This Week at Loughborough | 29 November
Retail Rethought with Frasers Group
29 November, 12pm – 1pm, Online
Looking for a career in Commercial, Fashion, Buying, E-commerce? Come along to this presentation about how Fraser Group are rethinking retail, and how they have managed to continue growing through the pandemic.
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Societies Winter Showcase
29 November, 7pm, LSU
Winter blues got you down?
Come and jump down the rabbit hole with us into a fantastical world of wonder, hosted by the Societies Team across the LSU. Come join us for this year’s Winter Showcase!
Winter Showcase is our annual event that sees our Societies gather together, along with our other LSU sections, under one extravagant event!
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How to use the EU Funding and Tenders Portal
30 November, 11am – 11.50am, Online
The REO are running an online workshop on how to use the EU Funding and Tenders Portal. The session is aimed at anyone who is new to applying for European funding and would like to learn how the system works. There will be a Q&A at the end of the session.
Find out more on the events page.
Build it Greener Challenge
30 November, 7pm, The Treehouse
It is nearly Christmas, and we want to celebrate the end of the first Semester with you all in a sustainable and fun way.
We are challenging you to a build-off, to come to build some of the most iconic buildings around the campus out of recycled materials.
Find out more on the events page.
Student Live Lounge
30 November, 7.30pm, Grow Hackney
An open mic night showcasing the best student talent from our London campus.
If you enjoy live music and discovering new artists then join us for a special, laid back evening as we present the best talent from Loughborough University London.
Find out more on the events page.
Loughborough University Research Conference 2021
1 December, 9am, Holywell Park
The Doctoral College are pleased to announce that Loughborough University’s Annual Research Conference for Doctoral Researchers and Research Staff will take place on 1st December 2021 at the Sir Denis Rooke building, Holywell Park, with sessions also available online.
The conference theme this year is ‘Creating Change: Your Research Legacy’.
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Civil Service – Assessment Centre Advice
1 December, 12pm – 1pm, Online
Looking to smash an assessment centre?
Join three fast streamers as they discuss the elusive civil service fast stream assessment centre. They will be talking through each stage, with examples of what type of questions might come up. They will be providing their top tips as well as highlighting the behaviours that will be examined. This event is not just limited to potential fast streamers. Come along and hear more about how assessment centres work generally!
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Inaugural Lecture: Professor Claire Warden
1 December, 4.30pm – 6pm, Loughborough Design School & Online
Barbelles: a modernist history of women’s muscularity
The history of muscle seems, at first glance, a decidedly masculine affair. Even in our contemporary context, men’s muscles receive exponentially more airtime, finances, and exposure. #StrongNotSkinny might be a popular modern hashtag but women’s muscularity still brings certain connotations, even ignites a certain fear that femininity and beauty (whatever they may be) might become things of the past.
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Asking about juror bias: The organization and sensitivities of voir dire questioning in the US
3 December, 5pm – 6pm, Online
Barbelles: a modernist history of women’s muscularity
In the US justice system, the selection of citizen jurors involves an examination process known as voir dire, where prospective jurors are questioned by judges and attorneys to ascertain their suitability for jury service and to probe for disqualifying forms of bias.
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Quizmas
5 December, 8pm, The Lounge
Welcome to Loughborough’s weekly quiz night, with a festive twist!
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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