Sheffield Freshers 2023: Photos show new cohort of uni students arriving at Endcliffe as freshers week begins

Chloe Aslett
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A new cohort of first year students has been arriving today at Endcliffe Village, the University of Sheffield's biggest halls.
A new cohort of first year students has been arriving today at Endcliffe Village, the University of Sheffield's biggest halls.

Over the weekend of September 16 and 17, the new cohort of students has been arriving in Sheffield and moving into their uni homes.

The outdoor city, the steel city, the greenest city in the UK, the home of football... whatever you know it as, Sheffield is a brilliant place for students, as shown by the fact that around 60,000 choose to live here during term time.

We went over to Endcliffe Village, part of the University of Sheffield's biggest halls, where nearly 4,000 first years have been arriving to this weekend.

Upstairs in the building at the centre of Endcliffe Village, the bar is packed with new students, along with their parents and loved ones before they make their way back home.
Upstairs in the building at the centre of Endcliffe Village, the bar is packed with new students, along with their parents and loved ones before they make their way back home.
The staff are primarily university students, many of whom will have moved out of these halls just a few months ago, who today are tasked with negotiating crowds of teenagers alongside the hundreds of cars, driven by parents and full of their belongings.
The staff are primarily university students, many of whom will have moved out of these halls just a few months ago, who today are tasked with negotiating crowds of teenagers alongside the hundreds of cars, driven by parents and full of their belongings.
In an organisational feat, the accommodation services team must keep track of over 4,000 keys as they are taken out and then handed back in at the end of the summer term - not to mention, the many of which are lost along the way.
In an organisational feat, the accommodation services team must keep track of over 4,000 keys as they are taken out and then handed back in at the end of the summer term - not to mention, the many of which are lost along the way.
Although poster sales run at the Students Union every month or so throughout the year, it's even more important to make your room your own in those first couple of weeks.
Although poster sales run at the Students Union every month or so throughout the year, it's even more important to make your room your own in those first couple of weeks.
The recreation area in the middle of the village, called the paddock, has been turned into a huge car park for this weekend.
The recreation area in the middle of the village, called the paddock, has been turned into a huge car park for this weekend.
Stalls with posters, food and drink, and promoting various clubs and societies for students to get involved with are all set up around the centre of the student village.
Stalls with posters, food and drink, and promoting various clubs and societies for students to get involved with are all set up around the centre of the student village.
Hundreds of parents are likely going to be exhausted after a day of ferrying items back and forth between makeshift car park and new bedroom.
Hundreds of parents are likely going to be exhausted after a day of ferrying items back and forth between makeshift car park and new bedroom.
Getting to know their surroundings, many new students are simply wandering around the village, up to the bar, and popping to the Broomhill shops (and restaurants, if they're lucky).
Getting to know their surroundings, many new students are simply wandering around the village, up to the bar, and popping to the Broomhill shops (and restaurants, if they're lucky).