Workshops and activities
Explore the full programme below and start planning your Study Week.
Discover what's on this Monday.
DigiLabs Central Tour (9am)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
DigiLabs Central Tour (9:30am)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
DigiLabs Central Tour (10am)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
DigiLabs Central Tour (11am)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
DigiLabs Central Tour (11:30am)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
How to Search for Information
Develop your information searching skills to study smarter and more efficiently.
Mindfulness session, Sheela Solanki, Vita Health Group
It can be easy to rush through life without stopping to notice things. Paying more attention to the present moment, to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you can improve your mental wellbeing. Vita Health Group is providing a mindfulness session in person at EHB 210-211 (ID card needed to access the rooms via the Chaplaincy).
Academic Business Report Writing
Learn how to write structured, professional academic reports.
How to Reference
Take the stress out of citing and referencing with this interactive workshop where you learn the building blocks of the process to using reference management software.
VR Maze experience in DigiLab East with Professor Gary Burnett
Experience Virtual Reality (VR) and discover how it can enhance teamwork while showcasing the University’s DigiLabs innovations. Working in teams of 5-6, you'll navigate a fantastical VR maze using clues and guidance from a giant team leader. No prior VR experience is needed, as training is provided. The fastest team to escape wins a prize!
Matrix operations, Gaussian elimination
Learn how to perform matrix operations and apply Gaussian elimination to solve systems of linear equations.
Discover what's on this Tuesday.
ISE Stratford Trip
Join the International Student Experience Team for a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace! Explore historic streets, shops and cafés while discovering British culture and making new friends.
Trip details:
- Pick-up: 8:45am from outside Wolfson School (Loughborough Campus)
- Return: leave Stratford Upon Avon at 16:00. Arrive back to Loughborough University approx 17:30
- Cost: £5
- Tickets will be on sale from 12pm on 30 October.
VR Maze experience in DigiLab East with Professor Gary Burnett
Experience Virtual Reality (VR) and discover how it can enhance teamwork while showcasing the University’s DigiLabs innovations. Working in teams of 5-6, you'll navigate a fantastical VR maze using clues and guidance from a giant team leader. No prior VR experience is needed, as training is provided. The fastest team to escape wins a prize!
Academic reading and note taking
Learn how to read and note make to optimise your learning and performance.
How to use Gen AI at University
Explore how to use generative AI tools responsibly to support your academic work.
DigiLabs Central Tour (1pm)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
DigiLabs Central Tour (1:30pm)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
DigiLabs Central Tour (2pm)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
Mechanics for Biomechanics
Strengthen the mechanics you need for Sports Biomechanics. Practise turning wordy problems into diagrams, equations and solutions. Build confidence using formulae, trigonometry, graphs and free-body diagrams. Work through examples in groups and identify areas where further support would help.
Critical thinking
Develop your ability to analyse ideas and form strong arguments.
Sip & Paint with LSU Advice
Join us for a relaxing 'Sip & Paint' afternoon.
DigiLabs Central Tour (3pm)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
DigiLabs Central Tour (3:30pm)
Meet the DigiLabs team and take a guided tour of our brand-new DigiLabs Central. Explore our state-of-the-art PC labs and student-accessible Esports social space, including facilities you can already use to support your studies, gaming and creative projects. Experience powerful high-performance technology and an immersive floor-to-wall 3D visualisation space designed to bring teaching to life.
Essay writing for exams
Learn how to write clear, focused essays under exam conditions.
Presentation Skills
Explore practical ways to prepare effectively, manage nerves and communicate your ideas with greater confidence. Identify common factors that can affect your confidence when presenting. Recognise what influences your confidence when presenting. Apply practical strategies to manage presentation nerves and build confidence.
Sustainable Stitching: Make Your Own Lavender Keyring
Give old fabrics a new lease of life in this relaxing, sustainable sewing workshop. You’ll use recycled and reclaimed materials to create your own small fabric keyring, adding simple embroidery and filling it with fragrant lavender grown and collected by Holly over the summer. A beginner-friendly introduction to simple stitching, upcycling and slow making, with a useful handmade item to take away.
Discover what's on this Wednesday.
Using supporting evidence
Learn how to incorporate sources into your writing.
Mechanics for Engineers
Explore the fundamental principles of mechanics, including forces, motion and equilibrium, and see how they apply to practical engineering problems. Work through examples in groups and identify areas where further support would help.
Writing coherently
Learn how to structure your writing so it flows logically and clearly.
Writing a literature review
Learn how to write an effective literature review.
3-day workshop: A simple introduction to Python with Professor Stephen Lynch
Learn how to use Python as a powerful calculator, write simple programs, produce figures and animations, write professional notebooks and incorporate programming into research and project dissertations. Participants will receive a free copy of Professor Stephen Lynch’s book and certificate of attendance for attending over 80% of the sessions. No knowledge of any programming language is required.
Wellbeing Walk
Join us for a wellbeing walk to relax, connect with nature and take a moment to breathe. Meeting at the Pilkington Library and returning there. Please look at weather conditions and prepare accordingly. No need to book, just turn up. If you would like to come along and have any access requirements please can you let us know in advance by emailing studentwellbeing@lboro.ac.uk
AI Playdate with Dr Matt McCullock
Loughborough's position is that GenAI can sometimes be used as part of the assessment, however, when is it acceptable and ethical to use it? This workshop allows you to play with GenAI and understand how it can be used in your studies.
Mastering Time Management and Organisation
Time Management and Organisation - empowering you to thrive at university and beyond! Explain the relationship between good time management and study success Reflect and review on your current approach to time management and organisation Apply a tool or technique to your routine to improve time management, prioritise and stay organised.
Discover what's on this Thursday.
Boosting Motivation and Resilience
Join our Motivation and Resilience session delivered by the Student Success Academy - empowering you to thrive at university and beyond! In this session you will:
- Identify types of motivation and how they influence your behaviour
- Understand why your motivation fluctuates, and the importance of resilience for success
- Use tools to boost your motivation, and adapt effectively to setbacks
3-day workshop: A simple introduction to Python with Professor Stephen Lynch
Learn how to use Python as a powerful calculator, write simple programs, produce figures and animations, write professional notebooks and incorporate programming into research and project dissertations. Participants will receive a free copy of Professor Stephen Lynch’s book and certificate of attendance for attending over 80% of the sessions. No knowledge of any programming language is required.
Please note this is Day 2 of a three-day course. Attendance is only available to students who have booked and attended the course from Day 1.
STEM writing
Improve your writing for science, technology, engineering, and maths subjects.
Managing Anxiety
In this workshop we will explore some ideas of how to recognise what is happening with our anxious thoughts and strategies to begin the manage different reactions.
Integration Techniques
Review fundamental integration methods and learn how to apply them to solve engineering problems involving accumulation, area, volume, and differential equations.
Tackling Procrastination
Join our Procastination session delivered by the Student Success Academy - empowering you to thrive at university and beyond!
In this session you will:
- Describe the key factors that contribute to procrastination
- Analyse and understand what triggers procrastination for you
- Apply practical strategies to manage and reduce your procrastination.
Discover what's on this Friday.
3-day workshop: A simple introduction to Python with Professor Stephen Lynch
Learn how to use Python as a powerful calculator, write simple programs, produce figures and animations, write professional notebooks and incorporate programming into research and project dissertations. Participants will receive a free copy of Professor Stephen Lynch’s book and certificate of attendance for attending over 80% of the sessions. No knowledge of any programming language is required.
Please note this is Day 3 of a three-day course. Attendance is only available to students who have booked and attended the course from Day 1.
Differentiation and Lagrange multipliers
Review core calculus techniques and learn how Lagrange multipliers are used for constrained optimization in economic models.
How to use Gen AI at University
Explore how to use generative AI tools responsibly to support your academic work.
STEM writing session: Lab reports
Learn how to write clear and accurate lab reports for STEM subjects.
Revision and exams
Plan for revision and exam success with these techniques and tips on managing your knowledge and workload.