Welcome to Robert Bakewell
Located in the student village, Robert Bakewell hall is only a 5-minute walk from the library, a 5-minute walk from the EHB bar and a 10-minute walk to the Students' Union. The hall is named after Robert Bakewell who was an eighteenth-century agriculturalist from nearby Dishley Grange.
Welcome Week Plans
Here are your Welcome Week 2025 plans for your first two weeks at Loughborough University.
Follow your hall’s social media below to get more updates for events and activities.
Tuesday 23 September
Move In
- 9 - 5pm
Common Room Social
- 9pm - 11:30pm
- RAG Raffle during social
- Dress Code: Welcome T-shirts (pick up when you move in)
- Location: Robert Bakewell Quad/ Common Room
Loughborough Students' Union Welcome Party
- 11:30pm - 3am
- Dress Code: Welcome T-shirts
- Purchase your LSU Welcome Party Tickets or a purchase a Freshers Pass for paid entry to all LSU Welcome events.
Wednesday 24 September
Bakewell Freshers Sports Day
- 1:30pm - 4pm
- Location: Holywell Pitches (meet at common room)
Warden Induction Talk (Mandatory)
- 6pm-8pm
- Location: Wolfson T003
Chill Night
- 7pm
- Location: Robert Bakewell Common Room
Garden Party at the Jam Garden
- Evening
- Tickets available to purchase soon
Thursday 25 September
Academic Inductions (Mandatory)
- 9am - 6pm
- Your course will update you about the exact time and date.
Drop in with Sports Secs about IMS Opportunities
- 10am - 3am
- Location: Robert Bakewell Hub
Welfare Drop In
- 10am - 3am
- Location: Robert Bakewell Hub
Canvas Painting
- 6pm
- Location: Robert Bakewell Hub
Block Pres
- 8pm - 10:30pm
- Dress Code: Old British Gangsters
Echo's Night Club
- 11pm - 4am
- Dress Code: Old British Gangsters
- Purchase your Echo's tickets. Use Promo Code "BAKEWELL"
Friday 26 September
Academic Inductions (Mandatory)
- 9am - 6pm
- Your course will update you about the exact time and date.
Drop in with Sports Secs about IMS Opportunities
- 10am - 3pm
- Location: Robert Bakewell Hub
Welfare Drop In
- 10am - 3pm
- Location: Robert Bakewell Hub
Charity Quiz with Royce and Faraday
- 7pm
- Location: Royce Dining Hall
Loughborough Students' Union FND
- 11:30pm - 3am
- Purchase your LSU Freshers FND Tickets or a purchase a Freshers Pass for paid entry to all LSU Welcome events.
Saturday 27 September
Sports Bazaar
- 9am - 4pm
- Sir David Wallace Sports Hall
Consent Training (Mandatory)
- 10am-11am
- Location: EHB110B
Campus Tour and Scavenger Hunt
- Throughout the day (in flats)
Welfare Friendship Bracelet Making
- 4pm
- Location: Robert Bakewell Hub
Champs Karaoke Night
- 8pm - 11:30pm
- Dress Code: Great Gatsby / Speak Easy
Firefly Night Club
- 11:30pm - 4am
- Dress Code: Great Gatsby / Speak Easy
- Purchase your Freshers Firefly Tickets
*Please note that at the time of writing Firefly lacks the facilities to support those with mobility requirements from adequately accessing the venue. Once inside the door to the venue, the primary venue areas are accessed by a set of one storey flight of stairs with no lift access available.
As a university, we commit our best endeavours to ensuring all our incoming students have an equitable and positive Welcome experience. We recognise that the lack of physical access into Firefly may affect some students’ ability to attend these late-night activities. If you are an incoming first year student and have shared support requirements to the University, our Student Life Team will contact you directly for further support. If you are yet to share any support requirements with the University you should look to complete our online disability and health portal as soon as possible.
Sunday 28 September
Activities Bazaar
- 9am - 4am
- Location: Sir David Wallace Sports Hall
Block Football Tournament
- 3pm - 5pm
- Meeting Location: Bakewell Hub
Pizza and Games Night
- 8pm
- Location: Robert Bakewell Hub
Monday 29 September
Lectures (Mandatory)
- 9am - 6pm
- Your timetables will be shared with you soon.
Games Night
- 7pm
- Location: Robert Bakewell Hub
Tuesday 30 September
Lectures (Mandatory)
- 9am - 6pm
- Timetables will be given to you closer to your start date.
Griffin Garden Party
- 6pm - 11pm
- Purchase your Griffin Garden Party Tickets. Use Code “lostinmusic”.
Wednesday 1 October
Lectures (Mandatory)
- 9am - 1pm
- Timetables will be given to you closer to your start date.
Glass Bottle Painting with Butler Court Hall
- Afternoon
- Location: Butler Court Common Room
Common Room Social with Elvyn and David Collett Hall
- 9:30pm - 11:30pm
- Location: Robert Bakewell Quad
- Dress code: Wild West
Loughborough Students' Union Hey Ewe
- 11:30pm - 3am
- Dress code: Wild West
- Purchase your LSU Freshers Hey Ewe Tickets or a purchase a Freshers Pass for paid entry to all LSU Welcome events.
Thursday 2 October
Lectures (Mandatory)
- 9am - 6pm
- Timetables will be given to you closer to your start date.
Mocktail Making with Cayley
- 8pm
- Location: Cayley Hub
Friday 3 October
Lectures (Mandatory)
- 9am - 6pm
- Timetables will be given to you closer to your start date.
Nottingham Bierkeller + Rock City
- 6pm - Late night
- Dress code: Diamond Heist
- Tickets available to purchase soon
Loughborough Students' Union FND (Returners)
- 11pm - 3am
- Purchase your Returners FND tickets
Saturday 4 October
Pres for Freshers Ball with Bill Mo
- 9pm - 11pm
- Location: William Morris Hub
Loughborough Students' Union Closing Party
- 11pm - 3am
- Purchase your LSU Freshers Closing Party Tickets or a purchase a Freshers Pass for paid entry to all LSU Welcome events.
All Robert Bakewell social media channels are student-led through the hall's committee.
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