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Sunderland City Council has confirmed that over £400 million will be invested in the city over the next four years. We’ve highlighted some of the top developments you can look forward to if you choose to join us as a student at the University of Sunderland.
Read about the developments in Sunderland
Moving to a new city can be a daunting experience, so to help you settle into your new home away from home, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best things to do in Sunderland when you want to take a break from your studying.
Discover things to do in Sunderland
Managing your money at university can be a challenge, and with the current cost of living crisis, we know it’s more difficult than ever. Here, we share some of our student money saving tips to help you try and keep on top of your finances.
Explore ways in which you can save money
Read more about university life with our student blogs
UNILIFE: UNLOCKEDWorrying about your workload can bring on stress and anxiety so it’s important to know how to manage it. Everyone does it differently; here we give you our advice on how to deal with your university workload.
Read our advice on dealing with your university workload
University is often considered the time of your life – the place you make memories that will last forever. Those memories will be all the more special if you’ve made them with new-found friends for life, so sharing your uni experience with others and meeting new people should be pretty high on your to-do list when you arrive.
Discover top tips for making friends at university
Before you finish your undergraduate studies, it's okay if you are unsure whether you want to continue with your education and sign up for a postgraduate course or just dive straight into the so-called real world and find a job. It's an important decision, but you're not alone. We're here to help you understand how postgraduate study can help you in your career.
Discover why you should apply for a postgraduate degree in 2020
For many students, coming to University will mean that they have to live without their families for the first time in their life, and that could be terrifying. You are used to your routines, surroundings and hometown friends and things change so quickly, it can make you feel homesick. This is normal, but it's useful to know how to deal with it.
Discover how you can deal with homesickness
It requires a lot of preparation and research to apply for a masters degree, but there are some similarities with the application process for an undergraduate course. Here, we cover everything you need to know before beginning your application, from personal statements and references to interviews and language tests.
Find out what's the process like when applying for a masters degree
If you’re new to the North East, you might be surprised to learn that Sunderland is home to a few regional delicacies that you’re unlikely to find anywhere else in the country. You might not have heard of some of them, and you might even struggle to spell a couple, but you can’t consider your time as a student here complete until you’ve tried them.
Watch as our students go on a Wearside culinary journey
The We Care Team is a dedicated point of contact for care experienced and estranged students, and they offer individual, bespoke support whenever students need it during their time at university. During the uncertain times of Covid-19, it has been even more important to have a support system in place for our students, especially for our community of students who are care experienced and estranged.
Learn more about the support our We Care Team have been offering care experienced and estranged students during the Covid-19 pandemic
We already know that a postgraduate qualification enhances your employability and increases your career opportunities and earning potential. But did you know that postgraduate study is also an excellent way to start a brand new career? There are plenty of opportunities to start a masters degree in a completely new subject by studying a conversion course.
Explore conversion courses and how they could help you change career
As lockdown starts to ease, the shops begin to open, and we slowly start to widen our social circles, we’ve decided to take a look back at what our university community has been up to during lockdown. The past few months have been tough; with ‘normal service’ at a standstill across the world we have all been required to adapt to a new way of living.
Take a look back at what our staff and students have been doing during lockdown
As part of our Class of 2020 Celebration, friends and family share congratulatory messages for their loved ones who have completed their degrees this year.
Hear from our graduates' family and friends
Following the recent good news that the University of Sunderland has been named University of the Year for Social Inclusion (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021), we caught up with Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Justine Gillespie, to discuss our strengths in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and what that means for our students.
Read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Join Vice-Chancellor Sir David Bell KCB and our talented guests, mezzo-soprano Valerie Reid and the After Dusk choir, as we welcome the festive season and look forward to the new year.
Our 2020 Christmas message
The coronavirus pandemic has changed all our lives in many ways, with those in education experiencing one of the biggest upheavals. The return of our University of Sunderland podcast series in February 2021 began with an episode about how our students have found online learning during the pandemic.
Learn more about online learning during Covid-19
As a university we are extremely proud of what we have accomplished with a mixture of online and safe, on-campus teaching and learning sessions. We asked students to share with us their experiences of studying from home and how they’ve really found learning in 2020 and 2021.
Hear our students' responses
MA Journalism student, Declan Wiseman, gives an insight into the newly installed solar panel array at the University of Sunderland, which will help to cut down on carbon emissions and produce free, zero-carbon power.