Happy Mondays: Inkscape – Sketch to vector workshop

22 November, 7pm – 9pm, Michael Pearson Boardroom

Learn how to turn hand-drawn sketches into quality digital graphics using free software!

Inkscape is a free, open-source piece of software which enables you to transform hand-drawn images into high quality logos or artwork for web and print. This supportive, friendly workshop led by artist Ryan Heath will introduce the software and get you creating your own work.

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Book Club: Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini

23 November, 12.30pm – 1.30pm, Online

Join our regular Book Club for an online discussion of Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini.

Where did the idea of race come from, and what does it mean? In an age of identity politics, DNA ancestry testing and the rise of the far-right, a belief in biological differences between populations is experiencing a resurgence. The truth is: race is a social construct. Our problem is we find this hard to believe.

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Creatures of the Lines: Premiere and Conversation

23 November, 6pm – 7.30pm, Leonard Dixon Studio, Martin Hall

The first screening of the final cut of Sonia Levy’s film, followed by a discussion between the artist and Professor Paul Wood of Loughborough University.

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Panel Discussion: Mental Health in Sport

23 November, 7pm, Treehouse

Loughborough HeadsUp will be hosting a panel event titled ‘Mental Health in Sport’. They will be discussing the highs and lows of sport. Issues regarding sacrifice, motivation, and balancing these pressures with everyday life. Plus, there will be perspectives from a sports psychologist and Sporting Minds UK!

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Eccleston Sculpture Commission: Find a team

24 November, 1pm – 2pm, Online

We’ve launched a competition for students to design a new sculptural work for Claudia Parsons Hall on our Loughborough campus. To enter this competition, students need to form collaborative teams made up of 2-6 students from a minimum of two different subject areas. As Claudia Parsons was the first hall to be named after a woman, we would like each team to include at least one female student.

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Year in Enterprise Briefing Session

24 November, 4pm – 5pm, Online

Spend your placement year self-employed with our support!

Are you thinking of setting up your own business?    

Our Year in Enterprise Programme is designed to give students the chance to set up their own business during their placement year.

With a training session plus mentoring and plenty of peer support, we aim to help you to maximise your business success.

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Future Space: Future You Career Insight Event

24 November, 4pm – 7.30pm, Online

Have you started thinking about how to snap up a job after graduation? Then you should be booking onto Future Space’s Future You Career Insight Event.

This is a Loughborough University London event.

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Hey Ewe

24 November, 10.30pm, LSU

Whether you’re celebrating a win or learning 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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Politics of Roma Inclusion/Exclusion Workshop

25 November, 1.30pm – 5pm, Online

The Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance will be hosting the Politics of Roma Inclusion/Exclusion Workshop on Thursday 25 November 2021.

This is a Loughborough University London event.

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LEN Initiate Workshop Programme – An Intro to Finance and Funding

25 November, 6pm – 8pm, Online & STEMLab

Want to know what types of funding can help you get your ideas off the ground? This is the session for you! 
 
Join us back at The Start-Up Lab for our final session! We will be live streaming with our fantastic Student Enterprise Coordinator, Hayley Jones, all the way from Future Space at Lboro London! 
 
Our last workshop will cover the types of funding that new business owners can consider tapping into when looking to kickstart their business. The focus of this workshop is on start-ups looking to explore the options available to them when raising money for their business and getting their ideas off the ground. It will also give a very brief insight into the world of investment and how to become investor-ready!  

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FND

26 November, 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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