Your College Events!
They’re the heart of your Welcome Week 💜
Welcome Week is all about making you feel… well, welcome. And your colleges play a huge role in that.
Throughout Welcome Week (and beyond), they work hard to ensure that the beginning of your university journey is as supportive, accessible, and fun as it should be. This involves weeks of planning, scheduling, and training to make sure they’re putting on the best week they can.
Those Welcome Week events are a pivotal part of getting you situated into uni life, so let’s take a look at a snapshot of each colleges events.
Bowland College
Karaoke: Sat 26th September, Bowland Common Room, 7pm-Midnight
Friend Networking: Sun 27th September, The Bow, 6pm-8pm
Woodland Walk: Sun 4th October, Chaplaincy, 11am-1pm
County College
Nintendo Switch Games: Sunday 27th September, County Common Room, 7pm-Late
Bar Sports: Tuesday 29th September, County Games Room, 7pm-Late
Movie Night: Saturday 3rd October, County Common Room, from 7pm
Cartmel College
Door Sign Making: Sunday 27th September, Barkers, 1pm-3pm
Speed Friending (with Pendle College): Monday 29th September, Barkers, 3pm-5pm
Yap & Yarn (with LU Yap & yarn Society): Fri 2nd October, Barkers, 3pm-5pm
Furness College
Bake Off – Sunday 27th September, Furness Foyer, from 3pm
Flat Wars - Monday 28th September, Outside Courtyard, from Midday
Treveoke - Saturday 3rd October, Trev, 8pm
Fylde College
College Fair: Monday 28th September, Fylde Common Room, 1pm-3pm
Sugarhouse Bar Crawl: Monday 28th September, meet at Fylde Courtyard, 6:30pm-Late
Fylde Sports Taster Sessions: Wednesday 30th September, Outdoor Courts, 1pm-6pm
Grizedale College
Who Let the Hogs Out?: Saturday 26th September, Grizedale Bar, 8pm-11pm
Scavenger Hunt: Monday 28th September, meet at Grizedale Bar, 6pm-7pm
International Meet & Greet: Tuesday 29th Septmeber, Grizedale Bar, 12pm-2pm
Lonsdale College
Bingo: Monday 28th September, Lonsdale Hub, from 8pm
Mario Kart Tournament: Tuesday 29th, Lonsdale Snug, from 3pm
Social 5k (with LURAC & Grizedale): Friday 2nd October, meet at Lonsdale Hub, from 10am
Pendle College
Movie Night: Wednesday 30th, Hapley Lounge, from 8pm
Geoguessr Tournament: Saturday 3rd October, Pendle Brew, from 7pm
Start a Band: Sunday 4th October, Pendle Brew, from 11am
But that’s not everything! Your colleges all host plenty of events throughout welcome week and beyond – so don’t forget to check out their full timetables at their Instagram accounts!
Thank you again to our wonderful colleges 💜
Written by Shannon Daniel
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & CREATIVE WRITING GRADUATE