{"id":1051,"date":"2019-09-16T09:42:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T09:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2019-09-19T11:58:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T11:58:27","slug":"how-to-make-the-most-of-freshers-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/how-to-make-the-most-of-freshers-week\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make the most of freshers&#8217; week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/James-Dylag-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-667 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/James-Dylag-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>By James Dylag, BA Business Management<\/p>\n<p>Freshers&#8217; week is one of the most \u2018hyped-up\u2019 events in every student\u2019s calendar. There are so many things going on it can be overwhelming; this post is all about making your week as fun as possible.<\/p>\n<p>In Intro Week and the first week of term, the Students&#8217; Union hosts loads of events, like the freshers&#8217; fair. This is an event held on campus and is massively popular with all students. At the fair, you\u2019ll find stands occupied by loads of different companies (Domino&#8217;s, Nandos, and ASOS are regulars), who will be giving out loads of freebies and hosting different\u00a0games to take part in\u00a0(often with prizes).\u00a0Freshers&#8217; fair is ideal for a day out with your new <a href=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/30002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1052 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/30002-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/30002-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/30002-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/30002.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>flatmates, and maybe even a way to get your\u00a0\u00a0hands on some store cupboard essentials! The freshers&#8217; fair is usually held in the Octagon Centre, right next door to the Students Union. You can find out what events are being held this year by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/yoursu.sheffield.ac.uk\/articles\/welcome-to-sheffield-intro-2019\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing you can do during freshers&#8217; week is get to know your university clubs and societies, and you can do this by attending the club and society fair during freshers&#8217; week. Joining societies is a great way to get involved in extra-curricular activities and expand your group of friends. Societies usually have a small fee to join (mostly they&#8217;re around \u00a35), but after joining you\u2019ll be invited to all events hosted by the society. Find a list of societies at Sheffield <a href=\"https:\/\/su.sheffield.ac.uk\/groups\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During freshers&#8217; week, it is inevitable that you\u2019re going to end up on a few\u00a0nights out. Moving to a new city, you might not be massively clued up on where to go. A safe bet is to look towards your new Students Union. At Sheffield, we\u2019re lucky enough to have an SU that puts on loads\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1053 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SUU-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SUU-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SUU.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/>of club nights during freshers&#8217; week (and all year round) \u2013 these are a great place to meet fellow freshers, get to know campus and the safe bet to have a good night. If a night out isn&#8217;t your thing, there&#8217;s still loads to do &#8211; the SU has its own cinema, and this year is hosting its own street food market!<\/p>\n<p>I hope this post has been useful and answered some questions you might have had about freshers&#8217; week, but most importantly\u2026 remember to enjoy it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Dylag, BA Business Management Freshers&#8217; week is one of the most \u2018hyped-up\u2019 events in every student\u2019s calendar. There are so many things going on it can be overwhelming; this post is all about making your week as fun as possible. In Intro Week and the first week of term, the Students&#8217; Union hosts &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/how-to-make-the-most-of-freshers-week\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to make the most of freshers&#8217; week!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,61,11,74],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.dept.shef.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}