{"id":986,"date":"2014-12-24T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T09:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/?p=986"},"modified":"2015-01-05T10:18:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T10:18:16","slug":"this-weeks-news-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/this-weeks-news-8\/","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s news"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2014\/12\/24\/this-weeks-news-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday 24\u00a0December 2014<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">In this week\u2019s edition\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/category\/social-activities\/\">Social<\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out our extensive events calendar and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/events-65\/\" target=\"_blank\">book your place for events<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Find out more about our highly successful mentoring scheme &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2014\/12\/10\/culture-connect-learning-through-sharing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Culture Connect<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Meet people from around the world at the special <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2014\/12\/19\/goglobal-conversation-club\/\" target=\"_blank\">GoGlobal Conversation Club<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2014\/12\/22\/global-community-launch-event\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global Community <\/a>launch event, a brand new Students&#8217; Union society.<\/li>\n<li>Learn more about how <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2014\/12\/22\/tea-makes-the-world-go-round\/\" target=\"_blank\">tea makes the world go round <\/a>from the Tea Drinking Society.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/category\/employability\/\">Employability<\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Go Global \u00a0Week will be taking place from 26-30 January.\u00a0Find out how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2014\/12\/22\/boost-your-future-career-with-culture-connect\/\" target=\"_blank\">boost your career with Culture Connect<\/a>\u00a0by training as a mentor or mentee.<\/li>\n<li>Attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2014\/12\/22\/want-to-work-in-the-uk-after-your-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\">working in the UK after studies<\/a> workshop and find out about possible visa routes for international graduates into full-time work.<\/li>\n<li>Get involved in the biggest student festival at Sheffield Hallam, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2014\/12\/19\/got-a-hidden-talent\/\" target=\"_blank\">SHU Fest<\/a>! Organise an event and make your CV stand out to employers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/category\/immigration\/\">Immigration<\/a><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Is your visa due to expire soon? You must attend a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/isnews\/2014\/12\/19\/is-your-visa-due-to-expire-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\">group session<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We wish you all a merry Christmas! The university is now closed and will re-open on the 5 January. See you all in 2015!<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/internationalstudentsbulletin\/category\/support-team\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">International Student Support Team<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday 24\u00a0December 2014 In this week\u2019s edition\u2026 Social Check out our extensive events calendar and book your place for events. Find out more about our highly successful mentoring scheme &#8211;Culture Connect. 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