United Nations Association - University of Sheffield

Since 2009, UNA-UOS has been supporting, advocating, critiquing and simulating the UN and since 2012 our activities have gone truly global, with Model UN conferences around Europe and now in North America. Our society boasts the most ethnically diverse, multi-disciplinary, and talented membership base of all University of Sheffield societies. Over 110 students are engaged in our society and many of them are taking part in one of our exciting MUN conferences. Furthermore, many of our members took part in the first SheffMUN conference in November 2012, an event thoroughly enjoyed by everyone involved. Our activities give students a comprehensive and practical experience of international affairs and affords them the opportunity to gain a critical understanding of them which is seldom found in academic alone. Furthermore, through our careers events, conference trips and guest speaker debates, our members have the chance to engage in discussion with current and former politicians, diplomats and staff from many international organisations, thus affording them a chance to improve their career prospects.