Student Life Festival: Spring Student Life Festival 2023

10.30am - 2.30pm

National Student Money week Market place event (Student Life Building ground floor)

Learn about looking after your money and making it go further by speaking to our Student Finance Advisers and specialist organisations and charities including HSBC, the national organisations Stop Loan Sharks and Citizens Advice, our own local police force Cleveland Police and the local charity Victim Care and Support (VCAS). 

11am - 12

and

1pm - 2pm

Together Against Fraud - HSBC workshop (TG.06 The Curve)

During this workshop, HSBC will provide money advice  on campus to students with the focus being around the area of fraud and scams and how students can protect themselves.

Click here to book 11am - 12 workshop

Click here to book 1pm - 2pm workshop

Teesside Sports Clubs (Student Life Building ground floor)

Come and find out about health and wellbeing, gym memberships, clubs and other initiatives.

12 - 1pm

Adobe Express Posts Digital workshop (Student Life Building ground floor, G.05)

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Adobe Express Videos Digital workshop (Student Life Building ground floor, G.05)

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11am - 2pm

Student Learning (Student Life Building ground floor)

TU and you - where do you feel you most belong?

Help, support and Volunteering (Student Life Building ground floor)

Boro Angels - A caring presence on the Streets, helping keep Middlesbrough's Community safe 

Durham County Council’s Parks and Countryside service are passionate about the environment. Why not join one of our rangers and gain first hand insight into how sites are managed for conservation as well as learning practical skill. Or join our outdoor learning team and teach others about wildlife and the impacts climate change is having at a local level. 

English Language Café – an opportunity to meet and chat to international students, providing information and advice about life in the UK, Middlesbrough and at university to help them improve their English 

Nitelightcic work with individuals, families and local communities to help change lives, improve people’s health and raise awareness 

Volun-tees – find out more about how you can get involved in volunteering both on campus and in the local community 

My Sisters Place - My Sisters Place is an independent specialist ‘One Stop Shop’ for women aged 16 or over and have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence. Find out more about they work that they do

National Student Money week - Finance Adviser/ Blackbullion (Student Life Building ground floor)

Come along to our finance and Blackbullion stand. We will have our Student Finance Advisers on hand to answer any of your queries. You will be able to learn about Blackbullion, a free online service for Teesside University students that offers a wide range of money advice and resources. There will be multiple opportunities to win prizes, including £250 in supermarket vouchers.

BRIT Challenge - Origami cranes (Student Life Building, 1st Floor, The Lounge)

Sometimes to relax, you need to focus on a single, finite task. Take ten minutes to create a crane with us.

BRIT Challenge - 8 Minute Yoga (Student Life Building, 1st Floor, room 1.26)

Stretch your body and relax your mind. It’s surprising how little time you need to make steady changes. Join us for a relaxing 8 minute yoga session.

10.30am - 3.30pm

National Student Money week - Finance Adviser/ Blackbullion (Student Life Building ground floor)

Come along to our finance and Blackbullion stand. We will have our Student Finance Advisers on hand to answer any of your queries. You will be able to learn about Blackbullion, a free online service for Teesside University students that offers a wide range of money advice and resources. There will be multiple opportunities to win prizes, including £250 in supermarket vouchers.

Relationship Workshop (Student Life Building room 1.26)

We would like to invite you to attend our relationship workshop.

The aim of the session is to help gain a better understanding of relationships and insight into your own relationships needs. It will be delivered with a power point presentation and there will the opportunity to speak and interact with staff and share your ideas, but this is voluntary. Please email counselling@tees.ac.uk if you would like to attend.  

Student Learning (Student Life Building ground floor)

TU and you - where do you feel you most belong?

11am

12.30pm

1.30pm

BRIT Challenge - Meet @ MIMA (Student Life Building, Ground floor, reception)

Take a walk with us to MIMA art gallery, a great place to catch-up with friends, see some wonderful artwork, and bring your kids at the weekend. University staff and students get a 10% discount in the café.

BRIT Challenge - Reading (Student Life Building, Ground floor)

Reading is a great way to relax. Pick up a book, join the University book club or take ten minutes with a short story.

BRIT Challenge - Share a game

Ten minutes is all it takes. Borrow one of our games and play with your mates;

Connect over Connect4, build towers with Jenga and Guess Who? Unwind and carry on with your day.

2pm

3pm

4pm

Certify as a Microsoft & Adobe Specialist - Certifications Test Fest

Boost your employability and digital skills by sitting an official free test.

Sit the test on campus from the Student Life Building, book your place now for a free Adobe and Microsoft certification opportunity..

10am - 11am

11am - 2pm

Student Learning (Student Life Building ground floor)

TU and you - where do you feel you most belong?

11am -2pm

FurbdIT - Collecting unwanted devices and IT equipment  (Student Life Building ground floor)

FurbdIT is reducing digital poverty by collecting unwanted devices and IT equipment and making it available to the people who need it most. By collecting, recycling and refurbishing no longer used equipment from businesses and individuals furbdit is able to reduce waste and negative effect on the environment. Working with a wide range of partners, who work with the most digitally excluded, devices and equipment are distributed making a real difference in the lives of local people and groups. Connecting people and increasing access to technology.

10am - 3pm

Voting for students  (Student Life Building ground floor)

A Council representative will be available to help with information on voting for students including information for international students and voting in the UK.

National Student Money week - Finance Adviser/ Blackbullion (Student Life Building ground floor)

Come along to our finance and Blackbullion stand. We will have our Student Finance Advisers on hand to answer any of your queries. You will be able to learn about Blackbullion, a free online service for Teesside University students that offers a wide range of money advice and resources. There will be multiple opportunities to win prizes, including £250 in supermarket vouchers.

10am - 11am

Budgeting basics workshop  - National Student Money week (The Curve, TG.06)

If you want to get on top of your budget and don’t know where to start this session is for you. This workshop will explain basic budgeting tips and explore how you can organise your money and reduce your stress

Click here to book 10am - 11am workshop

11:30am - 12:30pm

and

1 - 2pm

Healthy eating on a budget workshop - National Student Money week - (The Curve, TG.04)

This session will look at how much students do and can afford to spend on food and pick up some useful hints, tips or inspirational resources for preparing food without it eating away at your bank balance. We will also look at the importance of planning and take a realistic approach to healthy eating.

Click here to book 11.30am - 12.30 workshop

Click here to book 1pm - 2pm workshop

BRIT Challenge - Follow the sheep!! (Student Life Building, Ground floor, reception)

The Library sheep have gotten loose and have been seen all over campus. Can you follow the sheep and find some places to relax and take a break?

BRIT Challenge - 8 minute yoga (Ground Floor Atrium, National Horizons Centre, Darlington Campus)

Stretch your body and relax your mind. It’s surprising how little time you need to make steady changes. Join us at Darlington Campus for a relaxing 8-minute yoga session.

10am - 2pm

Digital City - Digital skills showcase  (Student Life Building ground floor)

National Student Money week - Finance Adviser/ Blackbullion (Student Life Building ground floor)

Come along to our finance and Blackbullion stand. We will have our Student Finance Advisers on hand to answer any of your queries. You will be able to learn about Blackbullion, a free online service for Teesside University students that offers a wide range of money advice and resources. There will be multiple opportunities to win prizes, including £250 in supermarket vouchers.

11am -2pm

FurbdIT - Collecting unwanted devices and IT equipment  (Student Life Building ground floor)

FurbdIT is reducing digital poverty by collecting unwanted devices and IT equipment and making it available to the people who need it most. By collecting, recycling and refurbishing no longer used equipment from businesses and individuals furbdit is able to reduce waste and negative effect on the environment. Working with a wide range of partners, who work with the most digitally excluded, devices and equipment are distributed making a real difference in the lives of local people and groups. Connecting people and increasing access to technology.

10 - 11am

Budgeting basics workshop - National Student Money week (The Curve, T.06)

If you want to get on top of your budget and don’t know where to start this session is for you. This workshop will explain basic budgeting tips and explore how you can organise your money and reduce your stress.

Click here to book 10am - 11am workshop