Trinity College Students' Union - TCSU

07/01/2022

IMPORTANT SHADOWING SCHEME UPDATE
tl;dr a form for mentors and a call for content

Happy New Year everyone! Here are a few key updates to the Shadowing Scheme. Due to the increase in COVID case numbers, we’ve made the decision to move the 2022 Shadowing Scheme online. If you have signed up to be a Mentor on the Scheme, please check your emails from [email protected] and fill out the attached Google Form by 6pm on Monday 10th January.
We’re also looking for student groups to run an academic or extra-curricular session during the scheme, and we’d love to hear from you! If your society has an idea for an engaging and interactive session, which will give Shadows a taste of Cambridge life, then we’d love to have you! Email us with your ideas at [email protected] by 6pm on Monday 10th January.
Feel free to email Zaynab and Rebecca at [email protected] if you have any questions, we can’t wait to hear from you!

11/11/2021

Hey everyone!

We just want to address some of the recent posts on Trinfess that have been in incredibly poor taste. There is a line between teasing/banter and bullying, and it’s a shame that recent posts are closer to the latter. It is completely unacceptable and inappropriate to use words attacking individuals on a platform that was meant to foster greater community spirit. In particular, misogynistic bullying (eg using words like “bimbos”) is exactly the opposite of what we’re trying to encourage at Trinity in making everyone feel welcome and safe in college. It’s obviously not possible for us to track down anyone who’s made the anonymous posts, but if you’re thinking about insulting others, please think twice and consider how damaging that is to our community.

01/11/2021

Hey guys! Check out this opportunity:

Want to join our mission to help THOUSANDS of school students catch up on learning lost due to the pandemic whilst ALSO learning valuable transferable skills?

Founded by recent Oxbridge grads, EasyA is a 100% free app that gives all students access to tutoring via chat, and needs volunteer STEM tutors to help! All volunteers help out on their own time and there's no scheduling ahead required!

What you gain:

📚 Confidence in teaching and communication skills, as well as mastering the ability to explain anything to anyone
📚 Responsibility and a crucial role in closing the equal opportunities gap
📚 Have a REAL IMPACT on students, improving their attainment by 0.5-1 grade (in our most recent impact study)

Our commitment to you:

✅ Teach when you want, wherever you want, right from your smartphone! (NO min time commitment or scheduling ahead required).
✅ Entries into monthly raffles to win AWESOME prizes (think EasyA branded masks, T-shirts, summer party tickets and MUCH MUCH MORE)
✅ Certificates and glowing references based on hours volunteered, so you can FLEX your altruism on LinkedIn and future employers!

SIGN UP NOW via this

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03/10/2021

Club tickets being sold in bar today at 5:45. Be ready to bank transfer. Limited numbers and limited time
£8 - Sundays (tonight and next week) Life
£12 - Monday Wednesday Friday Revs

06/05/2021

Message from Cambridge Pink Week:

APPLICATIONS FOR CAMBRIDGE PINK WEEK COMMITTEE 2022 ARE OPEN

Interested in making a difference during your time at university? Do you want to build on the amazing £6000 raised this year for our charities? Are you passionate about encouraging the university community, and your friends and family, to look after their health?

There are just a few days left to apply for the positions of (Co-)President and Treasurer for Cambridge Pink Week 2022! Applications will close on the 7th of May with interviews taking place shortly after!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMgG2pzLODFdedoO79psLoHn7K0UjRSqwJeiCwFR7Aaw_gNA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Do not hesitate to drop us a message with any queries or questions on our page or instagram x

This is the application form for the positions of Cambridge Pink Week 2022's (Co-)President(s) and Treasurer. Cambridge Pink Week is a student-led charitable organisation that raises money and awareness for breast cancer charities. Pink Week is a staple of the Cambridge university calendar, with the...

29/03/2021

For 2nd/3rd/4th years!!

Oxbridge Insights as asked me to pass on this message:

With exam season approaching, we decided to create an article on exam advice to be published on the website (oxbridgeinsights.com).

We are hoping to reach out to 2nd/3rd/4th years to get advice about exams to ease concerns of 1st years who have missed out their A-levels and are attempting virtual exams for the first time.

Anybody who wants to help can do so by completing this google form:

Link: https://forms.gle/JQjweEQrYmmfD1GUA

Thank you!

Your anonymous advice will be compiled in an article for Oxbridge Insights, www.oxbridgeinsights.com. Thank you for taking the time in completing this form, your experience and advice is greatly appreciated - every piece of advice no matter how small will help!

09/03/2021

Hey everyone!
We're really excited to announce our first online formal! The WomenxBME Formal Alternative is happening next Wednesday 17th March at 6pm!
We know everyone is missing the annual Women and BME formals that usually happens this term, but we hope to recreate the experience online next week. If you identify as any of the following:
-Female
-Non-binary
-Black
-Minority ethnic
Then sign-up here: https://forms.gle/7ktvieP2wJqSa57D7
The first 30 sign-ups will get a £15 Deliveroo voucher, but everyone is welcome to join, dress up and meet new people online. The event will be held on Zoom and we’ll rotate you around breakout rooms to either just chat or play some games.
Lots of love,
Yi Wen and Ayesha xx
TCSU Women and BME Officers

If you identify as any of the following: - Female - Non-binary - Black - Minority Ethnic Then sign up to join us next week. First 30 sign-ups will get £15 deliveroo vouchers provided you attend. Feel free to dress up too :) Date: Wednesday, 17th March 2021 Time: 6-7 pm

04/03/2021

The Good Data Initiative (GDI), a student-run think tank at the University of Cambridge researching the impact of the data economy on society, is organizing a panel event ahead of the publication of its report on Digital Finance in Africa. The event will feature Nigerian entrepreneur and thought-leader Austin Okere and the Sub-Saharan Africa Lead for the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Patrick Conteh.

Austin and Patrick will discuss the current state of digital finance in Africa, debate the key levers to unlock the market's inherent potential, and reflect on the impact that COVID-19 had on this fast-evolving market.

The event will be this Friday, 5 March from 5pm to 6pm.

Sign up at: https://gooddatainitiative.typeform.com/to/mK17DeNR

04/03/2021

Hi everyone, I’m posting to share part of an email I received from the Graduate Recruitment team at Bain & Company regarding an opportunity for penultimate year students. Please note only women are eligible. The whole thing is too long to share so if you’re interested message me (Menan) and I’ll give you more details.

Hello,

I wanted to reach out and introduce myself, I’m Aashna and I work in the Graduate Recruiting team at Bain & Company. We have an exciting opportunity that we’d like to share with you and your network.

This summer, we are hosting the 2021 Bain & Company True North £10,000 Scholarship for Women. We’ll be inviting top candidates to a two-day virtual workshop at the end of June, followed by the opportunity to participate in early full-time Associate Consultant Interviews throughout July and win £10,000.

The application deadline is 15th April 2021; eligible participants are women in their penultimate year (all nationalities welcome). We are really excited about this programme and hope that you and/or your peers will consider applying!

23/02/2021

Exciting event for those interested in an career in education or social mobility:

Dear all,

Thinking about a career in the field of Education? Want to find out more about Teach First’s Graduate Training Programme? Come along to our webinar!

I’d like to invite you to join our online panel event to network with and hear from both current trainees and those who have taken part in the Teach First graduate programme. They’ll draw on their first-hand experience to discuss educational inequality, the current challenges facing teachers and their career development since the programme, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Join to:
ü Hear first-hand from, and network with individuals who trained with Teach First about their experiences on the programme and how this has shaped their career beyond
ü Find out more about our Graduate Training Programme and the impact you can make
ü Discuss some of the major issues in education at the moment, educational inequality and a career within the field
ü Hear about opportunities to get involved with our partner organisations including Accenture, Goldman Sachs, Amazon and PwC

With Marcus Rashford taking action to support the vital provision of free school meals and the BBC launching the biggest education offering in their history, the global pandemic and subsequent nationwide school closures have shone a light on the importance of education, access to resources and sadly, educational inequality in the UK.

Please sign up here and you will be sent further details and a link to join in advance of the event:

Event Title
Date
Link to sign up

A Teach First panel event: igniting a passion in the next generation
23 February 6pm-7pm
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-teach-first-panel-event-igniting-a-passion-in-the-next-generation-tickets-139925219097

Looking forward to seeing you there,

Thinking about a career in the field of Education? Want to find out more about our graduate Training Programme? Come along to our webinar.

22/02/2021

Hey everyone! If you're interested in promoting female leadership, check out the Cambridge Womxn Who Lead society for some exciting events and articles:

Cambridge Womxn Who Lead is a new society dedicated to promoting female leadership. We will be hosting talks and workshops and publishing articles written by, for and about student leaders and women who inspire us.

Female and non-binary students, please sign up at the link below to become an immediate member! https://forms.gle/vT1TKBJbMYZ1N7L68

This will grant you access to our five events this term. Speakers will be announced shortly but the stellar line-up includes the Founders of Race2Rise Podcast and the first female owner of a Tailoring House on Savile Row exclusively for women! There are a broad range of sectors ranging from women in finance, STEM, fashion, enterprise, and academia, with a brilliant event featuring several Cambridge female Masters in store....full details will be released very soon!

Every week we’ll release:
- An interview with a student leader
- Our Woman of the Week
- A recount of our weekly event

If you’d like to get involved with writing - please get in touch! We’ll be posting article commissions and would love to publish your work. These articles will be diverse in nature and include psychology-based studies of marginalised genders, celebrations of fictional female heroines who inspire us, and even an analysis of female leadership in classics!

If you know a female leader, whether that is your mum, auntie, sister, cousin or friend - let them know about our society and we can interview them or invite them to an event!