March 2017 // RSU election nominations close on 10th march RSU ELECTIONS 2017
elections crunch become the student time voice in the rsu
The RSU Elections will reach their final stage in March. We have 25 positions to fill and there is still time for you to run. Check out page 7 for the timings and final election details.
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women’s
leadership conference Page 3
inspiring, educational, motivational
James Freeman in our let’s celebrate photoshoot
RSU SCOOP
Contents
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March 2017 // issue 6 // RSU scoop 3 Womens leadership conference. RSU is proud to be hosting it’s first ever Women’s Leaders Conference. 4 let’s celebrate: our students. Why should you run in the rsu elections? What could you get out of it? + 5 What’s on. A full list of rsu events in march. 6 varsity is coming to campus. + Think Global, part of growhampton’s fair trade fourtnight. 7 elections crunch time. it’s getting to that time of the year. elections nominations will soon close and the campaigning will begin.
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UNTIL 10TH MARCH
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Women’s leadership conference Not one to miss
Marie Johansen, VP Education writes:
Roehampton Students’ Union is thrilled to invite all self-defining women to the first ever Women’s Leadership Conference held here at the University! The event is aimed at all those interested in seeing leadership opportunities for women enhanced – in all aspects of their lives. WLC 2017 will examine how female leaders, at any grade, can enhance their skills to become the leader they aspire to be! Here at the University, we are very proud to report that around 70% of our students are female. However, there is still a gap in representation of the genders on various boards and committees, including the Students’ Union. In order to inspire more self-defining women to go for leadership roles, or develop the ones they already hold in their personal and/or professional lives, we believe it is absolutely necessary to engage and inspire with workshops, speakers and reflectional exercises. To be a leader simply means that you do not remain silent,
and to realise that we are all leaders in our own right. Building a community of self-defining women who fight on all levels to dismantle structures by learning to look around you for inspiration is a way towards creating a truly equal society. The conference aims to discuss issues around gender inequality in several different areas, ranging from why there is a need to represent the under-represented, understanding and developing your leader identity and how to stay resilient in the face of everyday sexism. Alongside this, external and internal guests will tell their stories and open up for questions from the audience. In a traditionally male dominated society, women are constantly asked to ‘soften their image’ and to apologise when faced with challenging confrontations. Female behaviour will often be labelled as arrogant or aggressive, whilst the same behaviour from a male counterpart may be seen as assertive. Sign up to the Women’s Leadership Conference 2017 at:
roehamptonstudent.com/wlc and discover your own values, leadership identity and help create unity at Roehampton.
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because you make us tick George Cole Writes:
March is Let’s Celebrate Our Students Month, a chance for our amazing and inspiring students to love themselves and the people around them! We have a massive calendar of events aimed at making you feel special, loved and proud of yourself, while also remembering the important messages of self-love and self-care. These
include sexual health guidance and promotion, a short campaign around body image, loads of destress events and some amazing chances to raise money for charity. It looks certain to be an hugely rewarding period! Did I mention it happens to be our RSU Elections? Keep your eyes out for that! In March we are running a week long campaign around sexual health, making sure all of our Roehampton students understand
and are aware of some of the risks around sexual intercourse and activity. L.U.S.H week (learning and understanding sexual health) is aimed at teaching students to be mindful when it comes to sex, not stopping any fun, but just to raise the awareness of STI’s and how they can be avoided. We will be promoting our free condoms and tampon service while also having some great free sexual health checks around campus. Be SAFE!
upcoming
16th
HARVEST MORNING
mar
10am - 1pm // union square
events 1st
mar
MARKET DAY
WITH GROWHAMPTON
1pm - 2pm // digby square
ELECTION CANDIDATE QUESTION TIME 5:30pm // Monte Hall
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
THIRSTY THURSDAYS
12:30pm - 2:30pm // monte hall
8pm - 12am // the union bar
LEARN 2 GROW WITH GROWHAMPTON
17th mar
FEZ CLUB
10pm - 2am // fez club, putney
mar
21st mar
all day // across campus
1pm - 2pm // union square, froebel
22nd
SUSY PROJECT 8 THINK GLOBAL
mar
Q&A, WITH GROWHAMPTON
5th
6th mar
8th mar
BOP: STAR WARS
12pm - 3pm // Library Entrance
10pm - 2am // fez club, putney
10pm // monte hall
23rd mar
MARCH 4 WOMEN
HARVEST MORNING WITH GROWHAMPTON
10am - 1pm // union square
VINTAGE FAIR
12pm // Central London
11am - 3pm // digby square
MARKET DAY
L.U.S.H WEEK
WITH GROWHAMPTON
LEARNING & UNDERSTANDING SEXUAL HEALTH
1pm - 2pm // digby square
all week // see roehamptonstudent.com for more
ELECTION VOTING CLOSES 2pm // across campus & online
ELECTION PARTY
LIVE @ THE HIVE
6pm // the union bar
1pm - 2pm // Digby Square // hive cafe
24th
WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
mar
DE-STRESS FREE TEA AND COFFEE 12pm - 3pm // Library Entrance
COMIC RELIEF CHILL-A-THON 12pm - 5pm // Monte Hall
2pm - 5pm // location see roehamptonstudent.com
LEARN 2 GROW WITH GROWHAMPTON
BOP: COMIC RELIEF
FEZ CLUB
STRICTLY COME DANCING FOR RAG AT THE GRAND
9th
HARVEST MORNING
mar
10am - 1pm // union square
10pm // monte hall
27th mar
for 2 weeks // look out for fairtrade events
1pm - 2pm // digby square
THIRSTY THURSDAYS 8pm - 12am // the union bar
BUSINESS SOCIETY CONFERENCE BOP: GREAT GASTSBY 10pm // monte hall
THE GRAND
mar
HIVE AFTER HOURS BEER & BINGO
15th
LEARN 2 GROW WITH GROWHAMPTON
mar
FEZ CLUB
6pm - 9pm // digby square // hive cafe
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14th
2pm - 4pm // union square
10pm - 2am // fez club, putney
SKY SHARMA FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER
29th
VARSITY
30th
DE-STRESS FREE TEA AND COFFEE
mar
12pm - 3pm // Library Entrance
31st
BOP: EASTER
mar
10pm // monte hall
mar
12:30pm - 8pm // Chapman Hall
10pm - 2am // clapham grand
mar
28th
WITH GROWHAMPTON
mar
8pm // The Grand, Clapham Junction
FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT
WITH GROWHAMPTON
MARKET DAY
13th
DE-STRESS FREE TEA AND COFFEE 2pm - 4pm // union square
10pm - 2am // fez club, putney
mar
WORLD POETRY DAY EARTH NIGHT
FEZ CLUB
2pm - 4pm // union square
10th
1pm - 2pm // Digby Square // hive cafe
8pm - 12am // the union bar
10am - 2pm // Digby Square
mar
LIVE @ THE HIVE
LEARN 2 GROW WITH GROWHAMPTON
DR BIKE 7th
BOP: ST PATRICK'S DAY
12.30pm - 1pm // the hive cafe
THIRSTY THURSDAYS
mar
10am // across campus & online
6pm - 9pm // Digby Square // hive cafe
WITH GROWHAMPTON
mar
ELECTION VOTING OPENS 10pm // monte hall
UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH DAY MARKET DAY EXTRAVAGANZA
3rd
ELECTION CAMPAIGNING BEGINS 12pm // Across Campus
2pm - 4pm // union square
2nd
WITH GROWHAMPTON
for all the details you need for our upcoming events go to
Roehamptonstudent.com
12pm // digby square
all day // Across Campus
1st
LET’S CELEBRATE: OUR FUTURE
apr
april // see roehamptonstudent.com for more
3rd
EASTER BREAK
apr
happy easter
Varsity #roe
Charlotte Caidan, Sport Roehampton CoPresident writes:
The thing everyone loves about Varsity is how in just one day, the many Roehampton Sports teams that we have, can showcase what they’ve worked so hard for over the course of the year. This being the Fifth Annual Varsity, with
think
global part of fairtrade fourtnight Celia Briseid, Growhampton Coordinator writes:
As part of Fairtrade Fortnight this year, Growhampton welcomes Think Global, an organisation that promotes learning for a just and sustainable world.
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already three wins under our belt, is looking to be bigger and better than ever. All of our players are as passionate as the next about the sport they have chosen to compete in and what gives us even more of the will to win is our amazing spectators who come to support not just one of our teams, but all of them on this day. Not enough can be said about the unity of Roehampton on Varsity day, which will be held on the 29th
March this year, so to celebrate each and everyone’s success on a day filled with blood, sweat and tears, the Varsity after party is definitely one to remember. Our rivalry with BUCS New University is one that brings all of Roey to stand together and win together. Although we didn’t win last year (we had to give them one didn’t we!?), we will bring home the trophy to its original place with all the other Roehampton sports teams victories by its side. We’re ready, are you?
Think Global will bring to Roehampton two visiting food producers from Zaytoun, and Veena Nabar, a researcher based in India who has made a short film about co-operatives and coconut growing in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. You will get the opportunity to meet them at our Market Day Extravaganza on the 2nd March and to hear about their experiences of how Fairtrade and co-operatives are empowering local communities in the Hive Café from 12:30pm.
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Elections
crunch time Get your nominations in! Iain Pullar writes:
It is very exciting to see the buzz around elections this year. More and more people come to talk to me every day abut running in elections. If you are thinking about running in the elections first ask yourself “why not?” and then check out our election timeline so you don’t miss a beat.
studio timetable
sept 2016 - may 2017 morning
Kettelbells 13.00 - 13.30 Gym ibiza stretch 08.00 - 08.45 Gym
sanity 08.00 - 08.45 Gym
thUrsDay
WeDnesDay
tUesDay
monDay
abs 12.30 - 13.00 Gym
afternoon
spin 17.15 - 18.00 Gym
abs 12.30 - 13.00 Gym spin 13.15 - 14.00 Gym abs 12.30 - 13.00 Gym pilates 12.30 - 13.30 Davies
Dance aerobics 17.30 - 18.30 monty
abs 12.30 - 13.00 Gym
Kettlebells 17.00 -17.30 Gym
spin 13.15 - 14.00 Gym
yoGa 17.30 - 18.30 michealis
abs 12.30 - 13.00 Gym
FriDay satUrDay
lunchtime
bootcamp 11.00 - 11.45 Gym
openinG hoUrs: monday to Friday 07.00 - 21.00 saturday & sunday 10.00 - 18.00
telephone: 0208 392 8181 email: roeactive@roehampton.ac.uk
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Candidate
Question time where candiadates speak their mind Natasha Cellupica-Towers, Comms intern writes:
Nominations will be closing on the 10th of March and hopefully by now our candidates’ manifestos will be well and truly ready for the 13th of March! On the 16th of March, our very own “Candidate Question Time” will be taking place! Our righthonourable ladies and gentlemen, will be in the spotlight for the first time! They will be required to give a brief, typically 1 minute speech to pitch to our voters, followed by live questions about their manifestos.
Candidates, expect to be asked about your pitch, as well as what you will bring to your role and why you are standing for election. Make sure to prepare a couple of flashy answers and bring along some supporters and you’ll be ready to face the world! Voters, come along and see what our potential leaders have got to offer you! This is your chance to put your questions to our candidates about themselves and their policies as they battle it out for your vote! Question Time will take place of the 16th of March in Monte Hall at 5.30pm. Come along, grab a drink and get involved in the future of the Student Union!
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