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Elections 10 – Nominations Are CLOSED

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:14:34 +0000

Nominations have now closed for this year’s Student Elections. A full list of candidates will be posted this afternoon.

Sports Club Results: 27th Feb & 3rd March 10

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:55:25 +0000

27/02/10
Badminton: RGU 5 – 7 Stirling
Netball: RGU 46 – 19 Dundee (2s)

03/03/10
Football (Men): RGU 2 -1 Dundee
Football (Men): RGU (2s) 2 -2 Stirling (3s)
Hockey (Men): RGU 3 – 1 Glasgow (2s)
Football (Women): RGU 3 – 2 Edinburgh (4s)*
* RGU now advance to the Semi-Final of the Scottish Cup, taking place on 10/3/10 at Aberdeen Sports Village

Congratulations to our Snowsports Team who won the Granite City Invitational, beating all other Scottish Universities. The results were:

Andrew Wilson – 1st Place in Big Air (Kicker), 1st Place in Slopestyle – Skiing for both
Andrew Davidson – 1st Place in Big Air (Quarter Pipe) – Skiing
James Burn – 1st Place in Slopestyle – Snowboarding
Alastair Stirling – 2nd Place in Individual Dual Slalom – Skiing
Barry Parker – 1st Place in Big Air (Quarter Pipe), 3rd Place in Big Air (Kicker) – Snowboarding for both

Clare Bevis – 1st Place in Slopestyle, 3rd Place in Big Air (Quarter Pipe) – Snowboarding for Both

RGU – 3rd Place in Team Dual Slalom – Skiing – Linzi Thompson (RGU:Snow’s President), Russell Hogg (RGU:Snow’s Vice President), Alastair Stirling and Alasdair Johnstone

Alice In Wonderland Competition Winners

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:46:29 +0000

And the winners of the Alice competition are…KAYLEIGH TASSELL, MEGAN CUTTER & MHAIRI MUTCH! Congrats to you three, you have each won a pair of tickets for the 9pm showing of Alice In Wonderland at the Cineworld Queens Links cinema plus a special Alice goodybag. Your tickets will be at the cinema tomorrow ready for …you to pick up, but remember to take some ID to prove that you are you! Well done.

Win Tickets To Alice & Wonderland!

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:34:49 +0000

Ok then…time for our first competition of the week!

We’ve spoken nicely to our mates at Cineworld again, and managed to get 3 pairs of tickets to the OPENING NIGHT of Tim Burton’s new movie, ALICE IN WONDERLAND this Friday, plus some super-exclusive Alice Goody Bags to give away!

To be in with a chance of winning, all …you have to do is answer this question…

INCLUDING ALICE IN WONDERLAND, HOW MANY MOVIES HAVE JOHNNY DEPP & TIM BURTON WORKED ON TOGETHER?
a) 5 b) 7 c) 12

To enter, simply e-mail us your NAME, ANSWER & CONTACT NUMBER to win@rguunion.co.uk with ALICE at the subject.

You must e-mail us from your RGU address to be counted. The competition closes at midday on Thursday, so don’t be late! The winners will be announced later that afternoon. Don’t post the answer in the comments section or it won’t be counted, but LIKE this post once you’ve sent us your entry!

Gooooood luck! x

Elections ‘10 – Nominations Are OPEN!

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:35:45 +0000

Nomination are now open for this year’s Student Elections.

This year we have introduced a Candidate Information Pack, to let you know exactly what each of the elected positions involve, how to run your campaign successfully and to answer any other questions that you may have about the Elections. The pack also contains your Nomination Form.

Download your copy of the Pack at this link, or pick up a copy from various points around campus.

If you need more information regarding the Election process, want to find out more about a particular position, or have a question about campaigning, contact Ross Murchison (President)

Sports Club Results: 14th & 17th Feb 10

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:51:41 +0000

14/02/10
Netball: RGU 40 – 26 Edinburgh (4s)
Volleyball (Women): RGU 0 – 3 Edinburgh (2s)

17/02/10
Basketball (Women): RGU 40 – 43 Glasgow
Football (Men): RGU (2s) 4 – 1 Glasgow (3s)
Hockey (Women): RGU 1 – 1 Heriot Watt
Table Tennis (Women): RGU 1 – 4 Oxford

News Update!

ross — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:22:23 +0000

Currently there is a huge amount going on at the RGU Students’ Association! Recently your Student Officers took the initiative to get involved with the Officers of Aberdeen University Students’ Association, Aberdeen College and the Scottish Agricultural College. We formed the Aberdeen Students Forum (ASF) to tackle the issues that affect students in Aberdeen. We have already tackled First Bus to re-instate the Day Ticket at the same price as last year and right now we are concentrating on HMO Licenses.

COST OF ACCOMMODATION

To give some quick background, HMO licenses were introduced as the result of the death of 2 students in a flat fire in Glasgow because there were bars on the windows, preventing them from escaping. There needed to be a standard of safety and so these HMO Licenses were introduced. The cost for the landlord was never meant to be more than the administration fee by the council, however Aberdeen City Council have decided to price an HMO license at a whopping £1000 with the intention of increasing it to £1500 within the year. This has 2 impacts, either landlords dont bother with it, or students burden the extra cost.

We all know accommodation in Aberdeen is a huge problem for students, and this adds to the issue – so this is one thing the ASF, in partnership with the National Union of Students, hopes to rectify!

Secondly – and this is EXTREMELY Important! THE STUDENT ELECTIONS START 24TH FEBRUARY! Reckon you can do my job??

RGU STUDENT ELECTIONS
Get involved and make RGU all it can be!

Boost your CV! Don’t be fooled – you don’t need to have experience to go for these positions, all you need is some initiative!

There are 2 types of Officers – Sabbatical Officers(This is a full time 12 month job where you are paid) and Part-time Officers(you do this alongside your studies as a volunteer). The experience you can get from Officer roles is invaluable – I got elected President with no prior experience with the Union and now I have experience in most job roles as I have been involved in so much since becoming President. Even if you are a part time Officer – the opportunities and personal development available to you are huge.

So take a risk, get involved in something you haven’t done before and I guarantee you wont look back. For more information go to www.rguunion.co.uk to find all the information you need in the candidates pack. As yet there are no candidates for the Vice-Presidents or President Roles, so start thinking about it now!

Election Timetable

Wednesday 24^th February
Nominations Open (you need 30 signatures of RGU students and then hand in your nomination form).

Wednesday 10th March
Nominations Close at 2pm

Wednesday 24^th March
Online Polling Opens. Vote at www.rgu.ac.uk/vote

Friday 31^st March
Online Polling Closes and winners are announced!

For more information email president@rguunion.co.uk

STUDENT AWARDS BALL

The newly entitled Student Achievement Awards Ball (changed from Scarlet & Gold Award Ball) – a chance for RGU students to celebrate all the hard work they have contributed, such as significant involvement in a society, volunteering or being a class rep!

This Ball is on the 26th February and all RGU students are welcome! You never know, YOU might be up for an award!

Purchase your tickets from the RGU:Union shop on Schoolhill which includes a 3 course meal, drinks, transport and of course a Ceilidh!

Tickets cost £26.50 or you can reserve a table for 10-12 people. For more information, Contact Rachel Watson on union@rguunion.co.uk

Win tickets to see Valentines Day

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:41:39 +0000

Fancy another movie giveaway?…OK THEN! We’ve got 2 pairs of tickets to see VALENTINE’S DAY, the new lovey-dovey romantic comedy which stars pretty much every movie star ever. The tickets will be valid this weekend (either on Saturday or Sunday, you choose) and we’ll even throw in a couple of Valentine’s Day goody ba…gs as well!

To be in with a chance of winning a pair, simply answer the following question:

VALENTINE’S DAY IS NAMED AFTER THE HOLIDAY OF THE SAME NAME, WHICH LANDS ON FEBRUARY 14th OF EVERY YEAR. BUT WHAT DOES THE HOLIDAY CELEBRATE?

a) A FULL MOON b) LOVE c) SANTA’S BIRTHDAY

E-mail your answer, name & matric number to win@rguunion.co.uk with “Valentine’s Day” as the subject.

The competition closes at 2pm tomorrow (Friday 12th) and we’ll let the winners know by 4pm.

Good luck!

Wolfman Competition Winners

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:15:32 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered the WOLFMAN competition! We’ve had a word with Cineworld and managed to blag an extra 15 pairs of tickets! So congratulations to…

Philip McHardy, Chrissy Duncan, Katie Street, Teri Duncan, Ross Coulter, Kerr Marin Miller, Fiona Dowling, Laura Murphy, Calum Scott, Greg Cooper, Ritchie Goodall, Vanessa Robert, Stuart Spence, Odran Farrell, Jade Denby, Robert Ives, Bawor Megbuluba, Matthew Smith, Vanessa Robert, Judith O’Connor, Steph Dowling, Adam MacDonald, Steven Finnigan, Danielle Connon, David Mann, Jonny Lewery, Kerri McKenzie, Sara Morton, Emma Jones and Ken Godtown.

The screening is tonight at 10:15pm at Cineworld Union Square cinema. Names are on the guestlist so bring your student ID with you!

Enjoy! x

Win Tickets To Special Screening Of ‘The Wolfman’

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:31:46 +0000

Check this…! Thanks to our pals over at Cineworld, we’ve got 15 pairs of tickets to an SPECIAL ADVANCED SCREENING of THE WOLFMAN (starring Benicio Del Toro & Anthony Hopkins) to give away!

To be in with a chance of winning, simply leave a comment on the competition post on our Facebook page (with your matriculation number in it before 2pm TODAY and we will pick 15 lucky lucky winners at random

Remember, only enter if you can get to the Cineworld Union Square cinema for the screening tonight at 10:15pm. You must be an RGU student to enter. We’ll let all winners know by 3pm.

Gooooood luck!