Brunel Student Diary 2009/10

Monday 21 September

Tuesday 22 September

Wednesday 23 September

With realisation of your own potential and self-confidence in your ability, you can build a better world. - Dalai Lama

21 - 27 September 2009

Freshers’ Fayre: Indoor Athletics Centre

Thursday 24 September

Friday 25 September

Saturday 26 September

Sunday 27 September

This week is Freshers’ Week. Make sure

you get involved and go to as much as

you can.

Freshers’ Fayre is Tuesday of this week

in the Indoor Athletics Centre - and it’s

unmissable!

This week:

Monday 28 September

Tuesday 29 September

Wednesday 30 September

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. - US journalist Dorothy Thompson

28 September - 4 October 2009

Autumn Elections: Nominations Open

Thursday 1 October

Friday 2 October

Saturday 3 October

Sunday 4 October

Nominations for Autumn Elections open on 28th

September. www.brunelstudents.com/elections

has all the information you need!

Nominations open for Student Rep elections.

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/studentreps to

find out more.

This week:

Monday 5 October

Tuesday 6 October

Wednesday 7 October

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

5 - 11 October 2009

Autumn Elections: Nominations Close

Thursday 8 October

Friday 9 October

Saturday 10 October

Sunday 11 October

Black History Month lasts throughout October.

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/BHM for more

information!

This week:

Monday 12 October

Tuesday 13 October

Wednesday 14 October

It is amazing how much you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit - Harry Truman, US President 1945 – 53

12 - 18 October 2009

Thursday 15 October

Friday 16 October

Saturday 17 October

Sunday 18 October

Campaign Week for the Autumn elections -

make sure you speak to the candidates.

You can now vote for your student reps. Visit

www.brunelstudents.com to find out how.

This week:

Monday 19 October

Tuesday 20 October


Pain is temporary, quitting is forever - Lance Armstrong

12 - 25 October 2009

Autumn Elections: Vote Today!



Thursday 22 October

Friday 23 October

Saturday 24 October

Sunday 25 October

Make sure you VOTE in the Autumn

Elections!

This week:

Monday 26 October

Tuesday 27 October


Do one thing everyday that scares you

26 October - 1 November 2009

Make A Difference Day (MADD)

Thursday 29 October

Friday 30 October

Saturday 31 October

Sunday 1 November

Wear it Pink for Breast Cancer awareness

happens on the 30th October.

It’s also Make A Difference Day on 28th

October.

This week:

Wear it PINK for Breast Cancer Awareness

Monday 2 November

Tuesday 3 November

Wednesday 4 November

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin

2 - 8 November 2009

Thursday 5 November

Friday 6 November

Saturday 7 November

Sunday 8 November

Students in the Red: Broke and Broken

campaign on 5th November.

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/campaigns

to find out more and get involved.

This week:

Monday 9 November

Tuesday 10 November


The ultimate test of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and moments of convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and controversy. – Martin Luther King

9 - 15 November 2009

Thursday 12 November

Friday 13 November

Saturday 14 November

Sunday 15 November

It’s Reading Week if you’re in Arts,

Business, DISC, Law or Social Sciences.

This week:

Monday 16 November

Tuesday 17 November


Genius is 1 per cent inspiration, and 99 per cent perspiration - Thomas Edison

16 - 22 November 2009


Friday 20 November


Sunday 22 November

Global Enterprise Week

This week:

Monday 23 November

Tuesday 24 November


Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful - Albert Schweitzer

23 - 29 November 2009


Friday 27 November


Sunday 29 November

It’s Green Week!

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/green for

details.

Make sure you attend the UBS Annual

General Meeting on Thursday 26th

November.

This week:

UBS Annual General Meeting

Monday 30 November

Tuesday 1 December

Wednesday 2 December

You must be the change you want to see in the world - Ghandi

30 November - 6 December 2009

Thursday 3 December

Friday 4 December

Saturday 5 December

Sunday 6 December

SHAG Week:

Sexual Health Awareness and Guidance

Week on campus.

Visit www.brunelstudents.com for more

information!

This week:

Monday 7 December

Tuesday 8 December


Remember that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum

7 - 13 December 2009

Thursday 10 December

Friday 11 December

Saturday 12 December

Sunday 13 December

Christmas Volunteering week - visit

www.brunelstudents.com/volunteering for

more info!

This week:

Monday 14 December

Tuesday 15 December


If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. - John Quincy Adams

14 - 20 December 2009


Friday 18 December


Sunday 20 December

Union General Meeting on Thursday 17th

December - don’t miss it!

This week:

Monday 21 December

Tuesday 22 December


We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle

21 - 27 December 2009


Friday 25 December


Sunday 27 December

Christmas Holiday

This week:

Monday 28 December

Tuesday 29 December


Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. - Confucius

28 December 2009 - 3 January 2010


Friday 1 January

Saturday 2 January

Sunday 3 January

Christmas Holiday

This week:

Monday 4 January

Tuesday 5 January

Wednesday 6 January

Hope is but the dream of those that wake. - Matthew Prior

4 - 10 January 2010

Thursday 7 January

Friday 8 January

Saturday 9 January

Sunday 10 January

Monday 11 January

Tuesday 12 January

Wednesday 13 January

There is more to life than increasing its speed. - Mahatma Ghandi

11 - 17 January 2010

Thursday 14 January

Friday 15 January

Saturday 16 January

Sunday 17 January

Reading Week for the School of Arts.

This week:

Monday 18 January

Tuesday 19 January


Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. - Leon J. Suenes

18 - 24 January 2010

Thursday 21 January

Friday 22 January

Saturday 23 January

Sunday 24 January

Club and Society photoshoots! If you’re a

member, make sure you don’t miss it.

This week:

Monday 25 January

Tuesday 26 January


The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt

25 - 31 January 2010

Thursday 28 January

Friday 29 January

Saturday 30 January

Sunday 31 January

RAG Week -do fun/crazy stuff for charity.

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/RAG

This week:

Monday 1 February

Tuesday 2 February

Wednesday 3 February

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees! - Emiliano Zapata

1 - 7 February 2010

Thursday 4 February

Friday 5 February

Saturday 6 February

Sunday 7 February

Student Life week including the ARC

Housing Fayre!

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/ARC for

more information on both.

This week:

Monday 8 February

Tuesday 9 February


If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. - A. A. Milne

8 - 14 February 2010

Spring Elections: Nominations Open

Thursday 11 February

Friday 12 February

Saturday 13 February

Sunday 14 February

Islamic Awareness Week.

Chinese New Year on Wednesday 10th

February.

Nominations open for the UBS Spring

Elections on 8th February - visit

www.brunelstudents.com/elections for

information.

This week:

Monday 15 February

Tuesday 16 February


What does not destroy me, makes me stronger. - Friedrich Nietzsche

15 - 21 February 2010


Friday 19 February


Sunday 21 February

Nominations are still open for the UBS

Spring elections. Why not stand for a

position?

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/elections

This week:

Monday 22 February

Tuesday 23 February


If you judge people, you have no time to love them. - Mother Teresa

22 - 28 February 2010

Spring Elections: Nominations Close


Friday 26 February


Sunday 28 February

One World Week.

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/OWW for

more information.

It’s also the Dance Show on 25th - 27th

- make sure you get tickets as it always

sells out!

This week:

Dance Show

Dance Show

Dance Show

Monday 1 March

Tuesday 2 March

Wednesday 3 March

Shoot for the moon, for even if you miss, you will land amongst the stars - Walt Disney

1 - 7 March 2010

Thursday 4 March

Friday 5 March

Saturday 6 March

Sunday 7 March

Campaigns week for the Spring elections.

Talk to candidates on the concourse!

This week:

Monday 8 March

Tuesday 9 March

Wednesday 10 March

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. - Mark Twain

8 - 14 March 2010

Spring Elections: Vote today!



Thursday 11 March

Friday 12 March

Saturday 13 March

Sunday 14 March

Make sure you vote in the Spring Elections

from 8th - 10th March.

This week:

Monday 15 March

Tuesday 16 March

Wednesday 17 March

Decisions are made by those who show up. - CJ Cregg, The West Wing

15 - 21 March 2010

Thursday 18 March

Friday 19 March

Saturday 20 March

Sunday 21 March

Want to be a Student Rep? Nominations

are open.

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/studentreps

for more information.

This week:

Monday 22 March

Tuesday 23 March

Wednesday 24 March

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. - Sir Winston Churchill

22 - 28 March 2010

Thursday 25 March

Friday 26 March

Saturday 27 March

Sunday 28 March

Student Reps: Nominations close on 26th

March! Get those forms in or apply online

at www.brunelstudents.com/studentreps

This week:

Monday 29 March

Tuesday 30 March

Wednesday 31 March

If you are not free to choose wrongly and irresponsibly, you are not free at all. - Jacob G. Hornberger

29 March - 4 April 2010

Thursday 1 April

Friday 2 April

Saturday 3 April

Sunday 4 April

NUS Conference is this week!

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/NUS for

information.

This week:

Monday 5 April

Tuesday 6 April

Wednesday 7 April

Do, or do not. There is no ‘try.’ - Jedi Master Yoda

5 - 11 April 2010

Thursday 8 April

Friday 9 April

Saturday 10 April

Sunday 11 April

Easter Holiday

This week:

Monday 12 April

Tuesday 13 April

Wednesday 14 April

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. - Dalai Lama

12 - 18 April 2010

Thursday 15 April

Friday 16 April

Saturday 17 April

Sunday 18 April

Easter Holiday

This week:

Monday 19 April

Tuesday 20 April

Wednesday 21 April

You do not have to see the entire staircase to take the first step - Martin Luther King, Jr

19 - 25 April 2010

Thursday 22 April

Friday 23 April

Saturday 24 April

Sunday 25 April

Varsity! Come and cheer on Brunel’s

sports teams!

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/varsity for

more information.

Student Rep elections run from 16th - 24th

April.

This week:

Monday 26 April

Tuesday 27 April

Wednesday 28 April

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. - Thomas Dewar

26 April - 2 May 2010

Thursday 29 April

Friday 30 April

Saturday 1 May

Sunday 2 May

Exams. Check your timetable!

This week:

Monday 3 May

Tuesday 4 May

Wednesday 5 May

You will never “find” time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. - Charles Bruxton

3 - 9 May 2010

Thursday 6 May

Friday 7 May

Saturday 8 May

Sunday 9 May

Exams

This week:

Monday 10 May

Tuesday 11 May

Wednesday 12 May

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant. – Martin Luther King

10 - 16 May 2010

Thursday 13 May

Friday 14 May

Saturday 15 May

Sunday 16 May

Final week of exams

Graduation Balls for final year students -

check www.brunelstudents.com/gradball

for information.

This week:

Monday 17 May

Tuesday 18 May

Wednesday 19 May

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with. - Michael Jackson

17 - 23 May 2010

Thursday 20 May

Friday 21 May

Saturday 22 May

Sunday 23 May

Refreshers Week - Don’t go home just yet!

Visit www.brunelstudents.com/refreshers.

Union General Meeting is on Thursday

20th May - make sure you’re there!

This week:

UBS Union General Meeting

Monday 24 May

Tuesday 25 May

Wednesday 26 May

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama

24 - 30 May 2010

Thursday 27 May

Friday 28 May

Saturday 29 May

Sunday 30 May

Summer Holiday starts

This week:

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