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Fancy a family day out on campus? Take advantage of staff offers for shows designed especially for children – think live music, theatre, storytelling and puppetry. Book now for The Wonderland Garden, Breathe, and Pirates Love Underpants.

We’re celebrating our winter graduates this week – and welcoming our incoming Chancellor, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Advocate Bience Gawanas.

During the ceremonies, we’re awarding Clive Stannard (BA, Hon DLitt) and Anthony Kelly (Hon DSc) honorary degrees for their exceptional achievements – read more about their significant contributions to their fields and communities.

You can share your celebrations and messages of support for our students on social media using #¹û¶³´«Ã½Grad.

A survey, carried out by employee development platform Zensai, analysed company review data from Glassdoor.com to identify the top places to work.

Tuesday 28 January  
Join us as we welcome in the Chinese Year of the Snake with a day of vibrant celebrations – from the lion dance finale at the Piazza to a lucky crafts event! Plus, try out our special ginger and sesame sticky rice cakes for just 99p each at cafes across campusLink opens in a new window from 27-31 January.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ turns 60 in 2025 – and so does our art collection! To mark the occasion, the Mead Gallery in our Arts Centre is holding a landmark exhibition celebrating the enduring power of printmaking, with 160 works by iconic artists from Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst to Tracey Emin and David Hockney.

How can we learn from each other – and make use of opportunities and resources on campus – to help support wellbeing in our departments? Denver Thorpe, Staff Wellbeing Co-ordinator for Wellbeing Support Services (WSS), explains.

Do you need a little incentive to get active? No problem – download the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Moves+ app and see what your running, walking, swimming and cycling could lead to! For 800 points, you could claim any regular-sized Bridge coffee, or if you’d like to try out the new menu at WBS’s District Cafe, pick up a packaged takeaway item from the Grab & Go section for 3,000 points.

There are so many opportunities to move your body here on campus - from casual sports classes to yoga, Zumba and pilates.

Spending time in nature keeps us emotionally and physically healthy – and this is backed by a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ study, which found a strong relationship between the amount of green space around a person’s home and their feelings of life satisfaction and self-worth. Find out more – and discover green spaces and activities on campus.