University of Leicester Students' Union

Freshers 2019

Fri 28 Jun 2019

Pre Season Senior Training Camp: 15th-22nd September; Holme Pierre Point; The seniors get together to accelerate their training early on with a dedicated week of water training up in Nottingham.

FRESHERS’ WELCOME PARTY: 22nd September; O2 Academy, Percy Gee Students' Union Building; This is the ULTIMATE FRESHERS’ WELCOME PARTY! Three rooms of music! A guaranteed sell out and the ONLY way to say HELLO TO LEICESTER! DO NOT MISS OUT!

Lawn Takeover: 23rd-27th September; Fielding Johnson Lawn; Join us on the FJB Lawn as we celebrate Freshers' Week in style

Gary's Big Quiz: 23rd September; Gee's Restaurant, Students' Union Square; Meet new people, test your knowledge and win prizes

Monsta Mondays Freshers Carnival! – Club Republic: 23rd September; Club Republic; Event included on Fresh Festival Wristband

Activities Fair: 25th-26th September; The 02 Academy; Come and find us at Freshers fair 2019! Meet the committee and sign up to the society. Find us in the O2 ox office on Wednesday and the Square on Thursday. We can't wait for another year of strong feminists to join our ranks!

Engineering Society at Freshers Fair: 25th-26th September; The SU; Come and find the Engineering Society at the Societies Freshers Fair. You'll be able to ask us any questions and also pay for this year's membership, which is still only £5!!!!

Activities Fair: 25th September; SU; Come and say meet us at the Freshers' Fair and see what we've got planned for the year!

Activities Fair 2019: 25th-26th September; University of Leicester O2 Arena; We will be at the Activities Fair for Freshers week; run by the students Union! Come visit us to meet our committee and to learn more about what we do. First 20 people to become a member win a free prize!

K-Pop Party!: 25th September; Venom Nightclub; Come and Immerse yourself in Korean culture with DJs playing K-Pop, K-Hop, K-Trap and more!

LETSDISKO Freshers UV PARTY: 25th September; O2 Academy, Percy Gee Students' Union Building; The ultimate FRESHERS UV PARTY

Freshers' Fair 2019: 26th September; Marquee, Centenary Square, Main Campus, University of Leicester; Come and join us for Freshers' Fair 2019 to bag absolutely loads of freebies and discounts from local and national businesses.

Freshers/New Members Meet & Greet: 26th September; Oadby Village Hub

Glow Yoga: 26th September; 02 Academy - Percy Gee Building

Engineering Society Welcome Event: 26th September; The Old Horse Pub, London Road; Free Engineering Society taster and social event

Electric 80’s!: 26th September; 2 Funky Music Café & Lounge; For the first Thursday of Freshers’ we take over 2Funky Music Café & Lounge with the legendary Electric 80’s!

Freshers' Fair 2019: 27th September; Marquee, Centenary Square, Main Campus, University of Leicester; Come and join us for Freshers' Fair 2019 to bag absolutely loads of freebies and discounts from local and national businesses.

Give It A Row Day: 27th September; Leicester Rowing Club; Ever wanted to try rowing? Well now is your chance! A minibus service will be able to collect you and take you to the Boat Club. Get in a boat and get rowing! A BBQ will be present to fuel you after a quick run up and down the Soar.

Friday Club presents LETHAL BIZZLE!: 27th September; O2 Academy, Percy Gee Students' Union Building; Welcome to your new home every Friday night.

Navigators Pizza Lunch: 28th September; Tilton & Swithland Room - John Foster Hall; Come along and find out who we are - with a Pizza Lunch to cure those hangovers!

Pride Colour Run 2019: 29th September; Victoria Park, Leicester; UOLRAC is hosting its annual Pride Colour Run on Victoria Park, Leicester and involves running, jogging or walking the 5km course around the park, whilst getting covered in powder paint!

OADBYFEST!: 29th September; Oadby Student Village; We’ve teamed up with Oadby Student Village to bring you the very epic OADBYFEST! Get ready for a fun packed day

Presence: 29th September; John Foster dining hall; Worship Night on Campus! Presence is brought to you with the help of St. John the Baptist Church.

Freshers RnB Fest! Ft Kenny All Star: 29th September; O2 Academy, Percy Gee Students' Union Building; For the first Saturday of Freshers’ we’ve pushed the boat out, to bring you the Leicester Freshers’ RnB Fest! Headlined by Kenny All Star

Modern and Contemporary FREE TASTER SESSIONS: 30th September; O2 academy (Academy 1)

THE LEGENDARY FRESHERS' T-SHIRT BAR CRAWL 2019: 30th September - 1st October; Ends at Club Republic; THE BIGGEST BAR CRAWL OF THE YEAR - BY A MILE!

Freshers Pub Quiz!: 1st October; Loaded Dog; Quiz entry included on Fresh Festival Wristband

Kayak Pool Taster Session: 2nd October; New Parks Leisure Centre - Leicester; Get yourself comfortable in a boat or show off your rolling skills, either way, there's something for everyone at this taster.

"Let's not go out" said NEON ever!: 2nd October; John Foster Reception/ O2; Let the fun begin at our NEON-themed prinks at John Foster Reception, before we catch the bus to Let's Disko!

LETSDISKO Krispy Kreme Party!: 2nd October; O2 Academy, Percy Gee Students' Union Building; 1000’s of Krispy Kreme donuts delivered to LetsDisko!

Tap and Ballet FREE TASTER SESSIONS: 3rd October; The Scholar

90's Nation!: 3rd October; Waikiki; Get ready for a night of full on 90's dance anthems!

Friday Club presents FRESHERS BALL ft. Majestic: 4th October; O2 Academy, Percy Gee Students' Union Building; Welcome to your new home every Friday night

Open Air Cinema: 5th October; Oadby Student Village; Get yourself down to Oadby Student Village for the ultimate Open Air Cinema experience in one of our beautiful gardens

FRESHERS FINALE FREE BRUNCH: 6th October; Revolution; Event included on Fresh Festival Wristband

POLSOC Freshers Bar Crawl: 9th-10th October; #POLSOCFreshersBar-Crawl2019!

LOPC Taster session: 9th October; Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre; A very chilled afternoon on the river soar at Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre. Come along and experience the key part of what we're about at LUKS, kayaking on a river.

MHAS Group Present: Laser Tag!: 9th October; Megazone, 23 Gower Street, Leicester, LE1 3LH; Laser Tag! Three hours of play with pizza and refreshments!

T-Shirt Bar Crawl!: 9th October; Join us for our Annual American Studies Society T-Shirt Bar Crawl which is taking place on Wednesday 9th October!

Moojito & Baagarita Night: 9th October; Don the animal print for a ROARing welcome social. This time- zoo themed!

Social 1 - GLITTER PARTY: 16th October

Students VS Staff Quiz: 12th November; Revolution Leicester; This is our first Students VS Staff Pub Quiz of the 2019/20 year! Mostly American-themed (sometimes VERY loosely!) questions with a little bit of general knowledge thrown in!

ULRFC Alumni Dinner: 23rd November

Thanksgiving: 28th November; Revolution Leicester; Come and celebrate one of America's most celebrated holidays with us - Thanksgiving! This event is open to society members, their friends, American students, and anyone else who wants to join us!

Leicester Model United Nations Conference: 6th-8th December; University of Leicester; The LeicMUN Secretariat is extremely excited to announce LeicMUN 2019. We are looking forward to welcoming you all from the 6th to the 8th of December at the University of Leicester for a weekend packed full of fun and exciting debates!

Donation to LUCFR Scheme: 31st December; No Event; Please use this ticket to make a donation to the LUCFR scheme. Tickets are priced at £1 each, however please feel free to purchase multiple tickets to select the donation value you would like to make (e.g. purchase x5 tickets to make a £5 donation).

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