{"id":1550,"date":"2015-03-13T12:38:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T12:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2015-03-16T12:19:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T12:19:00","slug":"this-weeks-news-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/this-weeks-news-12\/","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s news"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/tag\/monday-16-march-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Monday 16 March 2015<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h5><strong>In this week\u2019s edition\u2026<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/category\/social-activities\/?doing_wp_cron=1426251291.3571701049804687500000\" target=\"_blank\">Social <\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">This year&#8217;s SHU Fest was fantastic! There were\u00a050 events across both campuses.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/a-fabulous-shu-fest\/\" target=\"_blank\">Watch videos <\/a>from the events.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Take a break from your studies and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/festival-de-la-pinata\/\" target=\"_blank\">celebrate Latin American culture<\/a> with Culture Connect on 18 March. This event is open to all students.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Experience <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/african-drumming\/\" target=\"_blank\">African drumming<\/a> on 1 April in the Heartspace.\u00a0There will be snacks and fun activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/category\/student-voice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Student voice<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">We announce the winners of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/shu-fest-selfie-competition-winners\/?doing_wp_cron=1426249539.4182629585266113281250\" target=\"_blank\">SHU Fest selfie competition<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/shu-goglobal-blog-competition-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">!<\/a>\u00a0There were some fantastic entries this year.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Like blogging? <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/shu-goglobal-blog-competition-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Create a blog<span style=\"color: #0066cc\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>about your global experience and you could win an iPad mini.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Are you a common wealth student? <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/06\/commonwealth-student-register-to-vote-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">Register to vote now<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Find out\u00a0how we celebrated\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/we-celebrate-our-inspirational-women\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inspirational Women&#8217;s Day<\/a>. Student Hala from Palestine shares her experience.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Yousif Hussain from Sudan recommends you attend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/conversation-club-yousif-hussain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Conversation Club<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/category\/employability\/?doing_wp_cron=1426251337.1674509048461914062500\" target=\"_blank\">Employability <\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Want a part-time job that is flexible around your studies? We are now <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/recruiting-for-ice-club\/\" target=\"_blank\">recruiting for ICE Club<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Are you interested in working full-time in the UK after you graduate?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/06\/want-to-work-in-the-uk-after-your-studies-5\/\" target=\"_blank\">Working in the\u00a0UK\u00a0after studies <\/a>sessions\u00a0provide information about Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 5 visa routes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/category\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\">Support<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Anxious about deadlines? <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/13\/anxious-about-deadlines-overwhelmed-with-revision\/?doing_wp_cron=1426250029.3659610748291015625000\" target=\"_blank\">Get free online study support<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/category\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\">Immigration<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2015\/03\/06\/is-your-visa-due-to-expire-soon-6\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is your visa due to expire soon<\/a>? If so, you must attend a group session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/category\/team\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Student Support Team<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 16 March 2015 In this week\u2019s edition\u2026 Social This year&#8217;s SHU Fest was fantastic! There were\u00a050 events across both campuses.\u00a0Watch videos from the events. Take a break from your studies and celebrate Latin American culture with Culture Connect on 18 March. This event is open to all students. Experience African drumming on 1 April &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/this-weeks-news-12\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">This week&#8217;s news<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":1514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-1550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-welcome","tag-monday-16-march-2015"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2015\/03\/Band.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4RiUv-p0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}