{"id":1960,"date":"2020-04-06T17:54:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2021-08-04T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T08:50:34","slug":"virtual-buddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/2020\/04\/06\/virtual-buddies\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Buddies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/files\/2020\/04\/Virtual-Buddies-Summer-2021.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3038\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/files\/2020\/04\/Virtual-Buddies-Summer-2021-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/files\/2020\/04\/Virtual-Buddies-Summer-2021-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/files\/2020\/04\/Virtual-Buddies-Summer-2021-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/files\/2020\/04\/Virtual-Buddies-Summer-2021-768x256.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meeting new people, socialising with friends and catching up with other students doesn\u2019t have to end when staying inside. Sign up to our summer virtual buddy scheme, and we will randomly pair you up with another student. Meet your new buddy for a suggested time of 30 minutes to 1 hour.<\/p>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve made contact, it\u2019s up to you to organise when and how to meet. Whether via zoom, at the park, or over coffee, remember this is a social meet where you can connect with someone over summer. These are just guidelines, it\u2019s your call how you move forward.<br \/>\nIf you ever want to opt-out, please email <a href=\"mailto:hallamhelp@shu.ac.uk\">hallamhelp@shu.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, happy chatting!<\/p>\n<p>Add another plan to your summer diary and sign up here:<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/unihub.shu.ac.uk\/Form.aspx?id=1217825\">tinyurl.com\/virtualbuddies<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Last deadline: <strong>Wednesday 11 August<\/strong>\u00a0(end of day)<\/p>\n<p><del>If you miss the deadline, you\u2019ll be included in the next match which resets every 2 weeks.<\/del><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Meeting new people, socialising with friends and catching up with other students doesn\u2019t have to end when staying inside. Sign up to our summer virtual <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/2020\/04\/06\/virtual-buddies\/\" title=\"Virtual Buddies\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":9804,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phg6as-vC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3092,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions\/3092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}