话题背景：The School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield was established in 1907 and since then has built up an enviable reputation for excellence. It is widely recognised as one of the top schools of architecture in the United Kingdom. It aims to combine an international reputation for research with a vigorous and critical debate about the future of architecture. In the latest government assessments of education, the school was judged as a 5A in research and an 'excellent' in teaching. This is the highest level of achievement achieved by any UK School of Architecture. The School attracts high calibre students on all its courses, creating a stimulating environment for the study and research of architecture. The School has over 400 students and a very lively student society which organises an evening lecture series and social events. Students from Sheffield have consistently won prizes in national and international competitions over the past ten years, including the RIBA Presidents Medals, British Steel and Oasys Awards. .The Diploma in Architecture has recently been restructured to make it more definitively post-graduate and vocational in its orientation, and also to specifically differentiate it from the undergraduate learning experience. The course acknowledges that architectural practice is a diverse field and prepares for this diversity through a combination of transferable analytic skills in research and synthetic design skills. Students are encouraged to develop a specialist interest in their final year. The course is based around a number (presently six) of vertical studios, each run by a full-time member of academic staff. These studios investigate architectural themes in depth; the themes develop out of the studio leaders' own research interests. The aim is to consider design within the context of rigorous and innovative research. This implies that the product of the studio courses will extend beyond the comprehensive design of a building and into other ar...
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