Sheffield Events
Students
221 events this week513 places1,320 charities33.4% of Sheffield adults hold a degree or higher Census 20219.1% of Sheffield residents are aged 20 to 24 Census 202119.4% of Sheffield adults have no qualifications Census 2021Yorkshire grid: high carbon now, 55% biomass 184 gCO2/kWh, Carbon Intensity API, CC BY 4.0

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Study, work and make Sheffield yours

Students in Sheffield

Student events already in the Sheffield calendar, places around the universities, local areas to explore and practical routes for housing, work and support.

From the live calendar

Student events coming up

Matches come from published event text containing freshers, student or university terms.

Browse the full Sheffield calendar

Plan the academic year

Term dates, travel and days off

The two universities use different calendars, and some courses have non-standard dates. Check the official page for your institution before booking travel or assuming campus services are open.

Plan ahead

Next bank holidays

England and Wales

  • Christmas Day
  • Boxing DaySubstitute day
  • New Year’s Day
  • Good Friday

Dates from the GOV.UK bank-holiday service under the Open Government Licence. University term dates are separate – check your university before making travel plans. Snapshot refreshed .

From public partner feeds

University and partner events

Checked server-side

Minimal event metadata is cached from configured public feeds, with details, booking terms, eligibility and late changes linked to the named source.

From the local directory

Student places and venues

Directory entries whose published names identify a university or students’ union connection.

Local area links

Explore beyond campus

Start with areas already represented in the Sheffield Events directory and calendar. The counts show local content tagged to each place.

Living here 4 cards

Highest qualification of the 456,292 Sheffield residents aged 16 and over at the 2021 census, and how old the city is.

Highest qualification

Degree or above
33.4%
Level 3 (A level)
18.6%
Apprenticeship
5.5%
Level 2 (GCSE)
11.7%
Level 1
9.1%
No qualifications
19.4%
Other
2.4%

Ages

Aged 15 to 19
6.7%
Aged 20 to 24
9.1%
Aged 25 to 29
7.3%
Aged 65 and over
17%

Youngest neighbourhoods

Share of residents aged 20 to 24. Across Sheffield it was 9.1%.

  1. Cultural Industries Quarter 50% 2,474 residents
  2. Crookesmoor 48.1% 6,531 residents
  3. City Centre 43.8% 1,469 residents
  4. Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor 43.2% 4,667 residents
  5. Devonshire Quarter 40.9% 2,166 residents
  6. Broomhall 40.1% 5,595 residents

Most degrees per head

Share of adults qualified to degree level or above. Across Sheffield it was 33.4%.

  1. Banner Cross 66.5% 1,301 residents aged 16 and over
  2. Fulwood 66.3% 2,352 residents aged 16 and over
  3. Ecclesall 65.7% 2,624 residents aged 16 and over
  4. Cathedral Quarter 65.3% 1,941 residents aged 16 and over
  5. Nether Green 65.1% 1,411 residents aged 16 and over
  6. Greystones 63.5% 3,454 residents aged 16 and over

Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, via Nomis, Open Government Licence v3.0. Neighbourhood figures sum the census areas whose population-weighted centres (ONS Open Geography, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026) fall inside each boundary. Census 2021 on Nomis · All data sources

Share of residents aged 16 and over who were full-time students at the 2021 census. Across Sheffield it was 14%.

  1. Cultural Industries Quarter 79% 2,472 residents
  2. Devonshire Quarter 67% 2,163 residents
  3. Netherthorpe 64% 4,129 residents
  4. Endcliffe 64% 5,151 residents
  5. Saint Vincent's and Shalesmoor 64% 4,665 residents
  6. Highfield 62% 5,106 residents
  7. Broomhall 58% 5,596 residents
  8. Crookesmoor 57% 6,531 residents

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Census 2021 tables via Nomis; population-weighted centroids from ONS Open Geography, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census 2021 on Nomis · All data sources

Highest qualification of Sheffield adults, Census 2021
Highest qualification of Sheffield adults, Census 2021Highest qualification of Sheffield adults, Census 2021Sheffield08.416.72533.4No qualificationsLevel 1Level 2 (GCSE)ApprenticeshipLevel 3 (A level)Degree or aboveOther
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Highest qualification of Sheffield adults, Census 2021
PointSheffield
No qualifications19.4 %
Level 19.1 %
Level 2 (GCSE)11.7 %
Apprenticeship5.5 %
Level 3 (A level)18.6 %
Degree or above33.4 %
Other2.4 %
Sheffield by five-year age band, Census 2021
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Sheffield by five-year age band, Census 2021
PointSheffield
0 to 45.4 %
5 to 95.8 %
10 to 145.8 %
15 to 196.7 %
20 to 249.1 %
25 to 297.3 %
30 to 347 %
35 to 396.3 %
40 to 445.8 %
45 to 495.8 %
50 to 546.5 %
55 to 596.2 %
60 to 645.3 %
65 to 694.5 %
70 to 744.4 %
75 to 793.4 %
80 to 842.5 %
85 and over2.3 %

Money and energy 2 cards

Cheaper, greener electricity today

Greenest time to charge today

15:00 to 17:00

About 56 gCO2/kWh, the lowest two hours in the next day. Right now the Yorkshire grid is high carbon at 184 gCO2/kWh; the dirtiest half hour is 23:00 at 184.

Generation mix now: 55% biomass, 30% gas, 7% imports, 5% wind.

Carbon Intensity API, CC BY 4.0. Forecast for the S1 postcode district.

Cheapest electricity half hours on Agile

Today and tomorrow, Yorkshire Agile Octopus unit rates including VAT.

  1. 22:30 to 23:00 tomorrow: 21.6p/kWh
  2. 13:30 to 14:00 tomorrow: 22.4p/kWh
  3. 13:00 to 13:30 tomorrow: 23.0p/kWh
  4. 12:30 to 13:00 tomorrow: 23.1p/kWh
  5. 14:30 to 15:00 tomorrow: 23.1p/kWh
  6. 12:00 to 12:30 tomorrow: 23.5p/kWh

Tariff E-1R-AGILE-24-10-01-M. Only Agile customers pay these rates; other tariffs differ. Source: Octopus Energy API (terms).

What you should be paying for electricity in Yorkshire, and help if the bill is the problem

Carbon intensity and generation mix: National Energy System Operator Carbon Intensity API, CC BY 4.0. Forecasts, not meter readings. Electricity prices: Agile Octopus unit rates for Yorkshire (including VAT) from the Octopus Energy API, used under the Octopus API terms. Only Agile customers pay these rates; check your own tariff. GB generation and demand: Elexon Insights Solution, initial outturn data.

Agile Octopus half-hour unit rates for Yorkshire
Agile Octopus half-hour unit rates for YorkshireAgile Octopus half-hour unit rates for YorkshireToday p/kWhTomorrow p/kWh01733.950.967.800:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
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Agile Octopus half-hour unit rates for Yorkshire
PointToday p/kWhTomorrow p/kWh
00:0024.8 p/kWh27.9 p/kWh
00:3024.6 p/kWh27.1 p/kWh
01:0023.8 p/kWh26.3 p/kWh
01:3023.9 p/kWh25.9 p/kWh
02:0023.5 p/kWh26.3 p/kWh
02:3023.3 p/kWh25.7 p/kWh
03:0024.6 p/kWh25.8 p/kWh
03:3023.9 p/kWh25.5 p/kWh
04:0025.6 p/kWh26.6 p/kWh
04:3023.3 p/kWh26.1 p/kWh
05:0028.1 p/kWh30.1 p/kWh
05:3030 p/kWh31.4 p/kWh
06:0032.9 p/kWh36.6 p/kWh
06:3035.9 p/kWh39.9 p/kWh
07:0035.4 p/kWh35.8 p/kWh
07:3038.7 p/kWh40.3 p/kWh
08:0033 p/kWh34.1 p/kWh
08:3032.3 p/kWh33.6 p/kWh
09:0028.1 p/kWh29.2 p/kWh
09:3027.5 p/kWh28.4 p/kWh
10:0025.3 p/kWh28.4 p/kWh
10:3024.3 p/kWh27.4 p/kWh
11:0023.9 p/kWh27 p/kWh
11:3023.9 p/kWh24.8 p/kWh
12:0023.3 p/kWh23.5 p/kWh
12:3023.3 p/kWh23.1 p/kWh
13:0023.5 p/kWh23 p/kWh
13:3023.3 p/kWh22.4 p/kWh
14:0023.3 p/kWh23.6 p/kWh
14:3023.3 p/kWh23.1 p/kWh
15:0027.6 p/kWh25.5 p/kWh
15:3026.1 p/kWh25.7 p/kWh
16:0047.6 p/kWh41.3 p/kWh
16:3049.6 p/kWh44.1 p/kWh
17:0057.5 p/kWh47.7 p/kWh
17:3064 p/kWh48.7 p/kWh
18:0065.6 p/kWh48.5 p/kWh
18:3067.8 p/kWh49.2 p/kWh
19:0049.5 p/kWh32.1 p/kWh
19:3047.5 p/kWh31.5 p/kWh
20:0042.3 p/kWh28.7 p/kWh
20:3036.7 p/kWh27.8 p/kWh
21:0037.2 p/kWh28.3 p/kWh
21:3032.2 p/kWh26.9 p/kWh
22:0032.4 p/kWh24.8 p/kWh
22:3032.3 p/kWh21.6 p/kWh
23:0030.7 p/kWh
23:3030.7 p/kWh

Data and research 1 card

From the university repositories

Sheffield research, recently added

850 records added or updated in the last 90 days that are about Sheffield or come from its universities. These are discovery records, not the papers: each link opens the repository page that holds the work.

White Rose eTheses Online

Discovery metadata from White Rose Research Online, White Rose eTheses Online and the SHU Research Data Archive, harvested by OAI-PMH. Records link to the repositories, which hold the papers, theses and data. White Rose Research Online · White Rose eTheses Online · SHU Research Data Archive (SHURDA) · All data sources

First-week admin

Useful checks after you arrive

Use these official services for current rules, forms, prices, eligibility and contact details.

  • Find and register with a GP

    Use the NHS service finder for practices near your Sheffield address and check how each practice accepts registrations.

  • Check Council Tax rules

    Full-time students may qualify for a discount or exemption, but the household and course details determine the bill.

  • Register to vote

    Students with home and term-time addresses may be able to register at both, although they cannot vote twice in the same election.

  • Check before renting

    Review the Sheffield Events viewing, agreement, deposit and safety-document checklist before transferring money.

For an immediate danger or a life-threatening emergency, call 999. For urgent health help that is not life-threatening, use NHS 111. Open NHS 111 online.

Use Sheffield Events

Find your people and your next plan

These links stay inside the same Hub interface, so you can move between events, places, work and local help without loading a separate section app.

  • Rent more safely

    Use the viewing, identity, agreement, deposit and safety-document checklist before paying.

  • Learn the city

    Find local venues and services, then branch out from the university districts.

  • Hear Sheffield

    Listen to local and student radio while you explore the rest of the Hub.

  • Meet people

    Find communities based around interests and local activity.

  • Find practical help

    Foodbanks, community venues and support places with details to check before travelling.

  • Find work

    98 published jobs are currently in the local board.

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