Birmingham City University vs Sheffield Hallam University

The Learning Centre has a collection of more than 23,000 items containing relevant course books and materials. It has print subscriptions to more than 115 journal titles and electronic access to more than 1,000. It also holds DVDs, reference books, directories, encyclopaedias, tip sheets, advice relating to the final year project, 29 computers with internet access, and binding, printing and photocopying services.

Students can access electronic books, full-text electronic journals, newspaper articles, full-text British and international standards, market research reports, legal and bibliographic databases. Most of these can be accessed from both within the building and externally.

• There are two campus libraries, Adsetts Library at City campus and Collegiate Library at Collegiate campus. The libraries are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. There are over 2450 learning spaces to support your independent study, with quiet and silent areas for reading or individual study, and flexible collaborative rooms and spaces to work with course mates.
• Access to over 2000 journals and 2000 books in Science, Technology and Medicine and Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Over 900 journals in the social sciences, humanities and life sciences
• An essential online tool for researchers, supporting research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process. Including more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher.
• Database of over 650 film, television, radio and related documentation collections and artefacts in the United Kingdom and Ireland, designed by the British Universities Film and Video Council for use by researchers

Studying in Birmingham offers you the chance to live and work in the youngest major city in Europe with world-class restaurants, entertainment and shops. Birmingham is home to more than one million people from a range of different cultures and ethnic groups, 40 per cent of this population is 25 and younger.  Birmingham Hippodrome, one of the most popular musical theatres in the UK, attracts over 500,000 visitors a year. The famous NEC holds over 500 events and exhibitions per year, including the international Crufts dog show. Birmingham has more than 500,000 works of art in one square mile. Did you know Birmingham has more miles of canals than Venice, with 56 kilometres of waterways! The city is in England’s top three most visited places to shop, and is known as one of Europe’s best shopping experiences.

Sheffield is one of the UK’s most popular places for students to go to university. More than 30,000 students from over 150 countries come to the University of Sheffield every year. The city is large enough to offer a great range of restaurants, shopping, theatre, cinemas, bars and culture; yet small enough to find your way around quickly and feel part of the community.

Located in the county of South Yorkshire, in the north of England, Sheffield offers plenty to do both in the city and surrounding area. You can easily travel around the UK from here too.

The Students’ Union has been voted number one in the UK for the fifth year in a row (Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2017-2022) and is the place to be at the heart of the university campus.