Events in May

Forthcoming Events

Fri 1st May

Body Doubling study session: noon - 1pm; The Atrium; Study with othes to help focus

Advanced Rep Training - The Art of Communication: 1pm - 2pm; 4.204; Communication is a key skill that reps need! Take your repping to the next level and join us for this interactive session!

Body Doubling study session 2: 2pm - 3pm; The Atrium; Study with othes to help focus

Scream 7: 7pm - 10:30pm; Cine10; Cine10 Presents Scream 7

Leeds United VS Burnley: 7:45pm - 9:45pm; SU Bar

Breaking Curfew: 11:59pm - 4am; Inbetween; The Inbetween is rewinding the clocks for one night only!

Sat 2nd May

Animal Protection Regular Project: 9:20am - 2pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions at an animal sanctuary, offering hands-on help to care for animals and their homes.

Community Learning Project: 10:05am - 2pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Award-winning weekly project supporting elderly and vulnerable adults with IT, smart phones and arts & crafts.

Arsenal VS Fulham: 5:15pm - 7:15pm; SU Bar

Sun 3rd May

Green Thumbs Regular Project: 11am - 3pm; Meet outside Silberrad; Restoring the campus allotment and planting student-selected produce! Sessions run weekly.

Man Utd VS Liverpool: 3:15pm - 5:15pm; SU Bar

Sports Sunday: 4pm - 11pm; SU Bar; Big games, cold pints. Every Sunday.

Miami GP: 7:30pm - 10:30pm; SU Bar

Mon 4th May

Refugee Teaching Programme (RTP) Regular Project: 11am - 1:20pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community.

Chelsea VS Nottingham Forest: 3pm - 5pm; SU Bar

Society meeting: 6pm - 8pm; Join Bookish Society for our weekly socials!

Everton VS Man City: 7:45pm - 9:45pm; SU Bar

Karaoke + Milk-it: 9pm - 2am; SU Bar; The cheesiest moosic night of campus!

Tue 5th May

Animal Protection Regular Project: 9am - 11:30am; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions at an animal sanctuary, offering hands-on help to care for animals and their homes.

Refugee Teaching Programme (RTP) Regular Project: 9:50am - 12:45pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community.

Making Stress-Relief Kits with VTeam's Wellbeing Ambassadors: 11am - 3pm; Atrium; Volunteer to create stress-relief kits for students on campus!

TAS Weekly Workshop: 6:30pm - 8:30pm; 5S.4.5

Society Awards 2026: 7pm - 10:30pm; Ivor Crewe; Come and celebrate the success of Societies at Essex at our annual Societies Awards!

SU Makes: Mug and Glass Decorating: 7pm - 8:30pm; SU Lounge; Design Your Own Mug and Glass Your Way!

Wed 6th May

Clothes Exchange Clothes Sale: 11am - 4pm; Square 3; Weekly pop-up charity shop on campus, collecting clothes donations and selling them AND we raise money for different charities each week.

Creative Community Project: 1pm - 3pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Beginner-friendly crafting sessions to support local adults with learning difficulties. Run weekly.

SU Makes : Pages: 4:30pm - 6pm; The Atrium; Come and spend some time with your SU journal

SU MAKES...Your Best Year Yet: 4:30pm - 6pm; The Atrium; Make 2026 your Best Year Yet

Sports Awards 2026: 6pm - 10pm; Ivor Crewe; Celebrating Every Club, Every Team, Every Triumph 🏆

The Drama: 7pm - 10:30pm; Cine10; Cine10 Presents The Drama

Pre-FED: 9pm - midnight; SU Bar; The SU Bar warming you up for FED!

FED: 11:59pm - 4am; Sub Zero; Sub Zero is home of the Blades #backtheblades

Thu 7th May

Refugee Teaching Programme (RTP) Regular Project: 9:50am - 12:45pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community.

SU Market: 10am - 4pm; Square 3; A market full of goodies, all in one place.

SU Makes… Nature-Inspired Mixed-Media Easy Embroidery: noon - 5pm; The Atrium; Create a little bit of nature to keep 🌿

Science Club Regular Project: 2:20pm - 4:30pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Making science exciting for kids through interactive lessons and experiments.

Fri 8th May

Study Buddy session: noon - 3pm; The Atrium

The Super Mario Galaxy: 7pm - 10:30pm; Cine10; Cine10 Presents Super Mario Galaxy

Latin Night: 9pm - 2am; SU Bar; Feel la Vibra Latina!

Sat 9th May

Brighton: 7:30am - 7pm; Brighton; 🌊 Travel Society Day Trip to Brighton –Seaside, Sun & Good Vibes!

Colchester Castle Park: Park Run: 8am - 10am; Meet at SU Reception; Come and Join in with Park Run!

Animal Protection Regular Project: 9:20am - 2pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions at an animal sanctuary, offering hands-on help to care for animals and their homes.

Community Learning Project: 10:05am - 2pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Award-winning weekly project supporting elderly and vulnerable adults with IT, smart phones and arts & crafts.

Music Quiz: 9pm - 11:59pm; SU Bar; Quiz the hits

Sun 10th May

Green Thumbs Regular Project: 11am - 3pm; Meet outside Silberrad; Restoring the campus allotment and planting student-selected produce! Sessions run weekly.

Sports Sunday: 4pm - 11pm; SU Bar; Big games, cold pints. Every Sunday.

Mon 11th May

Refugee Teaching Programme (RTP) Regular Project: 11am - 1:20pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community.

Study/chill session: 6pm - 8pm; Join Bookish Society for our weekly socials!

Karaoke + Milk-it: 9pm - 2am; SU Bar; The cheesiest moosic night of campus!

Tue 12th May

Refugee Teaching Programme (RTP) Regular Project: 9:50am - 12:45pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community.

Making Stress-Relief Kits - Wellbeing Ambassadors X Creative Community Project: 10:30am - 3:30pm; Atrium; Volunteer to create stress-relief kits for students on campus!

TAS Weekly Workshop: 6:30pm - 8:30pm; 5S.4.5

SU Bingo: 7pm - 8:30pm; SU Lounge; Dabbers ready… let’s go!

Wed 13th May

Clothes Exchange Clothes Sale: 11am - 4pm; Square 3; Weekly pop-up charity shop on campus, collecting clothes donations and selling them AND we raise money for different charities each week.

SU Makes… Butterfly Terrariums: noon - 5pm; The Atrium; Back by popular demand! 🦋

Creative Community Project: 1pm - 3pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Beginner-friendly crafting sessions to support local adults with learning difficulties. Run weekly.

No Bake 15's: 5pm - 6:30pm; Faith Centre (3.305, Square 2); Come along, build community with international students, and take a well-earned break from the exam

Pre-FED: 9pm - midnight; SU Bar; The SU Bar warming you up for FED!

FED: 11:59pm - 4am; Sub Zero; Sub Zero is home of the Blades #backtheblades

Thu 14th May

Refugee Teaching Programme (RTP) Regular Project: 9:50am - 12:45pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community.

Repair Café - Regular Project: 10am - 4pm; The Atrium; Our newest project focusing on repairing and restoring devices!

SU Market: 10am - 4pm; Square 3; A market full of goodies, all in one place.

Science Club Regular Project: 2:20pm - 4:30pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Making science exciting for kids through interactive lessons and experiments.

SU Makes : Pages: 4:30pm - 6pm; The Atrium; Come and spend some time with your SU Journal

SU MAKES...Your Best Year Yet: 4:30pm - 6pm; The Atrium; Make 2026 your Best Year Yet

TAS Summer Show: TBC: 7pm - 9:30pm; Lakeside Theatre; TAS Returns to the Lakeside Stage with another exciting show!

Women, Power, and the Spaces We Inhabit: 7pm - 9pm; The Minories, Colchester; How does architecture shape the way we live, behave, and relate to each other?

Fri 15th May

Social Sport - AirHop Colchester: 11am - 5pm; Meet at SU Reception; Jump up, jump up, and get down. (admin mode)

Project Hail Mary: 7pm - 10:30pm; Cine10; Cine10 Presents Project Hail Mary

TAS Summer Show: TBC: 7pm - 9:30pm; Lakeside Theatre; TAS Returns to the Lakeside Stage with another exciting show!

Sat 16th May

Colchester Castle Park: Park Run: 8am - 10am; Meet at SU Reception; Be runnin' up that road Be runnin' up that hill....

Animal Protection Regular Project: 9:20am - 2pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions at an animal sanctuary, offering hands-on help to care for animals and their homes.

Community Learning Project: 10:05am - 2pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Award-winning weekly project supporting elderly and vulnerable adults with IT, smart phones and arts & crafts.

Sun 17th May

Green Thumbs Regular Project: 11am - 3pm; Meet outside Silberrad; Restoring the campus allotment and planting student-selected produce! Sessions run weekly.

Sports Sunday: 4pm - 11pm; SU Bar; Big games, cold pints. Every Sunday.

Mon 18th May

SU Makes… Lino Prints WORKSHOP 1: 10am - 1pm; The Atrium; Ink outside the box. 🫟

Refugee Teaching Programme (RTP) Regular Project: 11am - 1:20pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community.

SU Makes… Lino Prints WORKSHOP 2: 2pm - 5pm; The Atrium; Ink outside the box. 🫟

Society meeting: 6pm - 8pm; Join Bookish Society for our weekly socials!

Karaoke + Milk-it: 9pm - 2am; SU Bar; The cheesiest moosic night of campus!

Tue 19th May

Refugee Teaching Programme (RTP) Regular Project: 9:50am - 12:45pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community.

Community Market: 11am - 4pm; Square 3; The market run by students, for students

Making Stress-Relief Kits with VTeam's Wellbeing Ambassadors: 11am - 3pm; Atrium; Volunteer to create stress-relief kits for students on campus!

Essex Libraries Mobile Library: 3pm - 3:30pm; Valley Car Park; Your Library Services team have partnered with Essex Libraries to bring their mobile library onto campus!

Anti-Social & Introverts Social Club: 6pm - 8pm; The Atrium; A low-key hangout for low-key people

6th SU Council: 6:30pm - 8:30pm; TBA

6th SU Council: 6:30pm - 8:30pm; TBD; Elected representatives from the three campuses meet to vote on policies and shape the direction of the SU. SU Council meets once a month. At these meetings, the representatives also hold the elected officers, to account.

6th SU Council: 6:30pm - 8:30pm; TBD; Elected representatives from the three campuses meet to vote on policies and shape the direction of the SU. SU Council meets once a month. At these meetings, the representatives also hold the elected officers, to account.

SU Makes: Totes: 7pm - 8:30pm; SU Lounge; Make It, Tote It, Love It!

Wed 20th May

Clothes Exchange Clothes Sale: 11am - 4pm; Square 3; Weekly pop-up charity shop on campus, collecting clothes donations and selling them AND we raise money for different charities each week.

Study Buddy session: noon - 3pm; The Atrium; Focus your study with a buddy!

Creative Community Project: 1pm - 3pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Beginner-friendly crafting sessions to support local adults with learning difficulties. Run weekly.

Hot Fuzz: 5pm - 7pm; Cine10; Enjoy Post exam stress with a viewing of Hot Fuzz

Pre-FED: 9pm - midnight; SU Bar; The SU Bar warming you up for FED!

FED: 11:59pm - 4am; Sub Zero; Sub Zero is home of the Blades #backtheblades

Thu 21st May

Refugee Teaching Programme (RTP) Regular Project: 9:50am - 12:45pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Weekly sessions teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers in the local community.

Repair Café - Regular Project: 10am - 4pm; The Atrium; Our newest project focusing on repairing and restoring devices!

SU Market: 10am - 4pm; Square 3; A market full of goodies, all in one place.

Advanced Rep Training - Representation - what is it and how do I do it well?: noon - 1pm; 3.320; How do you be the best representative possible ?

SU Makes : Pages: 4:30pm - 6pm; The Atrium; Come and spend some time with your SU Journal

SU MAKES...Your Best Year Yet: 4:30pm - 6pm; The Atrium; Check in with your BYY book!

SU Reads: 6pm - 8pm; The Atrium; Welcome to SU Reads - your low-commitment book club.

Fri 22nd May

Body Doubling study session A: 1pm - 2pm; The Atrium; Study with others to help focus

Body Doubling study session B: 22nd May 2pm - 23rd May 3pm; The Atrium; Study with others to help focus

Latin Night: 9pm - 2am; SU Bar; Feel la Vibra Latina!

Sat 23rd May

Colchester Castle Park: Park Run: 8am - 10am; Meet at SU Reception; Run, run, run away, run away, baby...

Walsingham Pilgrimage: 8am - 8pm; Walsingham, Norfolk; We will be travelling to Walsingham in Norfolk for a pilgrimage in honour of Our Lady. Walsingham is England’s national shrine to Our Lady. With the opportunity for Mass, and to visit the village of Little Walsingham. As well as visit Holkham Beach!

Community Learning Project: 10:05am - 2pm; Travel from Colchester campus; Award-winning weekly project supporting elderly and vulnerable adults with IT, smart phones and arts & crafts.

Music Bingo: 9pm - 11:59pm; SU Bar; Where the beat meets the bingo sheet

Sun 24th May

Green Thumbs Regular Project: 11am - 3pm; Meet outside Silberrad; Restoring the campus allotment and planting student-selected produce! Sessions run weekly.

Sports Sunday: 4pm - 11pm; SU Bar; Big games, cold pints. Every Sunday.

Mon 25th May

Study/chill session: 6pm - 8pm; Join Bookish Society for our weekly socials!

Karaoke + Milk-it: 9pm - 2am; SU Bar; The cheesiest moosic night of campus!

Tue 26th May

TAS Weekly Workshop: 6:30pm - 8:30pm; 5S.4.5

Wed 27th May

Clothes Exchange Clothes Sale: 11am - 4pm; Square 3; Weekly pop-up charity shop on campus, collecting clothes donations and selling them AND we raise money for different charities each week.

SU Makes… DIY Runes: noon - 5pm; The Atrium; Craft your own path 🔮✨

Pre-FED: 9pm - midnight; SU Bar; The SU Bar warming you up for FED!

FED: 11:59pm - 4am; Sub Zero; Sub Zero is home of the Blades #backtheblades

Thu 28th May

Repair Café - Regular Project: 10am - 4pm; The Atrium; Our newest project focusing on repairing and restoring devices!

SU Market: 10am - 4pm; Square 3; A market full of goodies, all in one place.

Social Sport - Ninja Warrior UK: 10:45am - 5pm; Meet at SU Reception; FREE Ninja Warrior Session!

Pizza U Special: noon - 9:30pm; Hungry? Buy any 9" pizza for only £4!

SU Makes : Pages: 4:30pm - 6pm; The Atrium; Come and spend some time with your SU Journal

SU MAKES...Your Best Year Yet: 4:30pm - 6pm; Make 2026 your Best Year Yet

Fri 29th May

Study Buddy session: noon - 3pm; The Atrium

Sat 30th May

Colchester Castle Park: Park Run: 8am - 10am; Meet at SU Reception; For now it's time to run, it's time to run ...

Tassies 2026: 5:30pm - 10pm; The Lakeside Theatre; The Theatre Arts Society's annual awards night returns!

Physio Ball 2026: 6:30pm - 11pm; Slug and Lettuce- Colchester; 🎉 Physio Ball 2026 🎉 Celebrate the end of the year in style with the Physio Society at our annual Physio Ball! 🥂

Drag Night: 9pm - 11:59pm; SU Bar

Sun 31st May

Green Thumbs Regular Project: 11am - 3pm; Meet outside Silberrad; Restoring the campus allotment and planting student-selected produce! Sessions run weekly.

Sports Sunday: 4pm - 11pm; SU Bar; Big games, cold pints. Every Sunday.

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