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Events FAQs

All Your SU events are available to view & book on our website here: https://www.sunderlandsu.co.uk/events.

Although the majority of Your SU’s events are free of charge, we do ask that you book online to guarantee entry as this helps us prepare for how many students we will be expecting to attend & since we must follow health & safety procedures & manage capacity. This also allows us to cater for specific dietary requirements (when food is involved) and be aware of any accessibility requirements.

The University have teamed with AccessAble to offer detailed accessibility guides for each building & room on campus. These let campus users see exactly what to expect when on campus & attending our events including where lifts, ramps & accessible toilet facilities are based, plus so much more. You can find this guide for Your SU @ CitySpace here: www.accessable.co.uk/university-of-sunderland/city-campus/access-guides/cityspace.

Unfortunately, unless otherwise stated, our events are for students only. This is due to the requirement to focus our charitable funding towards the student population. If you have a query about bringing a non-student to a specific event, please contact yoursuevents@sunderland.ac.uk.

We love to hear your feedback, so please contact yoursuevents@sunderland.ac.uk and we'll be happy to listen.

SU Crew are paid student staff, employed by the Students Union to support events & activities. This can sometimes be alongside SU staff, or on their own. Keep an eye out on the SU Jobs page on on website to see if we have any vacancies 

Keep an eye on the SU Jobs page for updates when we are hiring for these roles.

This is due to staffing hours & opening times of the Students Union, however Your Societies regularly run activities on weekends. You can find the society for you here: https://www.sunderlandsu.co.uk/groups.

We're proud to host a wide ranging programme of events that don't have a strong focus on drinking/consumption of alcohol. We believe that our events programme has something for everybody. Our Pizza, Games and VR or Movie Nights are a great way to dip your toe in and see what activities at Your SU are all about. Even at events where alcohol is served, you won't feel excluded if you're not drinking!

We know how popular sports activities are for our student population, and it’s a question we get asked about a lot. Our friends across the corridor at Team Sunderland look after all things sport on campus & you can find more details on their website: https://sj.sunderland.ac.uk/student-information/support-services/team-sunderland/.

We are a relatively small Students’ Union compared to others, but that comes with the exciting prospect of us constantly growing. We have been running more events & activities than ever over the past year & this is set to continue. We now have weekly Pizza, Games and VR Nights on St Peters Campus and Quiz Nights on City Campus, alongside this you'll find at least one other event a week, whether that be a day-trip, movie night, theatre show or cultural celebration. Plus, we have many societies that run regular activities & events + you could set up your own too!

Trips

Your SU runs monthly coach trips to different cities & tourist attractions around the country. Over the past year we’ve visited Edinburgh, Leeds, York, Blackpool and more! Tickets can sell out fast, so keep an eye on Your SU's social media channels, newsletter and events page for all the latest.

Your SU city coach trips usually take place on Fridays as, after much trial & error, we have found this to be the day that the most students are free to attend. We know, however, that this is not perfect for everybody due lecture clashes. This year we are trialing a selection of shorter-distance trips to local museums and activities on Wednesday afternoons, which we hope will be popular. We are always open to feedback, so if you have any thoughts about our monthly coach trips, please feel free to contact yoursuevents@sunderland.ac.uk 

The basic answer to this question is that these trips are incredibly expensive to run, especially during the current financial climate. However, we want to make SU trips as affordable as possible, so we subsidise the cost of each trip for students. We pride ourselves on keeping Your SU Trips affordable for students. 

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