Heriot-Watt University Student Union

⭐️COMPETITION TIME⭐️ Do you have a passion for all things creative and sustainable 🌿📸? We are teaming up with the university’s global environmental sustainable team, the Eco Society and the Photography Society to offer this competition for you to get creative and use your imagination to capture what’s important to you about sustainability. You can submit to three different categories: 📷Photography 🖌Art and Creative Imagery 🎥 Moving pictures The competition is now live, and the deadline is May 4th!!! 👉Click the link to find out more and enter the competition- https://heriotwatt.sharepoint.com/sites/Newsletter/SitePages/Launch%20of%20%27Our%20World%20of%20Sustainability%27%20Photography%20and%20Creative%20Arts%20competition.aspx We can’t wait to see what you all come up with 😊.

Imagine turning information about sustainability into a COMIC BOOK 👀... well you can!!! Dekko Comics are coming in to help us turn our thoughts on sustainability into a fun and cretaive comic book🌿💥. 📅Friday 28th March ⏰11:30am 📍Student Union- Meeting Room 1 Book your free spot today! You don't want to miss out on some free pizza and cake 😊. 👉Click the link to get your ticket- https://hwunion.native.fm/event/comic-creation-and-sustainability/251770

Some good beer and the Scottish sun what more could you want? 🍻☀️ The 38th annual Heriot-Watt Beer Festival is this Friday and Saturday! 📍Zeros in the student union 📆 21st and 22nd March (12pm-12am) Open to all but you must be over 18 to purchase and drink alcohol! 👉If you haven’t got your ticket yet there’s still time! Head over to our website to check out the event! See you there 🍻

WATT A NIGHT 🤩!!! The first ever Watt Fest saw an incredible turnout with everyone enjoying the live performances we had, as well as the food and drink trucks and carnival stalls. A massive thank you to everyone who performed and helped make this possible 😊!

1 day to go till Watt Fest! And did you know it’s now FREE?!🎉 📍Walled Garden at Oriam ⏰ 5:30PM-10PM After 10PM the party moves into the late lounge held at the Student Union! We have our headliner Definitely Might be, DJ Jordyn Kelly and some student and staff performers! There will be lots of tasty food trucks on site such as Salt & Chilli truck and a donut stand! 👉You can get your free ticket by visiting the link in our bio or visiting our website! If you have already purchased a ticket you will have received an email from us with further details!

VOTING IS OPEN!!! 🗳 Voting for both Student Union and Sports Union elections are now open. You can vote for your favourite candidates either online or at the polls next to the Student Shop. So what are you waiting for? Have your say! You have until 1pm on Friday to cast your votes 😊. 👉Click the link to vote- https://www.hwunion.com/elections/

Have you voted yet?🤔 We have the in-person polling station open 11am-3pm every day this week!🗳️ 📍The Hugh Nisbett Building(right beside our shop!) 👉You can also vote through the website and check out each candidates manifestos

Thats a wrap! We really hope you enjoyed all the events we had running last week! 🎉 What was your favourite event?🧐 We want you to remember that just because S.H.A.G Week is over it doesn’t mean those important conversations are over too. We have our Advice Hub which is open Monday- Friday, 10am-4pm, based in the Hugh Nisbet Building, our advisors are here to help with a range of different topics, don’t struggle in silence pop in and have a chat! 😊 You can find out more information about the Advice Hub on our website.

It costs nothing to be kind, so why not do something for a friend or even a stranger 😊. 17th February is Random Acts of Kindness Day, meaning it is the perfect day for you to do something nice to cheer someone up. This could be from complimenting someone’s outfit to sending a positive text message to someone who might need it or even just smiling at a stranger. Whether it’s big or small, no doubt it will be appreciated. So why not make someone’s day!

Student Led Event Fund!

Are you interested in running an event for a cultural celebration, cause or interest you're passionate about? 🧐 Let's us at The Student Union and the University help bring those events to reality! You can apply for full funding to create an impactful student event, yes you read that right FULL funding! Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! 👉Click this link to fill out the form with the details of your event! https://www.hwunion.com/event-fund/

What are you most looking forward to during S.H.A.G Week? Leave a comment letting us know! 👉Click the link to find out more about S.H.A.G Week- https://www.hwunion.com/news/article/hwunion/SHAG-Week-2025/