September
Take advantage of being in the heart of the Capital with the latest academic, cultural and nightlife events with our Unlocking London entertainments programme. Make yourself at home at Guy’s Bar and Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, they’re your spaces to relax in and enjoy.
Find full events listings, tickets and details about sports trials and auditions at kclsu.org/freshers. This guide was correct at the time it was published. Keep checking kclsu.org/freshers for up-to-date event info and to find out more.
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GKT MSA: GKT Clinical Fayre 10am to 5pm The Spit, Boland House, Guy’s Campus
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Our student activity groups, societies and sports clubs are hosting events throughout the month to give you a taste of what they do and to welcome you to KCLSU. If you’re a Medical student, the GKT Medical Students’ Association (GKT MSA) has put on events especially for you too!
Waterfront Bar & Kitchen: Great British Food Menu 12pm Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, Macadam Building, Strand Campus
Strand Christian Union: Welcome Picnic 1pm St James’s Park Unlocking London: Freshers’ Ice Breaker 10pm Ministry of Sound, Gaunt Street £10 advance, £20 VIP + booking fee
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With hundreds of events taking place from 8 to 30 September, Freshers’ Month has something for everyone.
GKT MSA: Meet and Greet 12pm to 4pm The Quad, Guy’s Campus Marrow: Treasure Hunt 1pm to 5pm The Spit, Boland House, Guy’s Campus Guy’s Christian Union: Photo Hunt 3pm Meet at St James’s Park tube station
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GKT MSA: Lock & Key Party 9pm ‘til late Guy’s Bar, Boland House, Guy’s Campus
GKT MSA: MSA Peer Support Advice Drop In 9am to 4pm The Spit, Boland House, Guy’s Campus Pharmacology: Meet and Greet 11am to 3pm The Quad, Guy’s Campus Strand Christian Union: Sports Afternoon 2pm St James’s Park Friends of Médicins Sans Frontières: Open Air Film Screening of ‘Unlimited’ 4pm The Quad, Guy’s Campus The King’s Players Presents: Tequila Mockingbird 6pm to 11.30pm Adventure Bar, Bedford Street, Covent Garden GKT MSA: Toga Party 8pm ‘til late The Quad, Guy’s Campus and then The Coronet, Elephant & Castle Unlocking London: International Mixer 10pm to 3am XOYO, Cowper Street, Shoreditch £3 + booking fee
KCLSU Events Guide
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GKT MSA: GKT Freshers’ Fayre 10am to 5pm The Spit and Activity Room 2, Boland House, Guy’s Campus
KCLSU: Freshers’ Fair 10am to 5pm (last entry 4pm) Barbican Centre, Exhibition Hall 2
Dance Society: Taster Day 11am to 4pm Activity Room 2, Boland House, Guy’s Campus
Guy’s Christian Union: Grub Crawl 7pm Meet outside Boland House, Guy’s Campus
RAG: RAG Race 2pm Guy’s Bar, Boland House, Guy’s Campus £3 for just the RAG Race, £5 for RAG Race and afterparty
King’s Shakespeare Company: The Shakespeare Tour of London 11am The Globe Theatre, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside
Physiotherapy: Freshers’ Greet, Gin and Picnic 3.30pm Tabard Gardens, Southwark
GKT Women’s Rugby Club: A Taste of the Ball 11.30am to 3pm The Quad, Guy’s Campus
Guy’s Christian Union: Bowling/Movie Night 7pm Meet outside Boland House, Guy’s Campus
Squash Club: Freshers’ BBQ 2pm Burgess Park, Southwark
Unlocking London: Red Card - The Warm Up 9.30pm to 1am Walkabout Temple £3 + booking fee
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KCLSU: Freshers’ Fair 11am to 6pm (last entry 5pm) Barbican Centre, Exhibition Hall 2 Strand Christian Union: Quiz at Starbucks 5pm Starbucks, 30-32 Fleet Street GKT MSA: Beach Party 7pm to 2am The Quad, Guy’s Campus Guy’s Bar: Beatz - Freshers’ Special 9pm to 2am Guy’s Bar, Boland House, Guy’s Campus £3 Unlocking London: Freshers’ Rave 10pm Fabric, Charterhouse Street, Farringdon £8 early bird, £10 standard, £20 VIP + booking fee
KCL Men’s Rugby: Welcome Drinks 8pm Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, Macadam Building, Strand Campus Waterfront Bar & Kitchen: Last Friday of Freshers’ 9pm to 3am Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, Macadam Building, Strand Campus
Guy’s and Strand Christian Union: International Student Picnic 2pm St James’s Park Running a Mock: Trip to the Theatre 7.15pm to 10pm Meet at London Bridge Station, then to The Miller Theatre, 96 Snowsfields
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Freshers’ Fair Guy’s Bar GKT MSA Student activity group/society Student sports club Unlocking London Waterfront Bar & Kitchen
September
Erasmus: Welcome Picnic and Treasure Hunt 11am Meeting at Temple station to travel to St James’s Park EcoSoc: Green Themed Picnic Frolic 12pm to 3pm Meet at The Quad, Guy’s Campus to go on to Borough Market IranSoc: Meet and Greet Picnic 1pm to 6pm Tabard Gardens, Southwark Guy’s and Strand Christian Union: Church Finding Picnic 1pm St James’s Park King’s Musical Theatre: Workshop 2pm Tutu’s Room, Macadam Building, Strand Campus Medsin and GKT Women’s Football Club: Charity Rounders Tournament 2pm Tabard Gardens, Southwark £2 donation KCL Men’s and Women’s Basketball: Basketball Bonanza! 3pm to 7pm Unit 2, Stockholm Road, Bermondsey
Entrepreneurial and Investment: Selling Goods 8pm Waterloo Campus
Unlocking London: Postgraduate Party at College Drop Outs 9.30pm to 2am Bloomsbury Lanes, Bedford Way £3 + booking fee
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Pakistan Society: Ice Breaker 4pm to 7pm The Spit, Boland House, Guy’s Campus War Studies: Treasure Hunt 4pm The Quad, Strand Campus Pro Bono: Presentation Evening and Welcome Drinks 6pm to 8pm Chapters, King’s Building, Strand Campus Baking Society: Meet the Bakers 6.30pm to 8.30pm The Spit, Boland House, Guy’s Campus GKT Music Society: Meet and Greet 7pm The Miller, 96 Snowsfields, London Bridge GKT MSA: 4-Legged Pyjama Pub Crawl 7pm ‘til late Guy’s Bar, Boland House, Guy’s Campus followed by pubs in Borough £6.50 DJ Society: Pub Crawl 8pm Guy’s Bar, Boland House, Guy’s Campus
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Unlocking London: IKEA Coach Trip 9.45am Meet outside New Hunt’s House, Guy’s Campus £11 with an NUS Extra card, £12 without + booking fee
LGBT Society: Freshers’ Kingky 8.30pm Meet at Strand Campus to head to Ku Bar, Lisle Street
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SUN
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King’s Musical Theatre: Open Mic Night 7pm Alley Cat Bar, 4 Denmark Street
GKT MSA: MSA Peer Support Advice Drop In 9am to 4pm The Spit, Boland House, Guy’s Campus Creative Writing: Welcome Picnic 1pm to 4pm Hyde Park ABACUS: Combined Societies’ Icebreaker Event 3pm to 6pm Guy’s Bar, Boland House, Guy’s Campus Ten-Pin Bowling: Mini Bowling Tournament 3pm Lewisham MFA Bowl, 11-29 Belmont Hill, Lewisham India Society: Meet and Greet 5pm The Spit, Boland House, Guy’s Campus Gospel Music Society: Taster Session 5.30pm Activity Room 2, Boland House, Guy’s Campus
KCLSU Events Guide
Anime and Manga: Quiz 6pm Strand Campus KCL Action Palestine: Film Screening of ‘Budrus’ 6pm Arthur and Paula Lucas Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus Free for members, £3 for non-members Theology & Religious Studies: Speed Dating 6pm to 8pm TRS Common Room, Floor 3, Virginia Woolf Building, Kingsway Campus £2 Latin American Society: Welcome Dinner 6.30pm River Room, Strand Campus English Literature: Poetry and Open Mic Night 8pm Tutu’s Room, Macadam Building, Strand Campus Pharmacy: Icebreaker 8pm to 3am Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, Macadam Building, Strand Campus and then on to Ministry of Sound StreetLaw: Welcome Drinks 6.30pm to 8pm Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, Macadam Building, Strand Campus
Hispanic Society: Bar Crawl 7pm Meet at Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, Macadam Building, Strand Campus before moving on to Bar Salsa Unlocking London Sneak 10pm to 3am XOYO, Cowper Street £3 + booking fee
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KCL Charity Diwali Show: Diwali Show Charity Showcase 5.30pm Greenwood Lecture Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London Bridge
Guy’s and Strand Christian Union: International Welcome Breakfast 10am 14 Derby House, Walnut Tree Walk, Lambeth SHINE: Taster Event 12pm to 3pm Activity Room 4, Boland House, Guy’s Campus LGBT Society: Coffee Social 1pm to 4pm Terrace Cafe, Macadam Building, Strand Campus Boat Club: Freshers’ BBQ 1.30pm Tideway Sculler’s Boathouse, Chiswick £10 including 2 drinks vouchers Pakistan Society: PakSoc Does The Apprentice 2pm Around Guy’s, Strand and Waterloo Campuses Running Club: Sports Day 2pm Meet at Regent’s Park tube station
The King’s Players Present: Welcome Workshop 2.30pm to 5.30pm Meet at Strand Campus reception KCL Kabaddi: Taster Session 3pm Activity Room 2, Boland House, Guy’s Campus GeekSoc: GeekSoc Pub Quiz 5pm Penderel’s Oak, High Holborn Surgical: Welcome Event 5.30pm The Old Operating Theatre, St Thomas Street Guy’s Bar: First Sports Night Of The Year 6pm to 2am Guy’s Bar, Boland House, Guy’s Campus Student Advocate International: Introduction 7.30pm St Margaret’s House Settlement, 21 Old Ford Road Unlocking London: Red Card - Freshers’ Party 9.30pm to 3am Walkabout Temple, £3 early bird, £5 advance + booking fee
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Freshers’ Fair Guy’s Bar GKT MSA Student activity group/society Student sports club Unlocking London Waterfront Bar & Kitchen
September
Pakistan Society: Freshers’ Sports Day 4pm to 7pm Meet at Tabard Gardens Estate before heading to an indoor sports arena in Canary Wharf Pharmacy: Bowling and Bar 5pm to 8pm Hollywood Bowl, Surrey Quays United Nations Association: Meet and Greet 5pm to 6.15pm S-3.20, Strand Campus War Studies: Postgraduate Drinks 5pm War Studies Meeting Room, Strand Campus Breakin’ KCL: HipHop 5.30pm to 8.30pm Activity Rooms 1, 2 and 4, Boland House, Guy’s Campus Guy’s Christian Union: First Meeting of the Term 5.30pm Meet at New Hunt’s House, Guy’s Campus Gilbert and Sullivan Society: Welcome Rehearsal and Party 6pm to 8pm (afterparty from 8.30pm) Music Lecture Room, SWB18, Strand Campus Mexican Society: Tequila Tasting 6pm S-1.04, Strand Campus £5 members, £20 non-members
GKT MSA: The Outdoor Cinema Film Night 6.30pm The Quad, Guy’s Campus Hot Choc: Freshers’ Introductory Event 7pm to 9pm Boland House, Guy’s Campus Labour: Paint the Town Red 7pm Meeting at Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, Macadam Building, Strand Campus Emergency Medicine Society: Medicine on the Frontline An introduction to Emergency Medicine 7.15pm Harris Lecture Theatre, Hodgkin Building, Guy’s Campus
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Enactus KCL: Launch Event 6pm to 8pm Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus Cardiology: When Every Minute Counts - An Introduction to Cardiology 6pm - 8pm Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus Karate: Welcome Drinks 7pm Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, Macadam Building, Strand Campus
GKT MSA: Freshers’ Fiesta 8pm Guy’s Bar, Boland House, Guy’s Campus £5 Rock and Metal: Pub Quiz and Social 8pm Old King’s Head, King’s Head Yard, Borough High Street Unlocking London: Top Secret Comedy Club 8.15pm to 11pm 170a Drury Lane £3 with an NUS Extra card, £4 without + booking fee
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GKT MSA: Meet & Greet The Showcase 11am to 4pm The Quad, Guy’s Campus
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Guy’s and Strand Christian Union: Christian Union Meeting 6pm Strand Campus
Unlocking London: International Street Art Walk 1.30pm Meet outside Liverpool Street station £5 with an NUS Extra card, £6 without + booking fee Unlocking London: Postgraduate Notting Hill and Portobello Market Tour 1.30pm Meet outside Holland Park tube station £5 with an NUS Extra card, £6 without + booking fee Chemistry Society: Pub Quiz at The Science Museum 7pm The Science Museum, Exhibition Road £2 Croatian Society: So What Do You Know About Croatia? 7pm The Spit, Boland House, Guy’s Campus Free for members, £2 for non-members
KCLSU Events Guide
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Vegetarian & Vegan Society: Introduction to London 1pm Locations across London
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Waterfront Bar & Kitchen: Voodoo Dolls 8pm to 2am Waterfront Bar & Kitchen, Macadam Building, Strand Campus
Pakistan Society: Finders Keepers 4pm Guy’s Campus £2 for members, £3 for non-members The Official KCLSU Freshers’ Ball 2014
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King’s Trading Academy: London Metal Exchange Visit 4pm to 5pm London Metal Exchange, 56 Leadenhall Street, Bank
Tickets and info at kclsu.org/freshersball
LGBT Society: LGBT’s First Meeting 4.30pm to 6pm S-2.08, Strand Campus
Barbican Centre Exhibition Hall 2 kclsu.org/freshers
Strand Christian Union: International Cafe 5pm Chaplaincy Common Room, Strand Campus
Get connected! kclsu.org @kclsu /kclsupage @kclsu hello@kclsu.org
Tamil Society: Meet and Greet 5.30pm The Spit, Boland House, Guy’s Campus Anime and Manga: Introductory Screening 6pm Strand Campus Unlocking London: Freshers’ Masked Ball 10pm to 3am KOKO, Camden High Street From £19 + booking fee
18 and 19 September
Key Event listings and tickets at kclsu.org/unlockinglondon
Freshers’ Fair Guy’s Bar GKT MSA Student activity group/society Student sports club Unlocking London Waterfront Bar & Kitchen