This Week at Loughborough | 14 March
Careers Network Events
Finalist Futures: Further your career with a PhD
14 March, 12pm – 1pm, Online
Have you enjoyed your research project as part of your Undergraduate or Master’s degree? Do you have a passion for a subject you would like to research further, or a desire to make a real difference in the world? Attend this session to find out the reasons people study towards a research degree (PhD), what’s involved, how to apply and where can it lead.
Find out more on the events page.
Your Development: Digital Skills at university
14 March, 6pm – 7pm, Online
This event, which is part of varied programme looking, holistically, at your Digital Skills (and counting towards your Digital Fluency badge activities), will look at how to manage your digital footprint, social media and employability, and tips and tricks for staying on top of your emails.
Find out more on the events page.
Academic Success Group Coaching: Writing up your Research
Arts and Humanities
15 March, 4pm – 5pm, Bridgeman Building BRI.2.08
Social Sciences and Sciences
16 March, 6pm – 7pm, The Start Up Lab, STEMLab
Group coaching involves working with your peers and your academic success coach to identify your strengths, overcome any barriers to success, and develop your know-how so that you don’t just survive undertaking a dissertation/research project, but thrive at it!
Find out more on the events page.
Quick tips from Microsoft: Getting the most out of MS Office
16 March, 1pm – 1.30pm, Online
Microsoft Office is probably the widest-used suite of applications globally for tasks, productivity and collaboration at home, at work or while studying. In two short sessions we’ll look at top tips from Microsoft staff for this range of programs.
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Starting a side hustle – with Loughborough Enterprise Network
17 March, 12pm – 1pm, Online
Calling all entrepreneurs! This workshop offers an insight as to where to start in developing your side hustle, including advice from the Loughborough Enterprise Network (LEN) and a former student’s experience from their Year In Enterprise.
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Pensions 101 with the Money & Pensions Service
17 March, 1pm – 2.15pm, EHB
Are you utterly mystified by the world of pensions, with no idea about if they are important and how you can go about setting yourself up as effectively as possible? Our session led by the Money & Pensions Service is here to help!
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Business and Enterprise Group Coaching
18 March, 12pm – 12.30pm, Online
Entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey, but it doesn’t have to be. All businesses experience challenges and business owners can support each other through these challenges together. Join us, join the Loughborough Enterprise Network (LEN) community to develop your business together.
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Initiate Bootcamp, Workshop Series with LSU Enterprise
Day 1 | 14 March, 6pm – 8pm, LSU & Online
Entrepreneurial Mindset – Work-Life Balance & Introduction to Ideation
Day 2 | 15 March, 6pm – 8pm, LSU & Online
The Business Model Canvas & Goal Setting
Day 3 | 18 March, 6pm – 8pm, LSU & Online
Goal Setting and Pitching Practice
Find out more on the events page.
RAeS Lecture: Air Accident Investigation Branch
15 March, 7.30pm – 9pm, Room U020, Brockington Building
The speaker will describe how the process of accident and incident investigation is carried out following both domestic and international events. This will be followed by brief descriptions of some interesting past investigations the speaker has participated in over 47 years with AAIB.
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Introducing RIC-KI
16 March, 12.30pm – 1.15pm, Online
Find out everything you need to know about RIC-KI, the collaborative research platform for health, wellbeing and sports science.
We will cover how to get started on the platform and explore why facilitating new research collaborations is so important. There will be time for questions within the session and you are welcome to submit these to us in advance we will cover as many as possible in the session.
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IIE Seminar: Professor Jordi Surroca
17 March, 11.30am – 1pm, LDN018 & Online
In this seminar, Professor Jordi Surroca from the University of Liverpool will present a paper entitled “CSR as catalyst or deterrent of organizational change”.
Jordi is a Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Liverpool Management School and Head of the Subject Group of Strategy, IB, and Entrepreneurship. Before joining Liverpool, Jordi was Professor of Strategy & Organization at the University of Groningen, where he also served as Director of the Innovation & Organization Research Program.
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Ethnic Minorities Network X Nightline Scavenger Hunt
19 March, 3pm – 5pm, LDN018 & Online
For EMNs BAME Campaign, Nightline is hosting a campus wide scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt will end at The Treehouse where the top 3 teams will be getting hampers with a ton of goodies and some vouchers from Bom Bom Patisserie along with FREE cookies on the day!
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LSU Events
ISN European Night
15 March, 10.30pm, The Treehouse
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Hey Ewe
16 March, 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!
Find out more on the events page.
FND
18 March, 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!
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Origins 2022
19 March, 12am, The Basement
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Guinness Six Nations
19 March, John Coopers
2.15pm, WAL v ITA
4.45pm, IRE v SCO
8pm, FRA v ENG
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OUT: LSU’s LGBT+ Night Out
19 March, 10.30pm, The Treehouse
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Open Heaven
20 March, 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.
Find out more on the events page.
Funky Bunch Trivia Quiz
20 March, 8pm, The Lounge
Welcome to Loughborough’s weekly quiz night!
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.
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