Give It A Go Week Guide 2014

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WHAT IS GIVE IT A GO WEEK? At RGU, there are a wide range of activities that students can get involved in, whether it is societies, sports clubs, student media, or otherwise! The amount of opportunities avaliable are endless!

Give It A Go Week is your opportunity to find out a little bit more about all these different groups and what they do without the pressure to commit. The week is packed full of fun and exciting events that everyone is welcome to come along to!

WHY Get INVOLVED? Most of the groups at RGU are voluntary and some have a membership fee to cover their costs and support their activities.

However, you should not let this put you off! Being a part of any of these groups comes with countless benefits. Everything from making new friends, to developing new skills, to gaining experience.

Furthermore, because you are volunteering, you’ll be able to register for Saltire or MV Award schemes to collect volunteering awards. You could also be entered to win awards at the Student Achievement Awards Ball, or even particupate in the Extra-Curricum Awards programme to gain an extra fifteen credits on your degree!

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There are so many benefits, but the main one is that it is great fun!

Society event Sport Event Media Event Charity Event Eco Event

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After Give It A Go Week?

Don’t worry, even when Give It A Go Week is over, you can always get involved! Just get in touch or drop by RGU:Union to learn more.

Events Coming Up RGU Undie Run - Monday 27th October - RGU Campus Join RGU:RAG for our first annual Undie Run, for Stand Up To Cancer! Strip to your undies, and do a lap around campus!

RGU:Media Annual General Meetings - October/November You have an opportunity to run in elections for a managing position as part of RGU:Radio, RGU:TV or Radar! Like the pages for details!

RGU:Union By-Elections - November Do you want to be a student president? Why not run in our by-election! Nominations are open now! Pick up a pack at RGU:Union!

MONDAY 13th October Radar magazine information meeting 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Media Hub, Back Atrium Riverside East Learn more about Radar Magazine, and find out how you can get involved in sharing your voice in RGU's own student publication.

RGU Athletics Training 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Aberdeen Sport Village If you want to be a part of the athletics team, then head along to their training sessions! E-mail 1307493@rgu.ac.uk to get the details!

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Tuesday 14th October Activities Showcase 11:00am - 2:00pm - University Street, RGU:Sport Did you not get a chance to meet with the societies during Freshers Week?

Well, the showcase is your chance to find about how to get involved at RGU. You can find out about volunteering, student media, societies and more.

RGU Go Green Veg Bag Information Meeting 12:30pm - 1:15pm - Kaim Cottage, RGU Garthdee Find out more about the Go Green co-operative veg bag scheme where you can help us sell local fruit and veg to RGU students!

RGU:RAG Meeting 6:30pm - 7:30pm - Garage Nightclub, Windmill Brae Come and meet the RGU Raising and Giving Team! Find out how you can get involved in amazing charity events such as our Underwear Fashion Show, International Challenge Events, RAG Week and more!

RGU Film Meeting 8:45pm 10:30pm - Cafe Bar, Belmont Filmhouse Join the film society at the Belmont Filmhouse weekly film quiz on the lower floor of the Belmont Filmhouse on Belmont Street.

RGU:RAG Student Auction 8:00pm - 10:00pm - Campus Bar, Windmill Brae This is a charity auction, with a difference. Instead of bidding for prizes, you can bid for students! This unique event will see brave students auctioned off in either the 24 Hour Master Round or the Romance Round! You could win a date (and just a date) with a sexy lad or lady, or even someone to give challenges to for twenty four hours! All fund go to the Stroke Association!

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Wednesday 15th October RGU:RADIO information meeting 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Media Hub, Back Atrium Riverside East Are you passionate about music? Do you want to share your views with the student body? RGU:Radio is here for you. Come along and find out more and see what radio is all about!

RGU Forensic Society Welcome Afternoon 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Atrium, Riverside East Come along and meet the Forensic Society. We do everything for academic support to murder mystery nights!

Badminton Club Training Session 12:00pm - 2:00pm - RGU:Sport, Garthdee If you’re interested in trying out in Badminton, come along for free to one of the training sessions in RGU:Sport.

Aberdeen Culture Fair 3:00pm - 6:00pm - Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen Organised by the International Aberdeen Welcome,the Aberdeen Culture Fair is a chance for student to get to know Scottish culture, with a wide selection of local businesses, food, music, dancing and more to welcome you to Aberdeen and Scotland

RGU Gaming Society RocktoberFest 8:00pm - 12:00pm - Prohibition Bar, Langstane Place This is the RGU Gaming Societies’ annual karaoke and Rock Band charity fundraising event! Come along and be a rockstar for an evening and help raise money for Special Effect!

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Thursday 16th October Christian Union Prayer Meeting 8:30am - 9:00am - H507, Faculty of Health and Social Care Join the Christian Union for a morning prayer session and meet the members with a shared faith in Christianity.

Societies Scavenger Hunt 6:00pm - 8:00pm - Starts at Campus Bar, Windmill Brae Tired of exhibitions? Don't know whether to join a society or not? Then take part in this unique event! In a team, you'll be challenges to follow clues around the city centre to meet up with a range of societies who will show you what they're all about! But you'll have to think fast because it''s a race to meet all the societies and make it to the finish line first!

LGBT Welcome Evening

4:30pm - 9:00pm - The Gas Lamp, Market Street, Aberdeen You’re invited to have dinner with RGU’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transexual + society! Come and meet the team for some food, and even some special guests and speakers!

You don’t have to define to attend, and you can be a part of our unique and exciting events throughout the year!

RGU:RAG White T-SHIRT SOCIAL 6:00pm - 12:00pm - Starts at Campus Bar, Windmill Brae Join the Raggies on our first social of the year! Buy a plain white or purple t-shirt and come to Campus for 6pm! Take part in some fun games for the gang head off on a pub crawl from around 9pm around the town!

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Friday 17th october RGU:TV information meeting 1:00pm - 2:00pm - Media Hub, Back Atrium Riverside East Come along and find out more about the latest addition to RGU:Media! Whether it is producing documentaries, vlogging, filming, or producing, there is a place in TV for you!

Hockey CLub Training 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Aberdeen Sport Village Are you interested in taking part in hockey? The hockey club meets each Friday at Aberdeen Sport Village for their training, so make sure to drop them an e-mail and come along to see what they get up to!

OXJAM ABERDEEN FESTIVAL 7:00pm - 1:00am - Venues Across Aberdeen City Centre This is a unique fundraising event run each year with help from volunteers from RGU that sees over thirty bands take to the stage of seven different venues! From Tunnels, to Drummonds, to O’Neills, there is a range of acts performing! The event works to raise funds for Oxfam, with tickets costing £5 on the door, or £10 for entry to all venues!

This is an event which has had a lot of involvement from the RGU Volunteering program, and is a key example of the types of projects you could be involved in at RGU. If you want to learn more, then visit facebook.com/oxjam.aberdeen

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Societies Dumbledore’s Army (Harry Potter Society)

harrypotter@rguunion.co.uk

Erasmus Student network info@esnuk-rgu.org

What are societies?

Engineering Society

engineering@rguunion.co.uk

Societies are groups of students who come together with a shared interest, whether it is based on academics, nationality or just for fun! There are a huge range of different groups avaliable, and they all put on different meetings, activities and events! If there isn’t a society that takes your fancy, then it’s so easy to just start your won!

How to join a society?

All you have to do to join a society is get in touch! Throughout Give It A Go Week, many societies are holding events, so make sure to go along, speak to the members, and then if you want to join, just fill out a form, and pay your membership fee, which is generally around £5 for a year.

List of societies

If you want to know more about joining a society, or starting your own, contact Stevie Kearney on ext.kearney@rgu.ac.uk

57’10 Architecture Society 5710@rguunion.co.uk

Events Society

eventssociety@rguunion.co.uk

Fashion Society

fashion@rguunion.co.uk

Film society

filmsociety@rguunion.co.uk

First Aid Africa

faa@rguunion.co.uk

Forensics Society

forensics@rguunion.co.uk

Gaming Society

gaming@rguunion.co.uk

International Society

internationalsoc@rguunion.co.uk

IPE Society

aberdeenipesociety@gmail.com

Language Society

languagesociety@rguunion.co.uk

LGBT+ Society

lgbtsociety@rguunion.co.uk

Mental Wellbeing Society

mentalwellbeing@rguunion.co.uk

Nigerian Association

nigeriancommunity@rguunion.co.uk

Academic supply chain society

Nutrition Society

African and Caribbean Society

RGU IHI Patient Safety Chapter

Association for bme Engineers

RGU Singers

Applied social science society

Research Students Association

Association of African Students

Shooting Stars (Drama) Society

ascs@rguunion.co.uk acs@rguunion.co.uk

afbe@rguunion.co.uk

asss@rguunion.co.uk

africanstudentsrgu@gmail.com

rgunutrition@rguunion.co.uk ihi@rguunion.co.uk

singers@rguunion.co.uk rsa@rguunion.co.uk

shootingstars@rguunion.co.uk

Believers love world

South asian Society

Christian Union

Timothy generation

believersloveworld@rguunion.co.uk cu@rguunion.co.uk

southasiansociety@rguunion.co.uk timgenrgu@rguunion.co.uk

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Sports Clubs Athletics

athletics@rgu.ac.uk

Badminton

badminton@rgu.ac.uk

Basketball (Men)

mensbasketball@rgu.ac.uk

Basketball (women)

ladiesbasketball@rgu.ac.uk

Boxing

boxing@rgu.ac.uk

Cheerleading and Dance

cheerleading@rgu.ac.uk

Clay Pigeon Shooting cds.cctt@gmail.com

Cricket

cricket@rgu.ac.uk

Curling

How to join a sports club?

There are a huge range of sports clubs at RGU that you can get involved in, whether it is basketball, golf, or snowsports!

If you want to join any of the sports clubs, then the first thing to do would be get in touch with the club, and go along to a training session or meeting, as your first session is free!

Afterwards, if you want to join, then you head to the RGU:Sport reception and fill out a membership form.

curling@rgu.ac.uk

Football (Men)

menfootball@rgu.ac.uk

Football (women)

womenfootball@rgu.ac.uk

Gaelic Football

gaelicfootball@rgu.ac.uk

Golf

golf@rgu.ac.uk

Handball

handball@rgu.ac.uk

Hockey (Men)

menshockey@rgu.ac.uk

Hockey (Women)

ladieshockey@rgu.ac.uk

Horse Riding

horseriding@rgu.ac.uk

Karate

karate@rgu.ac.uk

Rifle

rifle@rgu.ac.uk

Rowing

rowing@rgu.ac.uk

Rugby (Men)

mensrugby@rgu.ac.uk

Shelterstone

1002230@rgu.ac.uk

Shinty, Hurling and Camogie shinty@rgu.ac.uk

Snowsports

snowsports@rgu.ac.uk

Squash

1303892@rgu.ac.uk

Swimming and WaterPolo swimming@rgu.ac.uk

kickboxing

Table Tennis

Lacrosse

Trampolining

kickboxing@rgu.ac.uk sierrapb@hotmail.co.uk

Mountain Biking

mountainbiking@rgu.ac.uk

Netball

netball@rgu.ac.uk

Membership to your first sports club generally costs £48, and your second will cost £12.50 for the year. Once you’re a member, you’ll be given your membership fob, and Institute discount fob!

tabletennis@rgu.ac.uk

trampoline@rgu.ac.uk

VolleyBall

volleyball@rgu.ac.uk

Weightlifting

1107620@rgu.ac.uk

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Make sure to sign up, meet new people, get fit and have fun.

Furthermore, you’ll get a chance to attend the legendary Blues Awards Ball in April, which is an event which is not to be missed!

If you want to know more about joining a club, or starting your own, contact the President (Sport and Physical Activity) Vinny O’Donovon on v.o-donovan1@rgu.ac.uk

Student Media and RAG Student media is an exciting way of getting involved at RGU! Whether you are interested in writing news articles, making films, or just love music, there is a place for you in the media group!

RGU:Radio is the student radio station that broadcasts on www.rguradio.co.uk! The radio station is a platform for student to share their interests, music tastes and views! If you’d like to be a presenter, producer, journalist or otherwise, then we’re looking for you! Just get in touch to find out more!

rguradio@RGUUNION.CO.UK | Facebook.com/rguradio| twitter.com/rguradio RGU:TV is our video content platform where we post event reports, informational videos, interviews and even live broadcasts! If you’re interested in video production or have a project idea, then just get in touch, as we’d love to hear your ideas!

rgutv@RGUUNION.CO.UK | Facebook.com/rguTV| Youtube.com/rgutvonline

radar student magazine

Radar is a by-monthly student produced magazine that features everything from news articles, to celebrity interviews, to fashion advice. We’re looking for writers, editors, designers and more, just get in touch

radar@RGUUNION.CO.UK | Facebook.com/radarrgu

RGU:RAG is the fundraising arm of the union. They organise a number of charitable events throughout the year, with all the proceeds going to local, national and international charities. RAG is an entirely student-led group, that has been running since 2003.

RAG has made over £90,000 for over twenty charities in the past two years alone! Over the year we organise all kinds of events from barbeques, bake sales, to fashion shows, student auctions and more! We also give students amazing opportunities, such as our international challenge events! There is so many ways to get involved, so whatever idea you have, we’re here to help!

RAGCHAIR@RGUUNION.CO.UK | Facebook.com/rgurag | twitter.com/rgurag

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Nightline and Go Green RGU:Nightline is a student-led peer to peer helpline that offers a non-judgemental, confidential and annoymous listening and support service to students at Robert Gordon University outside of University academic hours (operation 8:00pm - 8:00am) Our specially trained student volunteers recognise that university is a time of many changes and challenges and can empathise with callers. They don’t judge; they don’t give advice; and they certainly don’t tell callers what to do - they just listen. Best of all, Nightline is confidential and anonymous, meaning students accessing the service don’t even have to give their name.

The service will be launching in semester one, and there are a number of ways in which students can get involved. Nightline are recruiting for students to be anonymous listeners who will recieve full training, or front-facing volunteers who help support and promote the service. If you’re interested in learning more, then get in touch!

nightline@RGUUNION.CO.UK | Facebook.com/rgunightline | twitter.com/rgunightline RGU Go Green is an initiative that provides students with the opportunity to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the university whilst gaining valuable experience and qualifications.

There are number of projects, such as the energy ambassador scheme, where you learn to effectivly increase energy efficiance, there is the bike hire scheme, where you can rent a bike for easy and affordable transport, you can help with RGU’s own food co-operative and work in the community garden and help sell veg bags or even take part in the Halls Energy Challenge!

gogreen@RGUUNION.CO.UK| twitter.com/rgugogreen

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Contact Us If you would like to learn more about Give It A Go Week or any events, you can e-mail: giveitago@rguunion.co.uk

RGU Students Association, RGU:Sport, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, U.K., AB10 7GE hello@rguunion.co.uk 01224 262266

Edward Pollock Vice President

(Entertainment and Events)

vpevev@rguunion.co.uk @rgu_vpenev