Charity archery event really hits the mark!
By Chloe Hardman
On Saturday 12 December 2015, The University’s archery club held a charity shoot, their first of the year, in support of Disability...
Ospreys Brave the Winter Elements to Pip Welsh Rival Cardiff Blues...
By Will Humphrey
On 28th of November, Ospreys lined up to take on their Welsh rivals Cardiff Blues in the latest round of fixtures in...
Swimmers qualify for div 1 national finals for the first time...
By Sally Carter
On the 29th of November Swansea University swimming team took 16 swimmers to compete at BUCS southern team championships. The team led...
Uncovering men’s mental health
By Rhydian Morris
Modern society has many problems, but one that often goes unadressed is the poor state of male mental health. This is such...
Swansea Student Media
By Shona Johnson
2015 proved to be a fantastic year for student media at Swansea University. A media co-ordinator was appointed, SU-TV started airing its...
Celebrate LGBT history month, this February
February is LGBT history month, and this year, the LGBT+ Staff Network are organising as series of events to celebrate our history and culture,...
Students’ union Study Aid Success!
By Rhydian Morris
The bi-annual tradition of student Study Aid kicked off this January 11th and continued till the end of the exam period on...
Big Bike Day
On Monday 30th November 2015, the Students’ Union hosted ‘The Big Bike Day’, a day totally dedicated to bike care, safety and maintenance.
The day...
Holocaust Memorial Day, 27th January
The university will mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Wednesday 27 January, where we will remember the millions who have been murdered or whose lives...
Students risk life by ignoring Meningitis vaccine
Charity Meningitis Now has renewed its call for students to take action to protect themselves from a particularly deadly strain of meningitis this winter,...
Government to scrap maintenance grants for English Students
In a drastic move the Government is to remove maintenance grants for English students. A movement that Prime Minister Cameron ruled out in 2010,“We...
Varsity 2016 is coming to Swansea!!
With Christmas overindulgence a fading memory, we look forward to the pinnacle of the year for many students. We can confirm that the Welsh...
Gamers Unite to Raise Money For Children’s Charity!
On December 5th through to December 6th, SGS (Swansea Gaming Society) will be playing twenty four hours of games to raise money and awareness...
The Christmas Wishlist: Phones, Games and More!
With Christmas just around the corner and the January sales just after that, you’re more than likely going to be greeted with a whole...
Dancers Raise Money For Charity In Their Pyjamas
Between the 16th to the 19th of November, Swansea University Dance Society wore pyjamas in classes to raise money and awareness for Children in...
Strictly Come Dancing Great Success – Dance Society raise over £600...
The SU Dance Society organised their annual “Strictly Come Dancing” event this year. Where seven enthusiastic sport committee members partnered up with seven dance...
Star Wars: Iconic Scenes in Cinema
By Joshua Vaughan
It is pretty apparent that Star Wars may just be the most iconic film series of all time; from its generation-defining original...
Getting Reel with Cinema and Co.
By Charlie Trotman
Led in by the fairy lights, beer and salted snacks, I discovered Swansea’s most recent venue: an arty cinema located in a...
Life As A Mature Student
Rachel Sanders, a fresher studying English language, discusses what it’s like to be a mature student and discusses the challenges and benefits this life...
Swansea University Equal Access Campaign Asylum Seekers and Refugees Welcome!
By Hamzah Nurgat
We have all witnessed the harrowing images of people fleeing terror in conflict areas like Syria and Iraq, people huddled in poorly...
Hate Crimes Reported on Campus
Last week Swansea students received a mass email reminding them of the University’s zero tolerance policy to harassment and threatening or discriminatory behaviour of...
Students join Santa to call on University to give Cleaners the...
Students will join trade unions, academics, faith groups and community organisations (and Santa Claus!) at 10:00 on 9th December for a seasonal #LivingWage4Xmas action...
The Union Reports of the NUS Wales Zone Conference with Eyerinmene...
Two weeks ago, the team filled with FTO’S, PTO’S and Wales Delegates attended the NUS Zone conference in Harwich at the top of Wales....
International Day for ‘Elimination of Violence against Women’ in Fulton House
On the 25th of November, it was the international day for the Elimination of violence against women. Upon the UN website, it acknowledges that...
Why Do We Need a Full-Time Women’s Officer ?
Early December, on the 3rd to be exact, I will be delivering a motion I’ve been working on for the past weeks to the...
Swansea University Celebrates 45th Omani National Day
Friday 22nd December saw the Exhibition Inaguration on the 45th Omani National Day at Swansea University, opening the celebrations for a weekend of events...
Students are being warned of the dangers of spiking
Students are being warned of the dangers of spiking after recent incidents were brought to the Students’ Union’s attention in which students reported being...
Swansea’s Wind Street tops list of most crime-ridden area in Wales...
According to police crime data, 506 crimes were committed on or near Wind Street and were reported to the police between January and September...
Jeremy Corbyn visits Swansea Bay Campus
On Thursday 19th November, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, made his first visit to Wales where he toured the faciities of our new Swansea Bay...
Cymraeg: Cyweliad â’ch Swyddog Materion Cymraeg Newydd / English: Get to...
Cymraeg
Yr wythnos ddiwethaf, penodwyd myfyrwraig Cymraeg Lauren Evans yn Swyddog Materion Cymraeg. Pleidleisiodd myfyrwyr Abertawe dros swyddogion rhan amser mewn etholiad ar-lein a fydd...
Student Forum: YES or NO?
Situated in the coffee side of JC’s, a small number of the student body gathered for student forum on the 10th of November.
Turned...
Lock ‘yer gaff!!!
Students are being asked just to make sure they Lock their Doors and Windows when they leave their accommodation, even if they are just...
Bay store opens after long wait
On Tuesday 27th October, the Tesco express store on Bay campus opened its doors to the public - more than month after most students...
Charity Week 2015
In a packed Islamic society (ISOC) calendar, there is nothing quite as exciting as charity week. Charity week is a fantastic initiative which first...
Your Union FTOs: Full Time Dedication
So we’re over month into the academic year and as a result we’re over a month into the tenures of our FTOs. So what...
Students warned of risk if found without a TV license
Statistics just released from TV Licensing have said 352 18-25 year olds from Swansea, Port Talbot and Neath were caught without a TV license....
Students’ Union in website overhaul
Swansea University Students' Union has finally unveiled an overhauled website, as promised by the newly elected president in his manifesto.
Lewys Aron, who was elected...
University faces tough questions as Piercy resigns
Swansea University is facing hard questions over why it allowed the toxic reign of Prof Nigel Piercy to go on for so long, following his resignation this week.
The...
Tributes paid to SU staff member Ben Rees
The students' union has paid tribute to one of its staff members, Ben Rees, who died while on a trip to Berlin.
Ben, 23, from...