Your Journey Starts Here Brighton Students’ Brighton Welcome Handbook Union 19/20
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YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE BRIGHTON STUDENTS’ BRIGHTON WELCOME HANDBOOK UNION 19/20 1 WELCOME TO YOUR STUDENTS’ UNION We are here to make your student life better. If you are 18 or 118, part-time, postgraduate or commuting, there is something for everyone! Whether that’s getting involved with our societies and sports, representing your student voice, providing you with academic advice and support or helping you gain valuable employability skills by working and volunteering with us. We make sure that your University experience is the best it can be by providing you with plenty of opportunities to get involved and graduate with more than just a degree. WE’RE LED BY YOU, FOR YOU. 2 3 WE’RE MAKING STUDENT LIFE BETTER YOU ARE NOW WE WELCOMED WE EMPLOY WE MAKE SURE THE SUPPORT TEAM WE TRAINED ONE OF OUR 3,000+ EVERYTHING HELPED WE OFFER IS 800+ 21,000 STUDENTS 150+ MORE COURSE REPS MEMBERS [ JUST LIKE YOU ] STUDENTS & SOCIETY COMMITTEE TO OUR WELCOME GREAT MEMBERS WE WORK FOR EVENTS GIVING THEM VALUE FOR THAN LAST YEAR! EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE MONEY YOU! FROM THE PRODUCTS 900+ 2058 INDEPENDENTLY WE SUPPORT OVER STUDENTS IN FROM THE UNIVERSITY 3000 IN ALL 4 STUDENTS STUDENTS OF OUR SHOPS, 2018-19 VOTED IN OUR CAME TO OUR SPOOKY OUR EVENTS & WE GAVE AWAY ANNUAL HALLOWEEN 100STUDENT-LED OUR 2 CAFÉS ELECTIONS SOCIETIES £15,000 WITH MORE THAN WORTH OF PIER WE ARE A NON-PROFIT PARTY 2000 CHARITY PRODUCTS STUDENT MEMBERS SO ALL MONEY GOES IN OUR BACK IN TO WELLBEING MAKING STUDENT LIFE BETTER CUPBOARDS 18CANDIDATES RAN FOR OFFICE IN OUR ELECTIONS 4 5 Falmer YOUR FULL– CAMPUSES Train Station The AMEX Stadium FALMER TIME OFFICERS FALMER CAMPUS A community campus, surrounded by the Ringmer beautiful South Downs. Come and visit us in House CALVIN JANSZ SUZIE DOUGLAS Ringmer House (by the bus stop) to pop into G r e a t UNION PRESIDENT VP ACTIVITIES our café, The Hive, for a coffee with friends Wilkins Halls Calvin ensures we’re providing a Suzie supports our societies, or the SU shop to grab your essentials and Paddock Field Halls quality service for our students and sports teams and student media meal deal. You can also come ask our SU represents your voice in important to ensure they are able to provide staff in the Reception any questions while Moulsecoomb Moulsecoomb Train Station University meetings. Calvin is also a valuable experience to their you’re here or hang out in our common room. Place Halls Huxley the lead officer for the Falmer members. Suzie also represents Cockcroft Advanced Campus. the Moulsecoomb Campus. MOULSECOOMB Engineering The largest campus at the University of Watts RAMY BADRIE ONYINYE OKONKWO Brighton. Visit our café, Basement Central, VP EDUCATION VP WELFARE or our SU shops while you’re here. You’ll also MOULSECOOMB CAMPUS Ramy works with the University Onyinye campaigns to improve see our SU area with our friendly Reception Mithras House to ensure they promote the best the mental and physical health and our Societies & Student Voice teams. educational experience possible. provision at the University and SU. Pop in to say hello to them if you need their Ramy is also the lead officer for the Onyinye also represents students help or have any questions. Eastbourne Campus. on the City Campus. CITY CAMPUS The Officer Team are annually elected by you! They work for the Close to the centre of Brighton, City Phoenix Halls Union full-time to ensure your voices are heard and campaign on Campus is the perfect place for finding the issues that matter to you, helping inspiration, whether you’re on an art or Brighton St Peter’s House make your student life better. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT humanities degree. You can purchase all Train Station Library YOUR OFFICERS AT: of the equipment needed for your next BRIGHTONSU.COM/OFFICERS masterpiece at a student-friendly rate in our SU Art Shop and find us in the SU Reception on the mezzanine floor of the main Grand Parade building. We also have a common Grand Parade room for you to use in Pavilion Parade! Pavilion Parade CITY CHECK OUT WHAT’S ON CAMPUS Edward Street onyinye okonkwo YOUR CAMPUS AT: calvin Jansz BRIGHTONSU.COM/CAMPUSES Palace Pier Vp Welfare Ramy Badrie suzie douglas president 6 vp Education vp activities 7 VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE LIVING IN Brighton is famous for its quirky nightlife, there is something for everybody. Have fun in the wide BRIGHTON range of pubs, bars and clubs. Take advantage of all you can with our Hello Brighton and Brighton is a wonderful and unique city Freshtival wristbands at the with a vast array of events and activities all start of term. year round. If there’s one thing that we can guarantee, it’s that your memories made here PARKS & NATURE will stay with you for life, and many students Stroll around the South Downs, decide to stay long after graduation! Devil’s Dyke or one of the city’s many parks. The choice is yours! BRIGHTON SEAFRONT Relax on Brighton Beach, take a trip to the COMEDY & LIVE MUSIC Palace Pier and enjoy the funfair rides, or You can see amazing live music grab an ice-cream or chips, but beware of or hilarious comedy all over the seagulls! Take a trip up the BA i360 to see city, particularly during May the spectacular views. at Brighton Festival, Brighton Fringe or The Great Escape music festival. SPORTS & ROYAL PAVILION OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Meet friends in the historical Pavilion gardens Why not get outdoors and try to enjoy the sun, or put your ice-skating skills something new like water- to the test in the winter months at the Pavilion’s sports at Hove Lagoon, the famous ice rink. Yellowave volleyball courts or the mini golf courses along LOCAL RESTAURANTS & SHOPS the seafront. You can also go to Dine at independent restaurants and pick the amazing AMEX Stadium and up vintage treasures in the iconic Laines. watch Brighton & Hove Albion FC play. Go Seagulls! SURROUNDING TOWNS East Sussex is one of the most beautiful SOME USEFUL PLACES TO counties in the UK (well, we think so FIND OUT MORE ABOUT anyway!). Take a trip to Eastbourne, Lewes BRIGHTON AT: or some of the other towns to see more of VISITBRIGHTON.COM the countryside and enjoy a day out. BN1MAGAZINE.CO.UK 8 9 SOCIETIES & STUDENT MEDIA we are a big, Societies are a brilliant way to meet new people and make like-minded friends. We have many societies at Brighton Students’ Union, which are all student-led Loving, and cover a diverse range of interests. supportive Whether you’re looking to join a society based on your degree, hobbies, culture family that care or faith – we’ve got something for you. for each other... HOW TO JOIN STUDENT MEDIA I LOVE You, You can join a new society all We have a number of fantastic student Musical Theatre Soc year round. Come along to media opportunities for all students – you one of our Freshers’ Fairs in don’t have to be studying a media-related Katy Lovecraft, September, or our ReFreshers’ degree to get involved. Musical Theatre Society Fair in February to meet societies and hear more about what they If you want to host your own radio show at do. You can then head to our Buzz Radio, or you love to write and want website to officially join. to gain experience at The Verse student newspaper – you can find out more about it below: START YOUR OWN If you can’t find a current society BUZZ RADIO that reflects your interests, you @BuzzRadioBSU can make your own! You will @BuzzRadioBSU need to gather a group of like- @BuzzRadioBSU minded individuals and head to buzzstudentradio.com our website to start the process. THE VERSE @VerseBrighton FIND ALL @VerseBrighton SOCIETIES INFO AT: @VerseBrighton BRIGHTONSU.COM/SOCIETIES theverse.co.uk Pollux Ciampa, LGBTQ+ Society 10 11 SPORTS EMPLOYABILITY Sport Brighton is the home of the CLUBS: Working for your Students’ Union is a great VOLUNTEERING University of Brighton’s sport and STUDENT-LED SPORTS TEAMS way to earn extra money whilst studying, Volunteering is another fantastic activity services, providing you with the AND CLUBS KNOWN AS THE we provide work around your timetable and way of doing something rewarding opportunity to develop and maintain BRIGHTON PANTHERS term breaks. You’ll learn valuable skills that with your free time, it also your fitness, compete in sport and From the competitive to the can be used in your future career and it looks allows you to gain employability have fun with friends. We believe social, our range of student great on your CV. skills and make your CV stand that everyone should get involved clubs has something for out to employers. We have a with sport, even if you don’t consider everyone: Archery to Volleyball We employ over 150 student staff, so you’ll number of brilliant volunteering yourself to be sporty, we will help you and everything inbetween. be joining a friendly team of like-minded opportunities for you here at find something you enjoy! people! BSU including our Course Reps, campaigner, society leader or There are 3 main activity programmes GET ACTIVE: PARKLIFE | PLAY We have jobs available across the Union student media contributor. You delivered by Sport Brighton: YOUR WAY – OUR FUN ACTIVITY within our café and shops but also in our can find out more about them at PROGRAMME membership services. All our vacancies are brightonsu.com/employability.