Speed friending

Wednesday 14 February 2024 - 3pm - 5pm
The Pump House, Docklands

Valentine's Day? More like Pal-entine's Day...

This Valentine's Day, it’s important to remember that friendships are just as important as romantic relationships in maintaining your wellbeing. We all need human connection in order to be our happiest selves!

If you're a student looking to meet others, we can help with that! Make friends fast at our new student networking event. Meet other students and find common ground with your peers.

Whether you bond over food, sport, movies, books, or anything else, join us for a hot drink and chat with other students.

Introverted? Why not bring someone you’ve already met during your studies and find other pairs of students to talk to? We’ll provide some conversation starters and human bingo cards to help you get talking!

Human bingo works like this:

• On arrival you will receive a game card and a bingo pen.

• The card will have statements on it like ‘has a pet’ or ‘is a parent’.

• You will then need to start up conversations with other students in the room to find out if they can relate to any of the statements on your card.

• If they do, you can tick it off.

• Try to tick off all the statements on the card, and where possible, find a different person to help you tick off each statement.

 

  • Please bring your student ID card to all events.
  • This event is for UEL students only.
  • We encourage both groups of students and individuals to attend. Bring your friends or come solo!
  • If you have any accessibility requirements that you need to make us aware of prior to the event, please contact our reception on students.union@uel.ac.uk.