Mitchell's Staying Social at UCLan

I wanted to study Event Management because of the originality of the course. I wanted to do a course that had a hands on approach and constantly tested my skills and knowledge of the industry. Upon my interview for the course I automatically got a warm welcome from the head of the course Rod Train and I made my mind up there and then that this is the course I would like to study at UCLan.

I chose to study at UCLan do to the accessibility of the university. With most universities everything is segregated, meaning that the accommodation and university buildings aren’t in close proximity to each other. This isn’t the case at UCLan, my halls of residence was only a 5 minute walk to most of the buildings. It was extremely close to the train station. The variety of onsite services available were also a deciding factor for me. There is a campus doctors, dentist, 24 hour library, gym and even a Starbucks which is always handy. 

I managed to secure a job a month prior to graduating, working for UCLan themselves. Initially I started out on the Events Team assisting them with the DS16 degree shows and the Lancashire Science Festival. A month into the role a position opened up within the marketing team which I applied for and managed to secure the job.

Events Students Celebrate Barnardo's 150

As part of their ‘Events in Action’ module, our second year Events students plan, organise and deliver their own events to raise money and raise awareness for Barnardo’s. 2016 marks 150 years since Thomas Barnardo founded the charity so to recognise this anniversary, a group of students decided to set themselves a series of sponsored challenges which collectively add up to 150.

The group: Cloudia Mayor, Kira Beaumont, Lucy Carter, Lisa Ingham and Gracie Donoghue completed the following challenges over a two week period:

Cloudia and Lucy cycled from UCLan SU to Fleetwood Marine Hall via part of the Guild Wheel, a combined total of 100km;