Featured: Spring Careers Fest

Meet Unlocked and Play their Buzzer Game

8 February, 10am – 4pm, Outside The Place

Come and say hello to the Unlocked Graduates recruitment team. Play our interactive buzzer game and get your hands on some freebies!!

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Finalist Futures: CVs, covering letters and application forms

8 February, 1pm – 2pm, Online

Finalists, book onto this session for great tips on CVs, covering letters and application forms. Learn how to tailor your applications to make you stand out to graduate employers and show you have what they are looking for!

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Academic Success Group Coaching: How to find and keep your focus

8 February, 2pm – 3pm, LDS.0.03 Design School

Group coaching involves working with your peers and an academic success coach to identify your strengths, overcome any barriers to success, and develop your know-how so that you don’t just survive your dissertation/research project, but thrive at it!

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Academic Success Group Coaching: Engaging with the Literature

9 February, The Start Up Lab STEM Building

Social Sciences/Science, 2pm – 3pm
Engineering, 6pm – 7pm

11 February, LDS.0.03

Arts/Humanities, 3pm – 6pm

Group coaching involves working with your peers and an academic success coach to identify your strengths, overcome any barriers to success, and develop your know-how so that you don’t just survive your dissertation/research project, but thrive at it!

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Becoming Resilient: How? And what does this mean?

10 February, 6pm – 7.30pm, Location TBC

Knowing how to support your mental health is a really important area to focus on while at university and will help you immensely as you progress through life. We will look at ways to build resilience, look at creating support networks, learning how to cope if you lose, problem solving and more.

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Mock Assessment Centre

10 February, 6pm – 7.45pm, Online

Knowing how to support your mental health is a really important area to focus on while at university and wiDelivered by the Careers Network and staff from a range of top companies, you’ll hear first-hand what to expect and learn how to prepare effectively. Join online and gain as much practice as you can before your first real assessment centre. These events are sponsored by Druck.

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Alumni Masterclass: Amy Ward

7 February, 5pm – 6pm, Online

This is a series of Masterclasses, showcasing the careers and opportunities experienced by Alumni. Amy Ward will be sharing her advice and tips on how to navigate and choose a career in the graduate employment market.

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Happy Mondays: Comedy Club

7 February, 7.30pm – 8.30pm (doors open 7.10pm), The Basement

Three fantastic stand-up comedians handpicked just for you by Leicester Comedy Festival!

Loughborough Students’ Union hosts a very special one hour show featuring three fantastic stand-ups handpicked just for you by the Festival organisers! Hosted by Jon Pearson, featuring Sam and multi-award winner Lauren Pattison.

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LGBT+ History Month: Fight Among Ourselves or Fight for Change?

10 February, 1pm – 2.30pm, Online

Three fantastic stand-up comedians handpicked just for you by Leicester Comedy Festival!
Some people perceive a conflict between the needs of feminists and the trans community but, like the distrust of immigrants sown among the working class, this is a conflict contrived by those who actually hold the power who would prefer marginalised groups fight among themselves than work together for systemic change. This webinar looks at why these groups should resist this divide-and-conquer tactic and work together to break down gender stereotypes and patriarchal norms.

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What is a Hackathon?

10 February, 1pm – 2pm, Online

Three fantastic stand-up comedians handpicked just for you by Leicester Comedy Festival!
Find out how to get involved in LU Arts and LSU Enterprise’s first ever Hackathon! As this is the first time we’ve run an event of this kind, we’re hosting an online drop-in to help you decide whether this event cFind out how to get involved in LU Arts and LSU Enterprise’s first ever Hackathon! As this is the first time we’ve run an event of this kind, we’re hosting an online drop-in to help you decide whether this event could be for you. Come along and find out more about what a hackathon is, what will happen on the day and the challenges that teams can choose to respond to. There’ll be plenty of time for your questions too.

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Pitch and Mix

10 February, 5pm – 6.30pm, London Campus & Online

Pitching is an essential skill in a growing number of businesses.  Being able to put across your skills, experience or ideas succinctly takes practice.  Our Pitch and Mix events give you a safe space to test and hone your pitching skills.

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Plate Decorating Workshop (for International Women’s Day)

10 February, 7pm, Online

Create a plate celebrating a famous person for International Women’s Day.

Loughborough Women’s Network and LU Arts invite you to join artist Sarah Taylor Silverwood in creating a bespoke plate that will form part of a unique event in which members of Loughborough Women’s Network and related groups will sit down to dinner with Senior representatives of the University.

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ReLondon Sustainability Hackathon

11 February, 10am – 5pm, Online & London Campus

Join a team of likeminded students and look to create solutions to a real-life problem, this hackathon we will be working with our friends at ReLondon on ‘creating sustainable solutions’

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Romeo and Juliet Drop In Auditions

12 February, 1.30pm, Council Chambers, LSU

Auditions for Shakespeare Society’s Semester 2 production of Romeo and Juliet, all acting abilities are welcome and everyone who auditions will receive a role, just drop in and read for a part.

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FA Vase 5th Round Proper: Loughborough Students FC v Abbey Hey FC

12 February, 3pm kick off, Loughborough University Stadium

Loughborough Students FC have progressed further than ever before in the Buildbase FA Vase Competition. They have now been drawn at home to Abbey Hey in the Fifth Round Proper which leaves the Scholars just three games away from the final held at Wembley Stadium.

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LSU Events

Refreshers x LGBT+: Re-Meet and Greet

7 February, 7pm, The Treehouse

We’re kicking off our famous LGBT+ History Month events and letting you know about all the incredible things we have coming up, as well as giving you the opportunity to get to meet and get chatting with other LGBT+ people in our community!

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Refreshers x VGS: Crab (Squid) Game Night

7 February, 7pm, Online

Come and join VGS for a night playing Crab Game, a game based off the popular Squid Game franchise which is intended for anyone with a computer!

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Refreshers x Harry Potter: Transfiguration

8 February, 6pm, D102 – James France

This magical class will give people the opportunity to let out their inner wizard! We will be transfiguring junk into Harry Potter related items, places, and people.

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Refreshers x Krishna Consciousness

8 February, 6.30pm, James France

KCSOC’s first event of 2022, where we’ll be diving into philosophical questions such as ‘What makes us truly happy?’. We’ll be joined by a monk who will enlighten us on his thoughts, as well as answer any questions you may have. Join us to meet some like-minded people who you can have meaningful conversations with!

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Loughborough’s Got Talent

8 February, 6.30pm, The Basement

Do our performers have what it takes to impress our three judges? Come to Loughborough’s Got Talent to find out!

Even the audience members have a chance to win some fantastic prizes by taking part in our raffle – all proceeds from the night will go directly to Barts Cancer Institute, so what’s your excuse? Book your ticket now!

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Refreshers x VGS: Pub N Grub

8 February, 7pm, The Phantom

VGS’s weekly pub night at The Phantom is a great way to meet new people with similar interests, come along and join in the fun!

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Refreshers x KPOP: Dance Class

8 February, 8.30pm, William Morris Dance Studio

Learn your favourite KPOP routines in a fun and safe environment! Meet friends with similar interests and have a great time!

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Refreshers x DCS: Darts and Snooker Taster

9 February, 2pm, Spot On Leisure

A free session for anyone who would like to try out Darts or Snooker. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never played before or are a regular, give it a go!

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Refreshers x LSU Classical: Orchestra Taster

9 February, 7pm, Cope Auditorium

All members and aspiring members welcome! If you play a musical instrument, then come along for an evening of fun!

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Hey Ewe

9 February, 10.30pm, LSU

Whether you’re celebrating a win or reeling from a loss, Hey Ewe is the place to go after a game!

Later entry means there’s plenty of time to shower and get yourself ready for a night of chart hits, pop anthems and student singalongs. We have DJs in The Basement and The Treehouse serving up bangers and cheese until 4am! 

If you fancy a break, JC’s Bar is open and serving up fresh slices of pizza from Loughborough’s very own Papa Simon and there’s a hatch outside where you can get hot food from our oriental restaurant Manchuhan.

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LSU Rag Take Me Out

10 February, 6.30pm, The Basement

NO LIKEY, NO LIGHTY

Is your friend always out of luck with love? Do you want to laugh at lonely singles whilst you’re smug in a happy relationship? Or do you want to just feel the fondness radiation through the room?

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Indie Club

10 February, 10.30pm, The Basement

Get on your dancing shoes and dust off your bucket hat for The Indie Club! Our resident DJs will be playing your favourite indie and alt-rock anthems throughout the night.

Expect to hear artists including: Arctic Monkeys, The Wombats, Two Door Cinema Club, Bastille, The Vaccines, Sam Fender, The 1975, Bombay Bicycle Club, Scouting for Girls, Vampire Weekend, The Libertines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and MORE!

If you fancy a break, JC’s Bar is open and serving up fresh slices of pizza from Loughborough’s very own Papa Simon and hot food from our oriental restaurant Manchuhan, served from their hatch in JCs Garden.

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FND

11 February, 10.30pm, LSU

Welcome to the biggest Friday night in Loughborough! Our resident DJs will be dropping the best of disco, house, drum and bass, hip hop and R&B in The Basement throughout the night, while The Treehouse is taken over by cheese anthems and retro-pop singalongs until 4am!

If you fancy a break, JC’s Bar is open and serving up fresh slices of pizza from Loughborough’s very own Papa Simon and hot food from our oriental restaurant Manchuhan, served from their hatch in JCs Garden.

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Selecta: 002 // Chase & Status

12 February, 10pm, The Basement

After a huge debut SELECTA is back at LSU and this time we’re bringing one of the biggest headliners we’ve ever booked!

You asked, we listened! The one and only Chase and Status will be headlining Selecta 002.

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Open Heaven

13 February, 4.30pm, The Basement

We’ll be gathering together in the Students’ Union every week at 4:30pm to dig deeper into scriptures, worship, share food and have some fun! Join us onsite in the building, or online from wherever you are at live.openheaven.org.

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Funky Bunch Trivia Quiz

13 February, 8pm, The Lounge

Join us every Sunday from 8pm for a night of tricky trivia in The Lounge. Vote on the theme over on our Instagram every Thursday, and see if your specialist subject shows up – then put together the perfect team and maybe you’ll be taking home the cash prize!

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Funky Bunch Trivia Quiz

13 February, 8pm, The Lounge

Join us every Sunday from 8pm for a night of tricky trivia in The Lounge. Vote on the theme over on our Instagram every Thursday, and see if your specialist subject shows up – then put together the perfect team and maybe you’ll be taking home the cash prize!

Find out more on the events page.