University of Sheffield Access to Sheffield (Medicine)
University of Sheffield
Apply NowWant to explore medicine at Sheffield? Join Access to Sheffield to work with current med students, build interview and UCAS skills, and get a real taste of study and campus life to strengthen your application.
Access to Sheffield (Medicine) is a widening participation programme from the University of Sheffield for students who are interested in becoming doctors. It is designed to raise awareness, aspiration, and achievement, while helping participants reflect on their experiences for UCAS applications and medical school interviews.
Participants work with current undergraduate medical students to get a clearer sense of what studying medicine at Sheffield is like. The programme includes structured support around the realities of medical study, plus opportunities to build confidence, ask questions, and learn more about the profession and the course.
In Year 12, students take part in a welcome and team-building day, a medical careers conference, a first aid day, an integrated learning activity, a first-year medical school lecture, and a three-day residential summer school with clinical skills, anatomy, ethics, and mock interview sessions. In Year 13, the programme continues with UCAS guidance, personal statement support, one-to-one mock interview practice, and a celebration evening for students who complete both phases.
Students also gain access to Observe GP, an online video platform from the Royal College of General Practitioners, and successful completion can lead to a contextual offer, subject to conditions.
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- Must be currently underrepresented in Higher Education and belong to one or more of the programme's target groups.
- Must be living within commutable distance of the University of Sheffield and able to arrive on campus for a 9am start.
- Must expect to be a home fee-paying student unless identified as a forced migrant.
- Must have achieved at least five GCSEs at grades 9-6, plus at least grade 4 in English, Maths and Science subjects if not already included.
- Must be studying at least three A Levels including Chemistry or Biology and another science subject.
- Accepted science subjects include Physics, Maths and Psychology.
- EPQ and General Studies are not acceptable as stand-alone qualifications, and Further Maths (with Maths A Level) and Critical Thinking will not be counted as stand-alone A Levels.
- Must meet at least one additional criterion: free school meals, living in an area of disadvantage (IMD), care experienced, care leaver, young carer, estranged, or forced migrant.
- For this application cycle, only students starting Year 12 in September who are no older than 17 on 1 September are eligible.
- Participants are expected to attend events on campus.
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