Student conference – Learning to make a difference - 17th March 2012

What is it?

Are you interested in finding out how you can make a difference in your world?                                  

This is a one day event which will leave you with tangible skills and useful advice on how to make a difference - big or small.

The day is organised by students for students interested in learning to make a difference in their communities.

What will happen on the day?

The day will involve meeting with students past and present who are undertaking projects that make a difference from small local ideas to big international projects. We will finish the day with something to eat and drink before watching the brand new film R/Evolution looking at the emerging passion of young people as they call on their generation to wake up and take responsibility for steering the world in a more stable direction.

Not only will the day give you the opportunity to meet with other students interested in making a difference but it will also provide you with practical skills. These sessions will be led by both current and past students in the following areas:

• Turning an idea into reality
• Planning a campaign
• Delivering a campaign and proving impact

What about afterwards?

The best part of a motivating day - leaving feeling you can achieve anything.  The worst part - not knowing how to get started.     We’ll send you off with information on how you can get started on your own project and will offer to keep you linked with everyone who attends the day as well as those running it.  We’ll update the facebook site and these webpages with useful information and contact details of who to get in touch with if you want to get an idea off the ground.

University of Brighton students who attend the day will be able to bid for funds to run a project via the support of the alumni Springboard grants programme and will be supported in this process by staff in Cupp (Community University Partnership Programme).

Sign up here

The day is entirely free of charge, including lunch so what’s stopping you signing up now?  We are limited to 60 places on the day and will take bookings on a first come, first serve basis so sign up now! Please fill in a booking form if you would like to attend.

Venue

University of Brighton, Falmer site.

For more information about this event please click on the following link: Student Conference - Learning to make a difference