Study the Contemporary Issues in Advancing Practice (distance learning) module at Sheffield Hallam University and learn how to examine key policy drivers and challenge or enhance your skills in key areas.

Leading People and Teams

Managing Long Term Conditions

From the point of diagnosis onwards, including palliative and end of life care; this module aims to explore the needs of cancer patients, and the ways in which they might be supported, to experience as good a quality of life as possible, as they live with or beyond their cancer and its treatment. Personalised care, and the importance of being able to address individual needs, in a multi-disciplinary and collaborative context, is promoted.

Post-16 education and further education includes all post-16 learning, including vocational training and work-based learning. There is a diverse nature of students in varied workplaces, making it a very exciting area of education. All our routes are specialist, so your placement will be in your own subject specialist area.

'I love children's energy. They are far more insightful than some people give them credit for and I enjoy getting to know them and listening to what they have to say.'

'Many of my students come to college with a negative view of maths, so when I have a learner say “I really enjoyed this lesson, maths can be fun”, it's just fantastic.'

'I wasn’t the most academic student at school but I loved sport. My PE teacher realised this and she used sport and PE as a tool to help me stay on track to gain my GCSEs. She really inspired me.'

'It's a very challenging career, but I’ve loved every minute of it and only wish I’d made the decision earlier.'

Staff profiles of lecturers and researchers in humanities at Sheffield Hallam University's Graduate School