Summer is famed in the HE world as conference season and we’re excited to be popping up at some brilliant events, so we thought we’d share
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Today we hosted the final Student Opportunities Managers Network session of 2025-26 and shared plans for the future of ‘SOMN’
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The way we support student groups to operate safely is changing and we want to facilitate our collective work in this space.
We’ve just launched a new, 9-month programme to do this work and we’re inviting you to join us.
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In March we launched the Safe Adventures report; the output of a year-long collaborative consultancy project we’ve led. Supported by Howden and NUS Charity and funded by 16 fantastic students’ unions. The report recommendations will fundamentally shift how we support student group safety.
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We are feeling ORGANISED (okay okay, and FUN!) this week and wanted to share what we’ve got planned so far for 2026. We’ve had feedback that it’s useful to know dates and prices for our training as early as possible so you can plan them in. In that spirit we thought it would be nice to share our ongoing consultancy projects and explain how you might work with us that way too.
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A space for SU staff, officers, and partners to share ideas, challenges, and emerging practice as we shape this work together. We meet online once a month, generally on a Monday morning, to explore case studies and discuss what’s working across the sector.
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Organised Fun are running a series of online focus groups bringing together leaders of student groups from across the UK who are involved in outdoor pursuits. We’d love you to take part.
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Since June 2025, we’ve been working with students’ unions, national governing bodies, outdoor pursuits organisations, NUS Charity and Howden to create and start work on a new collective programme.
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When we kicked off the very first Student Opportunities Managers Network (SOMN) meeting back in October 2024, there were just 13 of us on the call. We swapped ideas for super-niche clubs and societies we’d love to start, laughed over a scavenger hunt, and shared our experiences of the Welcome period. It was informal, friendly, and full of practical ideas - exactly the kind of space we wanted to create.
Fast forward to today, and our network has grown to over 100 members. Each with knowledge and experience that makes the network what it is, a place to share what works, tackle challenges together, and leave each conversation with something tangible to try.
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