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Full events listing in the ‘What’s On RGU - Freshers Events Guide’

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Freshers Week Special - Events HIGHLIGHTS 2015

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Freshers fling Ceilidh

Sunday 20th September : 11pm - 2am - Garage Nightclub

Monday 21st September : 7.30pm - 11pm - Tunnels

Tuesday 22nd September : 7pm - 12am - Beach Ballroom

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Thursday 24th September : 12pm - 4pm - RGU:Sport

Friday 25th September : 11pm - 3am - Garage Nightclub

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Calvin Harris & Disciples How Deep Is Your Love

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You’ll probably be like most students and have to commute into uni each day. You can take the First 1 or 2 straight to campus, and a student all day ticket is £3.50! Make sure you bring it in coins though, no change on the buses!

Aberdeen is known for many things, but great weather isn’t one of them! Even within one day you can often see summer and winter in one day, so better safe than sorry, and bring a jacket. Even if it’s not raining, that North Sea wind can often catch you off guard.

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We all know that one of the scariest things about Freshers Week is meeting new people. There’s loads of those unavoidable awkward moments where you just have nothing to say. We all go through it, but if anyone is stressing out, then we’ve put together some tips and advice to help you out.

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Method 1. Put your yogurt in the bottom of a cup 2. Add a layer of muesli on top 3.Sprinkle on the strawberries 4. Repeat to create layers 5. Top off with whatever you like (chocolate sauce, honey ect.)

Ingredients 2 Corn tortilla wraps Tomato Sauce 2-4 slices of Ham Cream cheese Lettuce (optional)

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Ingredients 4 chicken thighs or 4 drumsticks 6 tbsp piri-piri marinade 2 peppers deseeded and finely chopped 4 spring onions, sliced 4 tbsp tomato puree 1 tbsp paprika Rice (boiled according to cooking instructions on packet)

Method 1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. 2.Slash the meat and soak in marinade for 5 minutes. 3. Place in oven for 30 minutes 4. Increase heat to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 for about 15 minutes until the skin goes crispy. 5. When the chicken has 5 minutes left, heat oil in a frying pan. 6. Cook the peppers and 3/4 of the onions for 5 minutes. 7. Add the puree and paprika, stir then add the rice. 8. Serve & sprinkle with rest of spring onion.

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“ Wednesdays will become the highlight of your week #PurpleWednesdays ” Playing in the afternoon all over Scotland and at night returning home to the after party, if you’re boy proudly wearing your RGU tie, if you’re a girl your probably bably trying to steal one!

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“ You shall get the opportunity to improve as a human ” May become a social convenor, president or waterboy!

“ You will get to wear the purple and white and black and go to compete against other uni’s ” In the end you will have such pride playing for your university you may get a full or half Blue.

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Midwifery Society or the Forensic Society to social groups like ESN (who help international students mix with home students at exciting events). There are faith-based groups and then societies for enthusiasts in areas like photography, music and gaming. Make sure you are at the Freshers Fayre to sign up to your chosen societies, meet some awesome new friends and create memories worth keeping. And finally, RAG. Perhaps it sounds more at home in a greasy garage, but RAG stands for Raising and Giving and is the fundraising arm of RGU:Union, with loads of exciting volunteering opportunities to support local, national and international causes.

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From getting you to hitch as far away from Aberdeen as possible in a Jailbreak, Okay, so Freshers Week is probably the one abseiling down the RGU Library building, climbing Kilimanjaro for our challenges and time of the year, above all others, where you get bombarded with so many messages running marathons in Prague, there are your brain is reduced to a big leaky pulp of endless options. In fact, RAG in Prague has a ring to it – movie anyone? confusion (aren’t they a band?). Everyone is screaming at you to sign up to their You’ll get more info on all these project, or to speak to them at length about opportunities and much more by visiting something you don’t quite get, or even to the Get Involved section on the RGU:Union just eat their free pizza while you smile and website – www.rguunion.co.uk feign enthusiasm. We get it, it’s a lot to cope with after a few late nights, but panic not! Put simply, the best way to have fun is to get involved in a society or to join RAG. We have around 40 societies currently and more on the way. These cover everything from course-specific groups like the

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freshers locations on the rgu campus:

beach promenade

beach ballroom

constitution street

satrosphere science centre

gaelic lane

the coffee house

carnege’s brae

the tunnels

bridge place

riley’s pool & snooker club

shiprow

vue cinema

windmill brae

campus bar

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the garage nightclub

you can download a copy to save to your phone at rguunion.co.uk/freshersmap

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trinity court st peter’s hall linksfield spring gardens mealmarket

crathie student village

Our freshers 2015 events take place in a number of venues across the city. keep this map handy to ensure you know where to go, and so that you can find your way home. If you get lost, find a freshers team member. rgu: ion

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be part of every night with a freshers 2015 wristband! only £20 buy yours now at rguunion.co.uk arranged by the team at robert gordon university students’ union

19th-27th september

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