Newsletter 12th March

March the 12th of 2018

A message from the Communication Officers

Hey everyone!

Keep reading to find out what's going on this week at George's. Be sure to check out the SGSU Awards section and get your nominations in!

If you have any ideas or would like to contribute, please let us know at sucommunications@sgul.ac.uk

On This Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Notices from your Exec

VPF + SA Update

SGM

SGM Just wanted to start by reminding everyone that SGM will be held on the 27th Feb in LTC 5.30pm. Apart from it being compulsory for society to send at least one representative to SGM. I personally believe it is your right and duty as the student body that elected the current executive officers to come and hold us accountable. If you have any questions or feedback for myself or the rest of the Student Union SGM is the perfect opportunity to bring it up. ***FREE PIZZA***

Awards

I hope that by now you’ve already seen some of the advertising for SGSU Awards, we have put together a little advertising pack that will let you know about everything you need to know about Awards and how to write nominations. Please help us recognise and award the amazing work done by our Societies and the amazing people within our student body. If you know someone a lecturer, student or society at Georges that has been generally awesome please nominate them.

You can find the Awards Nomination Information Pack under Committee resources the SGSU website: https://www.sgsu.org.uk/pageassets/club-soc/committee-resources/SGSU-Awards-Nominations2018-information-pack.docx

Awards will officially open on 28th February at 00:00 – 14th March 23:59

Societies up for grabs

As you are hopefully aware, we are advertising societies (listed below) which are ‘Up for Grabs’. They are advertised as available before their eventual dissolution so that you, or your friends can pick up the society and continue to run it.

All the societies listed here have expressed that they may be put on the ‘Up for Grabs’ list due to inactivity, or because they have not communicated with the Societies Officers for months.

If you happen to be interested in any of the societies/ community projects/ clubs listed below or know anyone who might be, please email susociet@su.sgul.ac.uk for further information.

Available societies:

Aids Orphan
Sexpression
Mindfulness
Protest and Activism forum
Archery Soc
Shorinji Kempo

Societies which were previously on the list and are no longer available:

Anaesthetics and Critical Care Society
GPRAS (St George’s Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery Society)
The Baker Street Irregulars (BSI)
Clinical and Academic Research Soc (CARS)
Academic Foundation Programme Society (AFP)
BakeSoc
Genetics Society

Do not hesitate to contact Society Officers (Gabriela Barzyk, Ramneek Chana, Shalu James, Jeremy Teo) at susociet@su.sgul.ac.uk with any questions!

Events happening at George's

Cabaret

St George’s Musical Society Presents: CABARET!
The musical society would like to invite you all to 1930s Berlin, where life is full of love, lust & drama… or so it seems… Leave your troubles outside – life is beautiful in the CABARET, JOHN KANDER, FRED EBB and JOE MASTEROFF’s Tony-winning musical about following your heart while the world loses its way.

Dates: 14/15/16th March 2018
Time: 7pm (doors 6:30pm)
Location: Monckton LT
Price: £7 students, £10 non-student
Available to buy around university or on the SU website ( https://www.sgsu.org.uk/ents/event/881/ )!

Pathology Teaching

Photographic workshops

opportunities

Society of Apothecaries Educational Grant

Please click on image for the application form

Feedback wanted

Pathology Competition
The Pathology Museum awards a prize annually in the memory of Professor Noel Gowing, a Founding Fellow of The Royal College of Pathologists and, for many years, one of the most respected diagnostic histopathologists in the UK.
A prize of £500 will be awarded to the student who submits the most interesting, innovative and original museum exhibition on the subject of pathology. Exhibitions may be in a range of formats and media, but must include an original investigation into some aspect of pathology. Applications are encouraged from all MBBS, BMS, HCS and PA students at St George's.

The deadline is the 3rd April 2018. Please contact Carol Shiels by email at cshiels@sgul.ac.uk if you have any questions

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Outside Events

BBC1 Impossible

Please click on poster for the application form

POWER UP
This Easter the Science Museum welcomes back its phenomenally popular interactive gaming event Power UP . Returning for a third year this hands-on video game extravaganza features the very best video games, computers and consoles from the past four decades.

Held in partnership with leading gaming specialists European Gaming League (EGL), Power UP takes you on an interactive journey through the history of gaming with 180 systems and hundreds of games for enthusiasts and novices to get their gaming fix, whether playing classic arcade games or trying out the latest VR. From Pong and Pacman to Minecraft and Mario, there is something to suit everyone.

Household names PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch will sit alongside retro iconic consoles such as the SNES, SEGA Dreamcast and the original educational computer, the BBC Micro. Visitors to Power UP will witness for themselves how far gaming technology has advanced in the four decades since early games such as Pong carved out their place in pop culture, while modern innovators like PlayStation VR will provide a glimpse into what the future may hold.

Evening adult-only sessions will run on 4, 5 and 12 April giving friends and competitive colleagues the perfect opportunity to battle it out on 18+ favourites including DOOM, Resident Evil and Grand Theft Auto.”

https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/power

Humanities in the Age of Humans
WHEN: 12th & 19th March
WHERE: UCL

The Institute of Advanced Studies at UCL is welcoming Prof Dipesh Chakrabarty for two advanced seminars on the theme of ‘Humanities in the Age of Humans’ open to academic staff and PhD students, and we are extending the application to member institutions of UoL. The seminars are scheduled for the 12th and 19th March from 4.00 – 6.00pm in IAS Common Ground, UCL. Additionally, Prof Chakrabarty will give a public lecture on the theme of ‘Planetary Crises & the Difficulty of Being Modern’ (rsvp at: http://bit.ly/2j3wgm4). Registration to the seminars is by sending a short statement describing how the themes are relevant to the applicants research (100 words max). These should be sent to me (Albert Brenchata.brenchat@ucl.ac.uk) by the 1st February 2018. Readings will be circulated as soon as participation is confirmed.

NUS LGBT+ Conference
NUS’ liberation conferences kicked off this week, with 180 delegates descending upon Stratford-upon-Avon for LGBT+ conference! We’re pleased to announce that we have two new LGBT+ Officers elected at conference yesterday. They are:
LGBT+ Officer (Women’s Place) Eden Ladley and LGBT+ Officer (Open Place) Rob Noon.
Find out more:
https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/lgbt-conference-day-one-you-are-loved-fought-for-and-protected?_ccCt=itF2bmOo_oOSehm4_lwYSD14I1k6DLOSTfwfRjyaz8Ii_NGm0Eqe16NZdY8tlP5F

Royal Society of Medicine Events (1) UMAX 2018 (Undergraduate oral and maxillofacial surgery conference)              Saturday 28 April 2018
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street. London. W1G 0AE
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/mxk03

(2) Complex nasal reconstruction
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street. London. W1G 0AE
www.rsm.ac.uk/events/mxk04
CPD: Applied for (6 credits)
PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner
WHEN: 23rd - 27th April
WHERE: Exeter
DURATION: 5 Days
Call 01392 824022 option 2

COURSE OBJECTIVE This intensive course is designed to cover the PRINCE2 2017 Foundation and Practitioner syllabi, and to prepare delegates for the PRINCE2 exams. All our courses are delivered using the latest PRINCE2 2017 examinations and syllabus*.
DELEGATE PROFILE Senior managers recently appointed to project roles, or those wishing to gain formal qualifications after previous project management experience. The course would be of benefit to those with project support office or project assurance roles, and team managers.
We would be pleased to provide a quote for an in-house event, based on location and delegate numbers. Course timetables can be tailored to meet client requirements. Please contact us for further information.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR COURSES Courseware, exams and manuals, refreshments and lunch are all included.

Prague Summer School
WHEN: 1-8 July 2018
WHERE: Prague, Czech Republic

Prague Summer Schools are seven-day academic programs designed to bring together undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds to enjoy their summer holidays in a unique academic and cultural environment.

We invite you to visit our website http://www.praguesummerschools.org to discover the details about the upcoming programs. The website will direct you to the individual page of each summer program containing information on academics, logistics, photos, alumni feedback, guidelines to the application process, and online application.