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stay in touch this year

Find us Liverpool Students’ Union The Haigh Building Maryland Street L1 9DE

Call 0151 231 4900

Email studentsunion@ljmu.ac.uk

Visit www.liverpoolSU.com

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Our main offices are in The Haigh Building opposite Aldham Robarts Library but there are also LiverpoolSU Information Points located at IM Marsh in ‘The Meeting Place’, Tithebarn Street Café area and on the ground floor of the Redmond Building.

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We hope you’ve all settled in and are enjoying the new academic year – whether you’re a new student or returning to Liverpool John Moores.

LiverpoolSU is your students’ union – we are a student led, campaigning organisation whose aim is to be life changing for all LJMU students. We work on your behalf to make sure you have the best possible experience that Liverpool has to offer.

From our amazing clubs and societies, to our successful forums, our shops, cafes and bar and our hard working student representatives – we aim to ensure that every aspect of your University life is the best that it can be; whether it is your social, academic or work life.

With the Welcome period over, we hope you have settled in to the city and are enjoying your first taste of university life or are glad to be back after the long

summer off. As the year progresses, LiverpoolSU are here for you should you need any help, support or advice.

We also offer a range of opportunities to all of our members to get involved and engage with us and the services we provide, such as our sports teams and societies, becoming a Course Rep, Hall Rep or Community Rep, attending our forums, Give It A Go trips and awards ceremonies or just popping in to the Haigh and grabbing a quick bite or a drink in Scholars Bar!

If you haven’t already, come and visit us in the Haigh Building or you can also find us in our mini LiverpoolSU’s based in Tithebarn café and the Meeting Place at IM Marsh.

We look forward to meeting you throughout the year!

Paul, Tom, Kate and Curtis Student Officer Team 2012/13

The Student Officers

Paul AbernethyPresident

Tom AldusVice PresidentActivities

Kate WilkinsonVice PresidentAcademic Quality

Curtis ReidVice PresidentCommunity Engagement

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The welcome period is officially over and soon the hard work will begin, but until then here is a look at all of the exciting events and activities that took place during the welcome period – we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Welcome to LJMU and LiverpoolSU!

More than 5000 students signed up to take part in our clubs and societies

Almost 200 students

expressed an interest in becoming a Course Rep

27 people attended our first mature students network event

Local councillor Rachel O’Byrne volunteered her time to help out

on the LJMU Labour stall at our

Welcome Fair

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Our Welcome Fest wristbands completely sold out and the Welcome Ball was filled to capacity

Over 40 people attended our first LGBT network eventOver 400 people signed up

for our football trials

The Vice Chancellor, Pro Vice Chancellor Steve Kenny and Dean of the ECL Faculty Kate Johnson attended our

Welcome Fairs, and grabbed themselves a free LiverpoolSU mug from our stall

LiverpoolSU spoke to thousands of new students during induction

week by giving welcome talks

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“ Calling all LJMU students – join LiverpoolSU, and students from across the city, to march on November 21st against the changes to Higher Education in England. In collaboration with Liverpool Guild of Students and Liverpool Hope SU, we will be taking the students of Liverpool to the National Demo in London to say no to what the government is doing to our city and our education.

“ Liverpool thrives on being a student city and drastic cuts by the government are affecting our community. LiverpoolSU wants to say no to these attacks, which is why I implore you to come and join us for the National Demo in London next month. We are organising transportation for students, and tickets will cost £10 (with £5 returned to you on the day).”

NUS National Demo 2012 – 21 November

Paul AbernethyLiverpoolSU President

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What’s on this month?

Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 4 5 6 7Pub Quiz, Scholars Pub

QPR v West Ham Utd KO 8pm

CFR Cluj-Napoca v Man UTD KO 7:45pm

Pre-Med, Scholars Pub

Man City v Borussia Dortmund

RAG Karaoke, Scholars Pub

Scotland v Wales KO 7:45pm

Blackpool trip

Man City v Sunderland 12:45

West Ham Utd v Arsenal 5:30pm

Newcastle Utd v Man Utd 4pm

8 9 10 11 12 13 14Looprevil Press film night in Engine Room

Pub Quiz, Scholars Pub

Pre-Med, Scholars Pub

RAG Karaoke, Scholars Pub

England vs San Marino 8pm

Alton Towers trip Course Rep Conference

15 16 17 18 19 20 21Pub Quiz, Scholars Pub

Poland vs England 8pm

Netball Tournament

Pre-Med, Scholars Pub

RAG Karaoke, Scholars Pub

Looprevil Press Masquerade Party9pm-late

Tottenham vs Chelsea 12:45

QPR v Everton 4pm

22 23 24 25 26 27 28Looprevil Press film night in Engine Room

Pub Quiz, Scholars Pub

Better City Forum

Pre-Med, Scholars Pub

Better Union Forum

RAG Karaoke, Scholars Pub

RAG Charity event

29 30 31Pub Quiz, Scholars Pub

Better University Forum

Halloween pre Med fancy dress

Live music from The Blind Hearts, Scholars

October

All football matches are shown in Scholars Student Pub

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Throughout the year LiverpoolSU offers students brilliant opportunities to try new activities and visit new places. Our first Give It A Go trips are taking place in October:

• 6th October – Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences are going to Blackpool! One of Britain’s oldest seaside resorts; there is something for everyone in Blackpool. Thrill seekers can enjoy the Pleasure Beach and set their adrenalin pumping on the famous Pepsi Max Big One and other thrilling rides. Or you can enjoy a more sedate stroll along the sandy beaches and promenade, visiting the iconic Blackpool Tower or playing crazy golf and enjoy traditional sea side fish and chips. As darkness falls take in the dazzling magic of Blackpool’s illuminations, over 6 miles of Blackpool’s promenade.

• 13th October – Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure are going to Alton Towers! Enjoy a white knuckle day out at Alton Towers theme park, home to Europe’s first inverted roller coaster, Nemesis, the world’s first vertical drop roller coaster, the frightening Oblivion, and the world’s first free fall drop coaster TH13TEEN. An unforgettable day of thrill seeking awaits – who will be the bravest in ECL?

For more information on these trips or to buy tickets visit www.liverpoolsu.com/events

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Our Forums are open, friendly chats where you can share your experiences and thoughts with like-minded people and tell us how you’d like your students’ union to work with you to make your time at LJMU even better. We have three forums; Better University, Better City and Better Union, which are chaired by elected student volunteers.

We’d like to invite you to our first forums of the year:

30 October, venue and time to be confirmed – check www.liverpoolsu.com/betteruniversity

This forum will focus on your first few weeks as a student at LJMU. Our student chair, Christina Cusack, wants to know how you have settled in to academic life at the university. How did you find the induction process? Has LJMU lived up to your expectations? Have you had any problems with facilities? Or do you love everything about university life? Good or bad, we want to hear it! The forum will also discuss the NUS National Demo, which will take place on 21 November.

23 October in the Haigh Building, Maryland Street, from 5.30pm

LiverpoolSU care about the wellbeing of all of our members - in this initial forum, chair Stephen Stewart will lead a discussion on the issues surrounding student safety in and around the city. Come along and let us know how you have settled in to student life in the wider city – whether you live in halls, private accommodation or at home.

25 October in the Haigh Building, Maryland Street, 5.30-7.30pm

We’d love to hear your opinions on Welcome Fest! This forum will be led by our student chair, discussing your opinions on our welcome activities. We want to know whether we provided a good range of activities and events, if you enjoyed it, was it good value for money, and how you think we could make it even bigger and better for next year!

Forums

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Club/society of the monthLSU Investment and Trading Society

The LSU Investment and Trading Society are one to watch this academic year. Newly formed over the summer, the society has already managed to attract high levels of support and interest amongst students and staff within the university.

The group is a platform for LJMU students through which to learn and discuss the opportunities and risks in investing and trading in financial markets.

Motivated by the growing emphasis on unemployment, particularly graduate unemployment, the society caters for a niche market to help students to overcome the typical barriers they may face after competing their studies, for example; lack of work experience, financial illiteracy, lack of confidence in terms of soft skills.

For more information contact the President, Alan Riddoch, at a.riddoch@2010.ljmu.ac.uk or go to their official Facebook page, LSU Investment & Trading Society.

For more information on all of our clubs and societies visit www.liverpoolsu.com/clubsandsocs

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