Equal Opportunities in Careers

Please complete this short quiz to find out if you are eligible for extra support from Equal Opportunities in Careers.

Are you a home (UK) undergraduate student?

Do you meet any of the following criteria? Please select all that apply.

Are you in receipt of a University of Sheffield bursary?

Are you from a black, Asian and minority ethnic background?

Are you in receipt of Disabled Students’ Allowance?

Are you a mature entrant to university, meaning you were aged 21 or over at the start of your course?

Have you been in care as a looked-after child for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14?

Are you the first person in your immediate family to go to university (other than siblings)?

Are you from a military background, either yourself or your immediate family?

Are you an estranged student?

Do you come from one of the more deprived areas of the country as defined by the government's Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) database? If your postcode IMD value is 16,250 or less, you meet this criteria. You can check your postcode ranking using the IMD website. Please note this criteria only applies to students who live in England.

Do you come from an area where it is not usual for people to go to university? This is defined by the government's classification called POLAR. To meet this criteria your address must fall into quintile 1 or 2 of POLAR3 or POLAR4. Please note this information only covers the UK. You can check your eligibility for this criteria using the government's POLAR database.

I do not identify with any of the criteria above.