The next GU Council Meeting is at 6pm, on Wednesday 29 May, at the Graduate Union.
If you are a voting member please be sure to come along to vote in your interim GU President, appoint GU Trustees, and vote in your new GU Executive Committee.
Graduate Union members are also welcome to attend.
Join the GU’s Exec Committee
Interested in joining the team and helping to shape the Graduate Union?
• Support and represent Graduates
• Run campaigns, make positive changes
• Enhance your CV
• Learn new skills
• Put your spare time to good use
Positions available:
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Academic Affairs Officer
• Welfare Officer
• International Officer
• Events Officer*
• Communications Officer*
• Families Officer
• Environmental Officer*
• Mature Undergraduates’ Officer*
• Women’s Officer
(* Currently no candidates have applied for this post. Please step forward or alert your friends. Graduates need you!)
Term in Office: End May to beginning of November 2013
More info: http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/gradunion/who/join/
DO YOU NEED FINANCIAL SUPPORT WITH CHILDCARE DURING THE STATE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS?
Current students from participating colleges can save **50%** on Cambridge Universities’ Holiday Playscheme fees for the 2013 May half term, summer holiday & the October half term.
**The rate will be £10 per day per child**
It is ONLY for those colleges which are part of the Out-of-school/Holiday section of the Central Childcare Bursary Scheme, which are:
Churchill, Clare, Clare Hall, Darwin, Downing, Emmanuel, Fitzwilliam, Girton, Gonville & Caius, Homerton, Hughes Hall, Jesus, King’s, Lucy Cavendish, Magdalene, Murray Edwards, Newnham, Pembroke, St Catharine’s, St John’s, Selwyn, Sidney Sussex, Trinity, Trinity Hall, Wolfson
For more information please contact
Email: playscheme@admin.cam.ac.uk
Tel: 01223 339905
Website: www.cam.ac.uk/playscheme
Please note this promotion is subject to change and conditions apply.
Got an event? Looking for research participants?
Did you know you can advertise for FREE on the GU’s website and in our e-Bulletin?
For details visit: http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/events-news/bulletin/.
Drop into our comfortable and relaxing lounge, the perfect central location for study, breaks or catching up with friends. Our bright and spacious lounge is furnished with café-style tables, sofas and arm chairs.
Bring your own refreshments and help yourself to chilled and boiling filtered water from the dispenser (cups not provided).
Free WiFi is available and we screen BBC News 24 (muted with subtitles) on plasma TVs throughout the day. We also provide a range of newspapers, and you can borrow books and games.
For Lounge opening hours visit http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/visit/opening-hours/.
Make yourself heard.
Hire the GU’s PA System for only £40!
More info: enquiries@gradunion.cam.ac.uk
Our centrally located premises are perfect for:
Meetings, study groups, training, presentations, film nights, rehearsals, quizes, drinks receptions and parties.
Most bookings come without a charge!
More information
www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/book
Do you own an unwanted BA or MA gown?
Want to make some cash?
Bring it to the GU Shop (opening hours) and if it’s in good condition, we’ll most likely buy it for £20. Payment is by cheque and will be posted to you within 2-4 weeks.
Don’t worry if you will be leaving Cambridge within the next 4 weeks and closing your UK bank account; if you can arrange for a friend to give you the cash before you leave, we can raise the cheque in their name.
- Formal Hall
- Graduation
Only £7.50 for day, overnight and weekend hire!
Great quality. Great service.
More info: http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/shop/gown-hire/.
Printing & Binding at the GU Shop – fast, cheap, professional
Make the Graduate Union Shop your first stop for printing and binding.
We offer a fast, cheap and professional service.
Printing
Only 5p per side black and white
10p per side colour
80g and 100g paper available
http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/computers-and-printing/
Soft Binding
Fast, cheap, as-you-wait. From only £1.50 per copy.
http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/shop/soft-binding/
Hard Binding
We’re the only point in Cambridge city centre for hard binding.
http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/shop/hard-binding/
More About the Shop
www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/shop
Make the Graduate Union Shop your first stop.
Academic diaries/agendas, folders and lever arch files are BACK!
For Sale
Well-priced stationery supplies, including University crested items
Greetings cards
Second-hand academic gowns
Panic alarms
Services Available
Soft and Hard Document Binding
Laminating
Faxing
Gown Hire
We promise our prices are cheap and you won’t get a friendlier service in town!
More Information
www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/shop
The Graduate Union, including all services and facilities, will be closed on Monday 27 May for the Bank Holiday.
For the opening hours of the Graduate Union’s:
please visit http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/visit/opening-hours/.
ARE YOU A STUDENT PARENT?
DO YOU NEED FINANCIAL SUPPORT WITH CHILDCARE DURING THE STATE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS?
Current students from participating colleges can save **50%** on Cambridge Universities’ Holiday Playscheme fees for the 2013 May half term, summer holiday & the October half term.
**The rate will be £10 per day per child**
It is ONLY for those colleges which are part of the Out-of-school/Holiday section of the Central Childcare Bursary Scheme, which are:
Churchill, Clare, Clare Hall, Darwin, Downing, Emmanuel, Fitzwilliam, Girton, Gonville & Caius, Homerton, Hughes Hall, Jesus, King’s, Lucy Cavendish, Magdalene, Murray Edwards, Newnham, Pembroke, St Catharine’s, St John’s, Selwyn, Sidney Sussex, Trinity, Trinity Hall, Wolfson.
More Information:
Email: playscheme@admin.cam.ac.uk
Tel: 01223 339905
Website: http://www.cam.ac.uk/playscheme
Want to meet some new people? Fed up with revision/exams/submissions? Got cabin fever? GET OUT AND MEET NEW PEOPLE AT A GU FILM NIGHT. Free entry. Film nights are open to all students. You can meet people, chat, relax, eat snacks and enjoy a cinematic masterpiece.
For more information visit www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/events-news/events/.
Got an event? Looking for research participants?
Did you know you can advertise for FREE on the GU’s website and in our e-Bulletin?
For details visit: http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/events-news/bulletin/.
Drop into our comfortable and relaxing lounge, the perfect central location for study, breaks or catching up with friends. Our bright and spacious lounge is furnished with café-style tables, sofas and arm chairs.
Bring your own refreshments and help yourself to chilled and boiling filtered water from the dispenser (cups not provided).
Free WiFi is available and we screen BBC News 24 (muted with subtitles) on plasma TVs throughout the day. We also provide a range of newspapers, and you can borrow books and games.
For Lounge opening hours visit http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/visit/opening-hours/.
Make yourself heard.
Hire the GU’s PA System for only £40!
More info: enquiries@gradunion.cam.ac.uk.
Our centrally located premises are perfect for:
Meetings, study groups, training, presentations, film nights, rehearsals, quizes, drinks receptions and parties.
Most bookings come without a charge!
More information
www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/book
Do you own an unwanted BA or MA gown?
Want to make some cash?
Bring it to the GU Shop (opening hours) and if it’s in good condition, we’ll most likely buy it for £20. Payment is by cheque and will be posted to you within 2-4 weeks.
Don’t worry if you will be leaving Cambridge within the next 4 weeks and closing your UK bank account; if you can arrange for a friend to give you the cash before you leave, we can raise the cheque in their name.
- Formal Hall
- Graduation
Only £7.50 for day, overnight and weekend hire!
Great quality. Great service.
More info: http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/facilities/shop/gown-hire/.