GIAG Game Day

Hanley Park Run: Hanley Park; Join like minded people at Hanley parkrun: Run, jog, walk, volunteer; Family Friendly | Sport | Health and Wellbeing | No Alcohol event | Community and Civic partners | Free Event

New Vic Theatre - Astley's Astounding Adventures: New Vic Theatre - Etruria Rd, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle ST5 0JG; When Philip and Patty meet, they both know their lives are about to change. As the couple begin their adventure together, they are unaware that they will become the legends of one of the greatest stories ever told…; Arts, Media and Music

Welcome/ Move in Party: LRV; Move in Party!; LRV | Evening Entertainments | Music and Dance | Featured Events | Welcome Events

Stoke City v Hull City: Bet365 Stadium; Come and watch some championship football for free!; Sport | Activities and Games | Welcome Events

Speedquizzing: Ember Lounge; Ember Lounge's weekly quiz showdown returns!; Ember Lounge | Evening Entertainments | Activities and Games | Give it a Go | Welcome Events

Breakfast!: The Atrium, BHL; Join us for a free breakfast!; Food based events | Blackheath Lane (Stafford) | Featured Events | Free Event

Breakfast Club + Campus Orientation: London - Reload Café; Join us for tea, coffee, and pastries in Reload Café from 9am with the Students’ Union’s various activities each day throughout Welcome Week; London

'Pop up' Careers: Science Centre; ‘Welcome to Careers, your future awaits!’ Come and discuss what support is offered and enjoy 'Spin the Wheel' our free game to play!; Welcome Events | University events | Free Event

'Pop up' Wellbeing: Ember square; Come on over to the Wellbeing stand where we will be giving out information about our Wellbeing service plus cards and freebies available; Health and Wellbeing | Welcome Events | University events | Free Event

Library and Academic Skills workshop : Tackling an assignment: Online via MS Teams; Learning and Development | Online

Get to know your Union!: The Atrium, BHL; Get to know everything Union!; Blackheath Lane (Stafford) | Community and Civic partners

Giant Jenga: Catalyst fronts ( if raining inside the Hall); Test your nerves in our Giant game of Jenga just outside the Catalyst from 11.30 - 12.30; Cultural and International | Give it a Go | Welcome Events | University events | Free Event

FIFA Tournament: London - Esports Arena; Enjoy FIFA? Come test your mettle against other students down in the arena to see who's the best! The best players from across the week will get to play in the finals on Friday.; London

Meet Your Student Services: London - Reception & Student Space Area; Come and meet your Student Services.; London

'Pop up' Edge Intro: Science Centre; An introduction to your free enrichment programme. Come to discuss over at the Science Centre from 12:00 Where we'll show you how to earn points to win Prizes; Welcome Events | Free Event

'Pop up' Money and Guidance Stafford: Stafford Campus Stairwell E BHL; Name that PIG! And win a bundle of prizes for giving our pig the most creative name. Stafford Campus; Give it a Go | Welcome Events | University events | Free Event

Speed Pool Tournament: London - Reload Café; How fast can you pot all the balls on our pool table? The player with the fastest time wins a prize!; London

'Pop up' Money and Guidance: Science Centre; Name that PIG! And win a bundle of prizes for giving our pig the most creative name.; Welcome Events | Free Event

Bubble Football: Large 3G pitch; You get in the bubble and pretend to play football while accidently on-purpose bouncing off everyone else!; Activities and Games | Give it a Go | Welcome Events | Reslife

Lets Get Sorted! Your Advice Service: Library - Blackheath Lane; Your Students' Union Coordinator is here to answer your burning questions!; Health and Wellbeing | Academic Interests | Blackheath Lane (Stafford)

Introduction to the Project Earth Society: online; Online introduction to the Project Earth Society ??; Give it a Go | Inclusion | Free Event | Wheelchair accessible

Mini Figures Society & Pokémon Society Meet-Up: London - Reload Café; Come and Meet the Mini figures Society and Pokemon Society!; London

Poker & Board Games Night: London - Reload Café; Come and play in our poker night taster session run by our society What a Top Deck! Entry is free and snacks will be provided.; London

Yu-gi-oh! Society Casual Meet Up/Tournament: Join our discord to find out more: https://discord.gg/7DwkjrUdvf; Activities and Games | Give it a Go | No Alcohol event

Suua Muay Thai: Get involved with Suua Muay Thai (Thai Kickboxing) here in Stoke-on-Trent!; Cultural and International | Curated Event

Misfit: LRV; Join us for Rock/Metal/AlternativeJ-Pop/K-Pop Night; LRV | Evening Entertainments | Live Music | Music and Dance | Arts, Media and Music | Featured Events | Welcome Events

Breakfast!: The Atrium, BHL; Join us for a free breakfast!; Food based events | Blackheath Lane (Stafford) | Featured Events | Free Event

Breakfast Club + Meet Your Officer: London - Reload Café; Join us for tea, coffee, and pastries in Reload Café from 9am with the Students’ Union’s various activities each day throughout Welcome Week; London

'Pop up' Transition and Belonging: Science Centre; Come down to the Transition and Belonging stall, today we have a prize-winning game Higher or Lower cards FREE to play. See you in the Science Centre!; Welcome Events | Free Event

'Pop up' Wellbeing: Ember square; Come on over to the Wellbeing stand where we will be giving out information about our Wellbeing service plus cards and freebies available; Health and Wellbeing | Welcome Events | University events | Free Event

Library and Academic Skills workshop: Introduction to Blackboard: Online via MS Teams; Learning and Development | Online

FIFA Tournament: London - Esports Arena; Enjoy FIFA? Come test your mettle against other students down in the arena to see who's the best! The best players from across the week will get to play in the finals on Friday.; London

Meet Your Student Services: London - Reception & Student Space Area; Come and meet your Student Services.; London

Speed Pool Tournament: London - Reload Café; How fast can you pot all the balls on our pool table? The player with the fastest time wins a prize!; London

Staffs Makes: Coffee, Cake & Crafting: TBC; Come and Chill with some Crafting!; Blackheath Lane (Stafford) | Activities and Games | Arts, Media and Music | Community and Civic partners | Free Event

'Pop up' Money and Guidance: Ember square; Name that PIG! And win a bundle of prizes for giving our pig the most creative name.; Welcome Events | Free Event

Library and Academic Skills workshop : Academic writing: Online via MS Teams; Learning and Development | Online

Here East Scavenger Hunt!: London - Games Lab 1; Join us on a fun activity on a scavenger hunt around the campus, Here East and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Find the clues, solve the puzzles and win prizes!; London

Walk around the nature reserve: Verve; Let's take in the breath taking scenery that the campus has to offer! Meet at the Verve on Tuesday 26th September at 4pm.; Give it a Go | Free Event

Get to know each other!: Ember Lounge; Meet us at ember lounge to have a chat, a few drinks and meet everyone. let’s kick the year of to a great start !!!; Music and Dance | Give it a Go | Welcome Events | Free Event

Entrepreneurial Marketing Masterclass: online; This 2-hour masterclass will cover: An overview of digital marketing What does it mean to market Online and offline marketing channels and their benefits Key digital marketing objectives for SMEs How to price and promote a product; Academic Interests

GiaG: StaffsDJ Open Decks: Cadman Building - C115; Come and have a go at mixing, or just chill and listen to some good music! Equipment and guidance available for free; no genre restrictions or experience required :); Live Music | Music and Dance | Arts, Media and Music | Give it a Go | Free Event

Lets Get Sorted! Your Advice Service: MS Teams; Your Students' Union Coordinator is here to answer your burning questions!; Health and Wellbeing | Academic Interests | Blackheath Lane (Stafford)

Karaoke: Ember Lounge; Karaoke hosted by the one and only DJ Sherz! Reckon you've got the pipes to impress others, or you and your housemates really want to bond over some terrible singing Come join us for karaoke at Ember!; Ember Lounge | Evening Entertainments | Live Music | Music and Dance | Arts, Media and Music | Give it a Go | Free Event

'Pop up' Wellbeing: Stafford Campus Stairwell E BHL; Come on over to the Wellbeing stand where we will be giving out information about our Wellbeing service plus cards and freebies available Stafford Campus; Welcome Events | Free Event

Breakfast Club: London - Reload Café; Join us for tea, coffee, and pastries in Reload Café from 9am with the Students’ Union’s various activities each day throughout Welcome Week; London

CPR & Defibrillator Awareness: Stoke Campus; Did you know that if someone suffers a cardiac arrest outside a hospital and receives CPR from someone at the scene, they are two to three times more likely to survive? If someone collapsed in front of you, would you know what to do?; Academic Interests

Welcome Fair: LRV - Sports Hall - Catalyst; Join clubs and societies, meet university services and grab some freebies!; LRV | Family Friendly | Featured Events | Welcome Events | University events | Collaboration with student groups | Free Event

Union Picnic!: Garden Space, BHL; Come and relax in the Garden space with some traditional picnic snacks!; Food based events | Health and Wellbeing | Blackheath Lane (Stafford) | Featured Events | Community and Civic partners | Free Event

Charity Bake Sale for National Breastfeeding Week: The Atrium, Centre for Health Innovation, Stafford; The Children's Nursing Team at the Centre for Health Innovation are hosting a charity bake sale for National Breastfeeding Week. There will be a bake sale, tombola, guess the sweets in the jar and more.; University events | Charity Fundraising

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For our Game Day we welcome everyone to come along and get involved playing some games. Bring along whatever games you'd want to play! Or if you don't want to play, feel free to come and watch or do you own thing :)

A gaming session for everyone to play any kind of games they want. We encourage everyone to bring along any board games, card games or their switches!

GIAG Game Day

GIAG Game Day

Wednesday 11 October 2023 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm

L320 Flaxman Building

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