the country to unwind or for some outdoor recreation. The newly purchased National Centre for Popular Music should make a great new union bar. The university has a good working atmosphere, with some of its learning centres open 24 hours.
The different subjects within the course keep it very interesting, especially because there are frequent field trips to enhance them. There are good prospects leading from the course into a broad range of careers from environmental consultancy to national park rangering.
The word conservation means good management, so this course is not the tree hugging, hippy course which many people think it is. On this course you will learn how everything needs to be able to work / live together for conservation to work. As humans we have become dependent on a lot of things that may be seen as bad for the environment, by doing this course you will learn to appreciate all sides of the argument.
Landscape Courses at the University of Sheffield combine a highly creative and imaginative approach to landscape design with a thorough understanding of how our environment works, and of the relationships between people and nature.
Sheffield runs three Landscape Architecture degrees; all duals with either Town Planning, Ecology or Architecture. This enables those with an interest in Landscape to follow a more science or arts based course.
A lively department with an active research school helps initiate the wide range of topics covered. Over the three years, areas such as graphic design, habitat management, town planning, environmental impact assessment and social aspects will be covered, drawing on many different personal skills.
The proximity to the Peak District National Park provides many opportunities for field trips. This enables students to acquire site analysis skills and visualise how a design could take shape. The rich cultural and industrial heritage allows social analysis and character assessment to be studied within a context relevant to the City.
Much of the work in the department is project based and takes place within the studios. Some work requires individual input while alternative pieces are group based; but there is always the opportunity to share ideas and develop concepts together in tutorials. Computers are available when computer-aided design is required or for individuals wishing to use programmes such as Photoshop or Corel Draw.