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Welcome to Pride and Change at Surrey – LGBT+ History Month 2025

The LGBT+ Society is teaming up with VP Voice, Luana Vasconcelos, and the Students’ Union, to raise awareness for LGBT History Month. This year, we are focusing on the LGBTQ+ experience within specific groups in the umbrella, highlighting LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ Activism, and the history of LGBTQ+ people in UK.​ To bring this project to […]


Amplifying Voices – Student Curator project to support disabled students at Surrey – The Power of Storytelling

Disability and Neurodivergence Awareness Month (November 16 – December 16) provides an opportunity not only for us to develop a better understanding of the disabled experience, but also to reflect upon how the University supports staff and students with disabilities and what could be improved. As Vice-President Voice at Surrey Students’ Union, it is my […]


Reflections for Disability and Neurodivergence Awareness Month from Sam

I’ve spent much of my life feeling like I didn’t quite fit. I struggled with moments that others seemed to easily handle, like saying goodbye to trusted people or navigating social situations. For years, I thought the problem was just me – I wasn’t trying hard enough, I wasn’t good enough, I wasn’t enough. It […]


Welcome Giulia – our Student Curator for Disability and Neurodivergence Awareness Month 2024

Hey. I’m Giulia. I’m a second-year biological sciences student and the president of Autisoc this academic year. The theme of this month’s student curator project is neurodiversity. While most of the media Luana (VP Voice) and I have curated is about autism, neurodiversity is an umbrella term for many other developmental disorders such as dyspraxia […]


Libraries week 2024: Surrey County Council Libraries pop-up event – Dr Emily Klimova

To mark the beginning of Green Libraries week last Monday, we were delighted to host a pop-up booth from our colleagues working in the Guildford Library and the wider Surrey Libraries. It was a wonderful opportunity to collaborate and exchange ideas with our lending library counterparts, as well as to inform our students and staff […]


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