RSU Scoop // March 2017

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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