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TopicBelonging & community

Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.

How to deliver a terrible freshers induction talk

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|16/09/26

We should stop viewing freshers’ flu as a rite of passage

Melody Bishop|SU blog|07/09/26

University culture needs to recognise that not everyone drinks

Samantha Morgan|SU blog|28/08/26

Bereaved students aren’t rare. They’re just invisible to each other

Annie McEntee|SU blog|06/08/26

Exploring belonging through access to haircare

Rose Arhin|SU blog|25/06/26

University sport can build belonging – but not equally for all students

Henry Warne|SU blog|19/06/26

The needs of future students need not be a mystery

Mike Hill|SU blog|10/06/26

Food, fashion, and music can bridge the gap on campus

Mary Udeze|SU blog|04/06/26

We need to talk about sports club culture

Will Roberts|SU blog|29/05/26

The student experience needs rethinking, not refining

Oluwatomisin Osinubi (Tom-Tom)|SU blog|28/05/26

Stigma is as powerful a barrier as scarcity itself

Margarita Marie Ronquillo|SU blog|27/04/26

Three Ramadans taught me what campus community really means

Muskaan Ali|SU blog|15/03/26

Joining a sports team isn’t the same as belonging to one

Joshua Darley|SU blog|23/02/26

North of 49: A guard spotted nail polish

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|31/01/26

Building community at university sport fixtures

Katy Storie|SU blog|29/01/26

They come up with ideas that we don’t have

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|12/01/26

It’s in our tradition here to remain a bit proud

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|12/01/26

How SUs nurture community through space ritual and contribution

Niall Sweby|SU blog|13/11/25

Students need a better deal on public transport

Penny Hampden-Turner|SU blog|29/10/25

Three things freshers want to know this autumn term

Fiona Walsh McDonnell|SU blog|09/10/25

The value of sport in welcome week

Will Roberts|SU blog|18/09/25

How to increase student participation, reflections from an officer about to return to the classroom

Gracie Otley|SU blog|19/06/25

Reflections on leading a students’ union as an insider

Lauren Simpson-Smillie|SU blog|05/06/25

Celtic connections: Building belonging is about starting small

Team Wonkhe|SU blog|04/06/25

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