Editing Sheffield (section)

===Universities, colleges and UTCs===
[[File:Sheffield Uni.jpg|thumb|alt=Red brick university building|[[Firth Court]], the administrative and ceremonial centre of the University of Sheffield]]

The city's universities are [[the University of Sheffield]] and Sheffield Hallam University. The two combined bring about 60,000&nbsp;students to the city every year.<ref name="HESA citation">{{HESA citation}}</ref> The University of Sheffield is the city's oldest university. It was established in 1897 as University College Sheffield and gained university status in 1905. Its history traces back to Sheffield Medical School found in 1828, Firth College in 1879 and Sheffield Technical School in 1884. The university is one of the original [[red brick universities]] and is a member of the [[Russell Group]].
[[File:Sheffield City Centre and station.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.75|Sheffield Hallam University city campus seen from South Street Park]]
[[Sheffield Hallam University]] (SHU) is a university on two sites in Sheffield. City Campus is located in the city centre, close to Sheffield railway station, and [[Collegiate Crescent]] Campus is about {{cvt|2|mi}} away, adjacent to [[Ecclesall Road]] in south-west Sheffield. Sheffield Hallam University's history goes back to 1843 with the establishment of the Sheffield School of Design. During the 1960s several independent colleges (including the School of Design) joined to become Sheffield Polytechnic (Sheffield City Polytechnic from 1976) and was finally renamed Sheffield Hallam University in 1992.
[[File:Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.jpg|thumb|[[UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park]] (left) and Sheffield Hallam University (right)]]
Sheffield has three main [[further education]] providers: [[The Sheffield College]], [[Longley Park Sixth Form]] and [[Chapeltown Academy]]. [[The Sheffield College]] is organised on a federal basis and was originally created from the merger of six colleges around the city: Sheffield City (formerly Castle),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/index.cfm?parentid=e69ba9a6-2eff-427f-af5a-2af03712076a |title=Castle College Milestone |date=11 December 2008 |publisher=The Sheffield College |access-date=21 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221093442/http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/index.cfm?parentid=e69ba9a6-2eff-427f-af5a-2af03712076a |archive-date=21 December 2008}}</ref> Olive Grove and Eyre Street near the city centre, Hillsborough and Fir Vale, serving the north of the city and Peaks to the south.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sheffield College – Campuses |url=http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/campuses |publisher=The Sheffield College |access-date=9 September 2020 |archive-date=26 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826033231/http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/campuses |url-status=live }}</ref>

Launched by the [[Coalition Government 2010-2015|coalition government]] in 2010, the [[University Technical College]] program was designed to foster greater interest in [[STEM]] subjects amongst students aged 14 to 18. Sheffield currently hosts two UTCs, [[UTC Sheffield City Centre]] and [[UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park]]. All UTCs, including those in Sheffield, are sponsored by the Baker Dearing Educational Trust,<ref name="bakertrust">{{cite web |url=http://www.utcolleges.org/media/15074/a5_flyer.pdf |title=University Technical Colleges |access-date=4 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610031435/http://www.utcolleges.org/media/15074/a5_flyer.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2013}}</ref> established by [[Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking|Lord Baker]]. The two UTCs in Sheffield are also sponsored and supported by Sheffield Hallam University. Whilst the UTCs are equivalent to regular secondary schools and sixth forms, their governance structure and curriculum are different, owing to their status as free schools and focusing on STEM, as opposed to a broader curriculum.