Black History Month: Race Equity Town Hall

25 October, 2pm – 4pm, Online & in-person

Interested in starting your own business? Take your first steps towards following in the footsteps of Oprah Winfrey,

Loughborough University will hold its first Race Equity Town Hall to share the outcomes and action plan of the recently submitted Race Equality Charter (REC) Bronze application.

This event will celebrate the work done so far, explain what the key issues are as evidenced by the data gathered, and introduce the headline actions planned. In addition to this, we will announce plans for the overarching LU Race Equity Strategy, and launch the CARE X Citizens UK Listening Campaign, LSU BAME Student Council and BAME PGR Consortium.

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Black Owned Business Showcase

25 October, 6pm, The Treehouse

This year we are bringing the Black business showcase back in person, working with the Ethnic minority network, Societies and Rag to showcase our Black Student Businesses and talents to as many people as possible. Come and join us to network and have an awesome night!

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Happy Mondays: Make your own nature journal

25 October, 7pm – 9pm, Michael Pearson Boardroom

Artist Jessica Emsley will guide you in making your own hand-crafted book.

In this relaxed workshop you’ll explore the concept of nature journals – taking reference from contemporary culture and the historical role these observational records have played. The art of journaling and tuning into nature offer positive benefits for mental health and wellbeing so this workshop will offer you time out of studies to do something a little different.

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Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance Alumni Talk

26 October, 5.30pm – 7pm, Online

This event will be led by Future Space and will feature a panel made up of IDIG alumni.

Join us for an informal chat in Future Space with some of our recent graduates from the Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance as they talk through how their course supported them into their career.

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Black History Month: Celebrating Black Entrepreneurship!

26 October, 6.30pm – 8pm, Online

Interested in starting your own business? Take your first steps towards following in the footsteps of Oprah Winfrey, George Washington-Carver, Michael Jordan and many more by attending our Black History Month Enterprise Event – Celebrating Black Entrepreneurship!

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Black History Month: The many faces of minority status

26 October, 2pm – 3pm, Online

This talk draws upon the work of acclaimed anthropologist Albert Memmi to discuss what it means to be a ‘minority’ in the context of modern societies. Memmi’s work on colonialism, racism, and antisemitism is used to explore the consequences of assigning differential value and worth to members of ethnic and racial groups to justify privilege and the continuation of the status quo.

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LEN Initiate Workshop Programme with LSU Enterprise – Work-Life Balance: Goal Setting & Planning

28 October, 6pm – 8pm, STEMLab & Online

Your Idea (tick), Business Model Canvas (tick), now let’s focus on effective goal setting and planning! This step is incredibly important when starting out and throughout running successful businesses!

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Year in Enterprise Briefing Session

29 October, 10am – 11am, 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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Bodies and data: A new logic of urban institutions?

29 October, 1pm – 2pm, Online

Information technologies are becoming increasingly powerful in social life and are challenging conventional analytical and historical categorizations in sociology and other disciplines concerned with the study of urban life.

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Seed Casino

30 October, 5pm – 6.30pm, Barefoot Orchard, opposite Pilkington Library

Gamble on a walnut! Take a punt on a chestnut! Risk it all on an acorn!

‘Seed Casino’ is a pop-up casino with a difference. A playful exploration of the ways in which ecology is often framed, it’ll consist of a performance lecture from host Theo Reeves-Evison and the chance to ‘gamble’ using seeds that can be found on the University’s popular Fruit Routes trail.

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