Give it a GO!
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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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MONDAY 5th October Activities Showcase 11:00am - 3:00pm - 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.
Student Sins society Pub Crawl Starting at 6:00pm
Multiple venues in one night. 7 sins, 7 teams. This is going to be a good one. The theme - "Animal Kingdom". Dress as your favourite animal! There will be a best dressed award as well as many other prizes. Go all out or just have an animal t-shirt, everyone is always welcome. Visit www.studentsins.com to sign up for event
ESN Go BOWLING
8:00pm - Late - Cadonas Amusement Park, Beach Boulevard Students can either make their way to the beach for 8 OR alternatively we are going to be meeting at the Castlegate at 7.15pm before walking down as a group. We are covering the cost of shoe hire, so if you could remember to bring their Student card (RGU Student card not one of our ESN cards) in order to get the student band, you can play for ÂŁ1 per game with cheap drinks too.
RGU Football Club (Womens) 7:00pm - 8:00pm - Garthdee Pitch
Find out more by e-mailling: football@rguunion.co.uk
RGU Football Club (mens) 8:00pm - 9:00pm - Garthdee Pitch
Find out more by e-mailling: football@rguunion.co.uk
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Tuesday 6th October RGU Go Green Cookery Workshop 5:30pm - 7:30pm - Woolmanhill Halls, John Street Pick up some eco-friendly cooking tips, help to cook a delicious fresh meal, and enjoy food with new friends! Representatives from Love Food Hate Waste will be running the workshop and you will also get the chance to find out about upcoming environmental training opportunities based on recycling, waste and engagement techniques. Please book your place by emailing gogreen@rguunion.co.uk
RGU:RAG Annual General Meeting 7:00pm - 8:30pm - H407, Faculty of Health and Social Care RGU: RAG (Raising and Giving) have their first AGM, inviting those old and new along to have their input into the year ahead. Come along if you’re interested joining as a member of the committee, or just want to get involved in any of our fundraising challenges in the year ahead.
RGU Christian Union Prayer Meeting 7:00pm - 8:30pm - N311, Sir Ian Wood Building Weekly prayer meeting - starting a series in the book of Daniel, we also have a time of worship and fellowship in Costa after. All are welcome, regardless of religious beliefs.
RGU Badminton Club Training 8:00pm - 10:00pm - RGU:Sport Find out more by e-mailing: badminton@rguunion.co.uk
RGU cheerleading and Dance Club Training 8:00pm - 10:00pm - RGU:Sport Find out more by e-mailing: cheerleading@rguunion.co.uk
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Wednesday 7th October RGU:Media information meeting 12:00pm - 1:00pm - N241, Sir Ian Wood Building Are you passionate about music? Ever wanted to write for a magazine? RGU:Radio, RGU:TV and Radar Magazine is here for you. Come along and find out more and see what the media group is all about!
RGU Go Green Volunteer Information Session 2:00pm - 3:00pm - N241, Sir Ian Wood Building Find out more about becoming a Zero Waste Volunteer with RGU Go Green. E-mail gogreen@rguunion.co.uk to learn more.
RGU:RAG Round Up 7:00pm - 8:30pm - Campus Bar, Windmill Brae Find out more by e-mailling: ragchair@rguunion.co.uk
Music Society 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Cellar 35, Rosemount Viaduct Come along to our first meeting of the year, bring an instrument or just come along and watch! We aim to share our love of music!
Meet the Business Society Meet at 7:00pm - Revolution Bar, Belmont Street Meet and greet session for existing and new members, at their first social of the year. Come and find out all about the RGU Business Society whose aim is to bring together individuals with a common interest in business.
Meet Dumbledore’s Army Meet at 7:00pm - Priory, Belmont Street Come and meet wizards new and old, and see what we get up to. Play as part of a team to overcome a series of challenges, the winning team will claim the prize! Don’t be a Muggle, come along and discover the magic for yourself
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Thursday 8th 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. All are welcome, regardless of religious beliefs.
Mental Wellbeing Society Tea and Talk 12:00pm - 2:00pm - Back Atrium, Sir Ian Wood Building Come and meet the Mental Wellbeing Society and find out about the activities that we do, and sign up to be a part of the society.
57’10’ Architecture Lecture 5:00pm - 7:00pm - N242, Sir Ian Wood Building Free architecture lecture based around ‘Designing in a Rural Context’. The format will include three 20 minute lectures on a topic followed by an open discussion that would last for 30-40 minutes. This will be followed by a social event and a night out.
Language Society
5:00pm - 6:00pm 335N, Study Centre, Aberdeen Business School First meeting of society for this year, and the opportunity to find out who we are as a society, our goals, different classes type available, and the teaching methods that we use. We hope you can all come along and we hope that you are still willing to be part of our society! A little refreshment will be served
Karate Training 7:45pm - 10:00pm - RGU:Sport Find out more my e-mailing: karate@rguunion.co.uk
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Friday 9th october RGU:Film Pub Quiz 7:00pm - 9:00pm - Bridge Street Social Club, Bridge Street Come along for this film based pub quiz, with great prizes to be won. New and old members welcome, great opportunity to discuss all things film on their first social night out of the year.
Handball Training 8:00pm - 10:00pm - RGU:Sport Find out more by e-mailing: handball@rguunion.co.uk
Bounce Back to Netball 6:00pm - 7:00pm - RGU:Sport Find out more by e-mailing: netball@rguunion.co.uk
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:RAG Week - Monday 26th - Friday 30th October Don’t miss being a part of RGU’s biggest week of charity fundraising. From Bake Sales’s to the Nippy Dip, RAG Week is your chance to raise money for charity. Contact ragchair@rguunion.co.uk to learn more.
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!
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Societies Electronic Gaming Society gaming@rguunion.co.uk
Fashion Society
fashion@rguunion.co.uk
Film society
What are societies?
filmsociety@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!
Forensics Society
forensics@rguunion.co.uk
IHI Society
ihi@gmail.com
International Society
How to join a society?
internationalsoc@rguunion.co.uk
All you have to do to join a society is get in touch! If you IPE Society aberdeenipesociety@gmail.com want to join, fill out a form, and pay your membership Islamic Society fee, which is generally around £5 for a year. If you want to know more about joining a society, or starting your own, contact David Munro on vpso@rguunion.co.uk
57’10 Architecture Society 5710@rguunion.co.uk
Academic supply chain society ascs@rguunion.co.uk
African and Caribbean Society acs@rguunion.co.uk
Applied social science society asss@rguunion.co.uk
Association of African Students africanstudentsrgu@gmail.com
List of societies
Believers love world
believersloveworld@rguunion.co.uk
Business Society
business-society@rguunion.co.uk
Christian Union
cu@rguunion.co.uk
Dumbledore’s Army
harrypotter@rguunion.co.uk
Diagnostic Radiography
rguisoc@rguunion.co.uk
Language Society
languagesociety@rguunion.co.uk
League of Anime
anime@rguunion.co.uk
LGBT+ Society
lgbtsociety@rguunion.co.uk
Mental Wellbeing Society
mentalwellbeing@rguunion.co.uk
Midwifery Society
midwifery@rguunion.co.uk
Nigerian Association
nigeriancommunity@rguunion.co.uk
Nutrition Society
rgunutrition@rguunion.co.uk
Physiotherapy Society physio@rguunion.co.uk
Political and Debating Society pads@rguunion.co.uk
Photography Society
photography@rguunion.co.uk
RGU Singers
singers@rguunion.co.uk
d-radz@rguunion.co.uk
Research Students Association
Deeper Life Campus Fellowship
Shooting Stars (Drama) Society
Erasmus Student network
Student Nationalist Association
vpso@rguunion.co.uk
info@esnuk-rgu.org
Engineering Society
engineering@rguunion.co.uk
Environmental Society
gogreen@rguunion.co.uk
rsa@rguunion.co.uk
shootingstars@rguunion.co.uk rgusna@rguunion.co.uk
Tea Society
teasoc@rguunion.co.uk
Timothy generation
timgenrgu@rguunion.co.uk
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Sports Clubs Athletics
athletics@rguunion.co.uk
Badminton
badminton@rguunion.co.uk
Basketball
basketball@rguunion.co.uk
Boxing
boxing@rguunion.co.uk
Cheerleading and Dance
cheerleading@rguunion.co.uk
Clay Pigeon Shooting
claypigeon@rguunion.co.uk
Climbing (Shelterstone)
shelterstone@rguunion.co.uk
Cricket
cricket@rguunion.co.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@rguunion.co.uk
Football
football@rguunion.co.uk
Gaelic Football
gaelicfootball@rguunion.co.uk
Golf
golf@rguunion.co.uk
Gymnastics
gymnastics@rguunion.co.uk
Handball
handball@rguunion.co.uk
Hockey
hockey@rguunion.co.uk
Horse Riding
horseriding@rguunion.co.uk
Karate
karate@rguunion.co.uk
kickboxing
kickboxing@rguunion.co.uk
Lacrosse
lacrosse@rguunion.co.uk
Mountain Biking
mountainbiking@rguunion.co.uk
Netball
netball@rguunion.co.uk
Rifle
rifle@rguunion.co.uk
Rowing
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!
rowing@rguunion.co.uk
Rugby
rugby@rguunion.co.uk
Shinty, Hurling and Camogie shinty@rguunion.co.uk
Snowsports
snowsports@rguunion.co.uk
Squash
squash@rguunion.co.uk
Swimming and WaterPolo
swimming@rguunion.co.uk
Table Tennis
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!
tabletennis@rguunion.co.uk
Tennis
If you want to know more about joining a club, or Trampolining starting your own, contact trampoline@rguunion.co.uk the President (Sport and VolleyBall Physical Activity) GianPiero volleyball@rguunion.co.uk Franchi on Weightlifting presspa@rguunion.co.uk weightlifting@rguunion.co.uk tennis@rguunion.co.uk
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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/RGUradar
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. 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 Union, RGU:Sport, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, U.K., AB10 7GE hello@rguunion.co.uk 01224 262266
David Munro Vice President (Societies)
vpso@rguunion.co.uk @rgu_vpso