Student Life
Loughborough is the only university to win The Times Higher Education ‘Best Student Experience’ four times.This highlights the excellent community atmosphere, extra-curricular activities and societies, and the good environment on campus and around the University.
The Students’ Union
The Students’ Union is a key player in creating the ‘Loughborough Experience’. Owned, controlled and run by its members it is one of the very best in the country, offering an unrivalled array of facilities and services.
The Union aims to enhance the ‘Loughborough Experience’ for all its students, through participation in the many clubs and societies, voluntary projects, charity fundraising or taking a role as a representative.
All of these help students to develop leadership, organisational and communication skills, ensuring that from your first day you are immersed into hall life and community spirit.
We were recently awarded ‘Best International Students’ Union of the Year 2009’ and in 2008 we were credited as being the greenest Students’ Union in the Country by the National Union of Students (NUS).
Clubs and Societies
Loughborough Students’ Union has nearly 50 Societies offering everything from Hot Air Ballooning to Surfing. And with over 50 sports Clubs in the Athletic Union, there is a sports activity for everyone.
Clubs and Societies are a great way to get involved at Loughborough and make new friends – particularly the international societies which attract membership from around the world. We also have active associations who are there to support, develop and campaign on behalf of under-represented groups.
All clubs and societies are run by students – the Union provides financial assistance, training and support to ensure success.
Our Societies
- Afro-Caribbean Society
- Ballroom and Latin American Dance Society
- Belly Dance
- Big Food
- Breakdancing
- Bright Futures
- Brunei
- Chinese
- Christian Union
- Computer
- DJ
- Entrepreneurial
- Erasmus
- Fever
- Flix Cinema
- Flying
- Friends Of Palestine
- GameSoc
- Gospel Choir
- Hellenic
- Hiking
- Hindu (NHSF)
- Hip Hop Dance
- Hot Air Ballooning
- Indian, Islamic
- Off Road Driving
- Live Action Role Play
- LSU UniTy
- Malaysia
- Model United Nations
- Motor
- Motorcycle
- Musoc
- Open Heaven
- Pakistan
- People and Planet & Amnesty
- Photography
- Pole Dancing
- Real Ale
- Recreational Running
- Rocksoc
- Salsa Dance
- SCOGUI
- Shakespeare
- Sikh
- Singapore
- Stage
- Surf
- Tuxedo Swing
- Velocity
Doing your bit
Loughborough Students’ Rag is the biggest and best student fundraising organisation in the country, last year breaking its own national record, raising nearly one million pounds for local and national charities.
Students have every opportunity to help with the great work that Rag does by taking part in a number of possible events, from jumping out of an aeroplane to climbing five of the highest peaks in the UK!
Our Action service provides a huge range of opportunities in the local community for student volunteers. It has over 550 volunteers and runs over 30 projects of its own as well as with both local and national charities. The range of projects is vast, but if there is something you want to do that they currently don’t offer they will do everything they can to set it up for you. In 2007 we were awarded the Investors in Volunteers award.
Facilities and support on-hand
The Students’ Union building also provides catering outlets, shops, a hairdresser, an optician, a juice bar, sports massage and physiotherapy, bespoke clothing and printing agency, a dentist, bookshop, taxi rank and a pharmacy.
The Union is a non-profit making organisation, and works jointly with the University to maintain its Fairtrade status by supplying Fairtrade drinks and foodstuffs in all dining halls, University shops and food outlets. In 2005 Loughborough became one of the first universities in the UK to achieve Fairtrade status.
The Union also offers free and confidential advice/representation through its Students’ Voice Service which is open to all students.
To supplement your finances and to help you develop new skills, our advanced computerised Student Employment Exchange matches you to the right job either within University departments or local companies. This was the first scheme of its kind when launched in 1996 and has become the benchmark for all universities and students’ unions.
Our Media Centre offers an exceptionally high standard of media equipment and facilities, all housed within the Students’ Union. It has a professional quality recording studio, its own editing suite, an award-winning TV station, LSUTV, and its own radio station, LCR 1350am. The Media Centre has so much to offer anyone looking for media experience, or simply interested in trying something new and exciting!
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