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Activities, sport & societies
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How to tackle student loneliness before term starts
19/02/20
BUCS is intervening on “problem initiations”
17/02/20
How SUs can help their faith and belief societies
Simon Perfect
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SU blog
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22/01/20
Case study: what we can learn from Aalto SU?
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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17/01/20
Women are more important here
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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08/01/20
All SUs should give give it a go a go
Dan Fow
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SU blog
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13/12/19
Partnerships that support student led projects
14/11/19
Opportunity blocked: students’ unions
18/10/19
Opportunity blocked: commuters and London
18/10/19
Opportunity blocked: the value of SUs
18/10/19
Opportunity blocked: student confidence and outcomes
18/10/19
Opportunity blocked: getting involved
18/10/19
How to engage local organisations in student volunteering
Nia Crouch
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SU blog
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11/10/19
Sports teams and homophobia – still a problem?
David Kernohan
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SU blog
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26/09/19
Universities UK guidance on initiations at UK universities
23/09/19
Drinking and peer pressure
16/09/19
What’s it like being a student in 2019?
Riki Msindo
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SU blog
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23/08/19
What can SUs learn from Essex Uni’s antisemitism review?
14/07/19
Sport should be everyone’s game: inclusivity in higher education sports clubs
Matty Robinson
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SU blog
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05/07/19
Do international students think Britain is drunk?
29/05/19
Are SUs a barrier to realising aspiration?
Duncan Exley
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SU blog
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17/05/19
Evidencing the role of sport and physical activity
Richard Medcalf
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SU blog
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09/05/19
Reframing university sport as a public good
Ben Vulliamy
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SU blog
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09/05/19
What are Residence Life programmes and why do they matter?
Caroline Chipperfield
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SU blog
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03/05/19
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