PSSN Loughborough London

🔔 Exciting news! Join us for a cozy Sip & Paint session - Christmas edition - organized by PSSN.

🎄Enjoy warm beverages, nice chats and the perfect atmosphere to get creative and connect with fellow Postgraduate students. Whether you want to try something new, make last minute Christmas gifts or meet new people, everyone is welcome!

📍Where: Loughborough University London, Future Space area
🕔 When: 17th December 2024, 3:00-5:00 PM

🌐 Grab your friends, save the date and get ready for an amazing time together! See you there!

We are launching a student-led campaign to collectively send an official complaint to Loughborough Students' Union since their follow-up response has been unacceptable. The Union decided to delete the initial social media post launching The Men's Project and followed up with a statement that did not address any of our concerns. We also find their approach to using 'open forums' as a tick-box exercise to claim they listened to us but in reality, change nothing.

There are genuine fears around safeguarding but our concerns were not explicitly addressed. This is unacceptable to us in the current climate of far right fascist attacks on Muslim, refugee, migrant and racially minoritised communities.

As representatives of the London campus, we are concerned about our voices and needs not being met on our terms. Student representation has been significantly decreased over the years which has further repercussions for our campus that is physically distant from LSU.

We urge students to send in an official complaint. You can find a suggested template in the link in our bio.

You can also check out our 'Advocacy' stories highlight for more details.

London students, staff and alumni, we ask you to join direct student action by protesting with us to demand Loughborough University to end its complicity with Israeli apartheid.

Loughborough University works with companies like Caterpillar who uproots olive trees in occupied Palestine and Rolls Royce who supplies F-15 fighter jet components to Israeli Occupation Forces to name a few.

International students, we encourage you to wear a mask to conceal your identity and avoid government surveillance.

Do not engage with any counter protestors.

Bring others with you!

Date: 13th May (Monday)
Time: 10am
Location: outside London campus

Teach in, come learn about the Palestine cause and Loughborough's complicity:

Time: 4pm
Date: 13th May (Monday)
Location: Ground floor cafeteria

Calling London students of mixed race heritage - you can share your story and participate in zine making to give voice to yourself and your identity!

Conducted by Rhianna who is a mixed race researcher in collaboration with , who will come to photograph you at the London campus on 26th March.

If you would like to participate, register using the link in our bio!

📣 Exciting News! 🎉 Join us for another unforgettable “Meet and Greet” organized by PSSN. 
🤝 Enjoy food, engaging activities, and the perfect atmosphere to connect with fellow students from different cultures. 
🌐 Save the date and be ready for an amazing time together! See you there! 


Gurashman Singh is a Loughborough University London student who is currently missing. He was last seen at Canary Wharf on 15/12/23 at 3 AM. You can see what he was last seen wearing in slide 2. Please share this as much.

To report any information, you can either:

1. Contact University Security (DM for number)

2. Contacting the Metropolitan Police on phone number 101 using reference CAD5787/15Dec23.

If you are affected by this, please email London Wekfare to support you.

We are praying for a safe return for Gurashman. He is a General Committee Member of PSSN as well.

**NOT A PSSN OR LSU EVENT***

in light of the ongoing genocide in P@lestine, a group of PGRs call all London staff and students to learn more about the P@lestine-Israel history. come talk to us and engage in a civil discussion for education on this topic through:

1) our bake sale fundraising for the charity Restless Beings at 10am to 12pm on the Ground Floor

2) collective art banner painting for those who are grieving at this time to express our emotions and solidarity from 10am to 1pm on the Ground Floor

3) movie night screening of the film 'G@ZA IN CONTEXT' from 12pm to 1pm in LDN 2.05

you can also sign the petition for Loughborough University to divest its relationships with Israeli apartheid. Link in bio.

see you there!

Join our shortlisted student committee! we bring YOUR projects to life, advocate for Lboro London student voice and create a friendly social learning environment ✨️

📣 ROLES NOW OPEN - you can be an academic, social, event officer or even come up with your own officer role!

🌟 examples of successful events we ran: London Campus Chronicle podcast, Art from Heart workshop series, International Day, ice-skating at Ally Pally, advocated for SU candidate diversity, etc.

Join our network today!

LINK IN BIO

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Team PSSN presents its first-ever Food and Culture Tour and we are heading to this Friday for dinner, once all the submissions are done for the week 🫡 🙌

Meeting point: Whitechapel station
Time: 6:30 pm
Registrations are still open - link in bio.

Are you interested in learning more about what a PhD is actually about and how it may be what you need for your career pathway and ambitions? Whether you are unsure about a PhD or simply curious, join us for 4 presentations (15 minutes per speaker) from our cohort of BAME PhD students who will walk us through their PhD journeys. This will be followed by a sit-down networking dinner.

Register now: Link in bio.

Meet our speakers:

Devika Sharma is a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Design Innovation. With a Technē (AHRC) funded PhD, her research is titled: ‘Design activism: An exploration of repertoires and public participation.’ As a multidisciplinary designer, her experience and interests lie in service design, social change, user research, ethnography and innovation.

Stephen Cho is a researcher and an award-winning art director pursuing his PhD at Loughborough University London. His research deciphers the institutional system affecting creative collaboration in the creative industry. Aiming to uncover innovative methods for agencies to boost their value creation, service operations, well-being and creativity.

Reza John Vedadi is a British Iranian award-winning film and documentary director/producer based in London. He has worked on several short films and over 60 documentaries. In 2010 he completed his first master's degree in Film Production at the London Metropolitan University with a second master's in 2016 in Islamic Studies at Middlesex University. He recently completed his PhD at Loughborough University London.

Happy Singu-Hansen is a PhD candidate at Loughborough University in London. Her research topic is civil society, youth, and social change, with a focus on people-centred development. Happy holds an MA in Sociology from the University of Dar es Salaam and an MSc in Social Entrepreneurship and Management from Roskilde University, Denmark.

📜 LSU Leadership Conference
📅 13th May
📍 Loughborough University (East Midlands Campus)

What to expect:
- Opportunity to attend workshops, talks and network with External Trainers, Businesses, Alumni and experts in their field
- Attend sessions on public speaking, delegating with confidence, setting boundaries for wellbeing and building high performance teams and much, much more
- The conference aims to help you develop skills

Every student delegate will receive:

- Transport to and from Loughborough Campus
- A conference bag full of LSU stash
- Free lunch and snacks throughout the day
- An invite to a networking and drinks reception at the end of the day

‼️ Don't forget ‼️ ...LSU Opportunity Fund is available for students to help them bear the costs of their food pop-up stalls. All the more reasons to bring out the lip-smacking food from your countries to the International Day 😋

In case you have not done it yet, head to the International Day Form (Link in bio) and register 🙌