You’ve been making your voice heard, and we’ve been listening! Take a look at what we’ve been up to turn your ideas into Winchester wins!
You Said – “We want more events and activities at WSA.”
Winchester Win: We’ve organised a whole host of day and night time events to cater to all tastes. From Shetland Teas to regular favourites such as the Quiz and Curry socials, there is something for everyone!
We also arranged an entire programme of new events throughout Freshers’ at WSA, including the popular ‘Meet the Guide Dogs’ event – especially requested by WSA students.… Read the rest
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Exam season is looming and, as always, our Stress Less Fest will be running throughout January to offer you plenty of support and ways to cope with the pressure of deadlines.
This year has seen a massive rise in adults buying colouring books after it was proven they can reduce stress and help you to wind down – so now we are jumping on the bandwagon and creating our own colouring book especially for you!
We are enlisting the help of our creative students over at WSA and asking for your illustrations to help us put together a colouring book … Read the rest
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Following on from the highly successful Quiz and Curry night at Winchester School of Art earlier in the month, there is good news, as it is now going to be a regular fortnightly event!
The Quiz and Curry night will take place every other Tuesday starting on Tuesday 27th October! The excellent curry is a bargain at just £3.25 per portion, whilst quiz entry itself is £1 per person, with the winning team collecting the total entry money for that night!
All is not lost if you are the losing team though, as each week the losing team gets to … Read the rest
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Freshers’ is only a few weeks away, and here at the Union we’re working hard to make sure everything is perfect for your arrival. Your Halls Reps (JCRs) are ready and raring to go, and now all we need is a couple of thousand new students!
Although Winchester School of Art (WSA) can sometimes seem like it’s slightly out of the action, we can put your minds to rest: this is not the case. Your Freshers’ week is going to be as crazy as everybody else’s, with a whole host of day and nighttime events to cater to all tastes. … Read the rest
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The 2014 Blackout event – in collaboration with the University of Southampton and Students’ Union – has been declared a success with more than 250 students taking part, and a record amount of computers being switched off by students and staff before the event began – showing a progression towards a more energy efficient University.
The annual sustainability event aims to highlight the energy wasted by members of the University as a result of not switching off electrical items when they go home in the evening, and is the largest energy audit of its kind. This year the campuses at … Read the rest
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