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Today, our Education@Sheffield MA Digital Literacies, Culture & Education students visited the iForge Makerspace to make and learn through fun, problem solving, failure and trying again. Collaborative blog post from our students and me to follow soon!

Thanks so much to Brandon O’Connell and @iForger_Pete It's always such a pleasure to work with iForge Makerspace and to introduce our Education@Sheffield students to the space. They didn't want to leave!

Last month @SheffieldUni’s Alumni Foundation awarded almost £40,000 in grants to student clubs and societies. From supporting a student-led ‘Makerspace’ iForge Makerspace to running a musical from start to finish in only 24 hours, we’re so impressed with everything students get up to.

Dr Fiona Scott on ‘Real’ composing in a University Makerspace: reflections from a trip to the iForge in Education Matters blog Education@Sheffield link.medium.com/Cjk9SznCMmb

Our MA Digital Literacies, Culture & Education students experimented with Making on a trip to the iForge Makerspace What did we learn about digital text production, agency and 'real' composing? Five of our students explored their reflections in a series of blog posts, introduced here.

'Can university makerspaces play a role in every student's life?' Yutong (‘Susu’) Ma, a student on the Digital Literacies, Culture and Education course, visited the iForge for the first time. bit.ly/3AArD9V

The next in our #MADLCE student blogs on our visit to iForge Makerspace Yutong 'Susu' Ma considers whether engagement with makerspaces can, or should, be part of every student's experience. What are the barriers? Who are these spaces 'for'?

ICYMI: The first in our #MADLCE iForge Makerspace blog series. David Evers employs Lingard et al.'s (2003) 'productive pedagogies' model to evaluate the nature of learning in a makerspace: "creations hold value beyond school work". bit.ly/3KSZEH2

Just posted a photo @ iForge at The University of Sheffield instagram.com/p/CdD98Ujsk7y/…

A great collaborative session today for Education@Sheffield undergraduates on our Digital University module and the Maker{Futures} team, learning how to use Tinkercad for 3D printing and laser cutting at iForge Makerspace makerspace. #WomeninEngineering

Thanks Ryan iForge Makerspace and our brilliant Maker{Difference} Engineering Task force for maintaining and modifying our #Maker{Futures} equipment #MakerEdUK #STEAMUK Education@Sheffield EngineeringSheffield

I always look forward to our #MADLCE Education@Sheffield trip to the iForge Makerspace Today we made key-rings & talked failing, sewing, repairing & makerspace volunteering as improv! Thanks as always to the amazing team for their insights & approachability.

Comments like: “I went rogue and made a TikTok about our class trip to the iForge Makerspace, I hope that’s OK” are *chef’s kiss* 100% what brings me joy about our amazing #MADLCE cohort at Education@Sheffield

Move over John Lewis, Sheffield students have their own magical message this festive season ✨Sharing their heart-felt gratitude, this film highlights the difference supporters make to Sheffield’s first-rate student experience.

The iForge is just one of many projects that benefit from the support of alumni and friends. To everyone who donates and volunteers their time to Sheffield students, thank you! 💜

Great work iForge Makerspace 👏 #engineering #EngineeringStudents #reps @iForger_Pete

Hundreds of staff, including teams from Engineering, students & friends of The University of Sheffield are featured after donning their walking boots to raise vital funds for MND research. Medals sustainably made in the iForge Makerspace 😍 Listen: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li… BBC Sheffield

Today we welcomed Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson to @AMRCtraining on her first official university visit. The Secretary of State met our incredible apprentices, their employers and learnt how we are providing skills that businesses need now and for the future.

Bridget Phillipson @AMRCtraining Thanks to our brilliant The University of Sheffield students who made the new Secretary of State a keyring and coasters at our iForge Makerspace - the UK's first student-led makerspace!