Brum Bulletin: Cinema, cruising and Campus 3K
Spoilers ahead! Here's a selection of what's inside:
- Your summer is packed with events to chill, connect with others and more.
- Are you moving out soon? Here’s everything you need to know before you go.
- Free training opportunities and courses to help you grow.
- Happy Pride month! Here's what's on our playlist.
- Bag a £150 Amazon voucher just for telling us what you think.
- Your coffee is on us. Enter our newest competition with Seattle's Best.
News
It's finally time... UoB Xtra kicks off next week!
From Monday 8 – Friday 26 June, get 'Xtra' from your time here with us with our programme of events, challenges, and opportunities that you don’t want to miss.
Unwind with fun social activities to destress and celebrate. Connect with others. And learn new skills and qualifications to level up your LinkedIn profile or CV.
Check this before you move out
From last-minute checks to donating items through Junkbusters, here's seven things to keep in mind before you go.
Your free Language course
Want to learn a new language or build on the skills you developed in school for free? Now's your chance.
Free training with Women's Aid
Learn practical skills for healthy relationships, supporting friends, and future roles in care or teaching.
What we're listening to this Pride month
Happy Pride month! Check out this playlist full of bops, plus spotlights on iconic LGBTQ+ artists – all curated by students Ruby and Holly.
How does a £150 Amazon voucher sound?
Tell us how we’re doing when it comes to communicating with you. Share your feedback to help us improve our communications and you could win a £150 Amazon voucher, just in time for summer.
Undergrads – be in with a chance to win £150!
The Birmingham Student Survey is now open to undergraduates not in the final year. Tell us about your experience at university and enter our prize draw to be in with the chance to win £150 cash. It's that simple.
Dates for your diary (aka things to do)
Fun of the Green Heart
Monday 8 - 12 June, 11:00-18:00
Green Heart
Expect inflatables, games, and plenty of activities to help you decompress.
UoB Xtra Roller Rink
Monday 8 - Friday 12 June, 11:00-19:00
Green Heart
Roll on into this year's UoB Xtra as we bring our exclusive roller rink right to the Green Heart! Whether you glide gracefully or wobble your way round, bring your housemates, coursemates, or whoever you can find for some silly fun this summer
Careers on the Green
Monday 8 - Friday 12 June, 12:00-15:00
Green Heart
The Careers Network team will be out on the Green Heart with a fun, future‑focused careers game, a free selfie station, and (if you’re quick!) free ice creams. It’s a relaxed way to meet the Careers team and think about your next steps.
Outdoor Cinema
Monday 8 - Friday 12 June, various times
Green Heart
During the first week of UoB Xtra, a corner of campus is transformed into an open air cinema, showing two films a day, chosen by students.
Beyond the Pitch: football futures careers event
Wednesday 10 June, 09:30 - 17:00
Spend the day exploring careers in the football industry with professionals. Whether you're a lifelong football fan, interested in sport as a career, or simply curious about using your degree in a new and dynamic industry, come along.
Save a life workshop
Thursday 11 (13:00-15:00) and Tuesday 16 June (09:00-11:00)
Sport and Fitness Centre
The save a life workshop is aimed to teach you the skills you want without the formal assessment. This workshop will cover CPR, use of a defibrillator, what to do if someone is choking and more.
Birmingham Gives is back
Thursday 11 - Friday 12 June
Online
Birmingham Gives returns for an exciting 36-hour online giving event that brings our entire global community together. This is your chance to be part of something powerful and help raise awareness and funding for life-changing scholarships, pioneering medical research and the societies and sports clubs that make campus life unforgettable.
That's not all! Check out the full What's On page for more (https://studentevents.bham.ac.uk/whatson/)
On your marks, get set, go!
Join us on Wednesday 10 June for the annual Campus 3K. Run, walk, hop, skip, or wheel your way around the Edgbaston campus - it's 3k your way!
PGR Corner
The latest updates from the University Doctoral School (UDS) for Postgraduate Researchers.
2026 PGR Talks: Celebrating Black-led research at Birmingham
PGR Talks 2026 will showcase Black-led research being pioneered by Birmingham PGRs. Register to hear new perspectives, connect with fellow researchers, and celebrate the impact of Black-led research across the University.
The latest PGR Development Blog issue: 6 years of research in 3 minutes
The PGR Development Blog is a platform for all PGRs to share your experiences. In the latest issue, 3MT Finalist Helen Pakes reflects on condensing her six years of research in empathy and its role in inhibiting violence into a three-minute 3MT presentation.
Find all PG Research Festival events in one Place
The 2026 PG Research Festival events page is now live! This year it's bigger than ever, pulling together a range of PGR-focused events and opportunities across June – including our annual University Doctoral School Showcase (https://pgrfestival2026.eventbrite.co.uk/) .
PGT Corner
Dissertation dilemmas? Bring them here!
Overthinking your dissertation? So is everyone else. Te Academic Skills Centre is running ‘PGT Dissertation Conversations’ – a chance for PGTs to come together and chat about all things dissertation with others who get it. Join in person or online – because nobody should do a dissertation alone!
Complete the Birmingham Award with Distinction during UoB Xtra
There’s still time to complete the Birmingham Award with Distinction before you complete your postgrad studies! If you’d like some recognition for your commitment to your employability, come along to find out more about the Birmingham Award with Distinction – Postgraduate on 15th June 13.00 – 14.00.
Do you know these queer Brummie icons?
Happy Pride month! From activists and community leaders to changemakers who paved the way for equality, discover those whose courage and contributions continue to inspire and empower our local LGBTQ+ community.
Thanks for scrolling this far. You've unlocked a freebie
Shoutout to Paola who won a summer experience with Winterbourne in the last Brum Bulletin competition. Is it your time to bag a freebie?
Did someone say free coffee?!
To celebrate the recently launched Seattle's Best over at Alan Walters, we're giving away a £25 voucher to one of you.
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