Societies and Associations
One of the things that the University is most proud of is its societies with the Students' Union. The Union has around 100 different societies, which are organised into eight groups:
- Academic - degree-related groups, such as Physics, Law, Engineering, Politics or English societies
- Associations - including Contact Volunteers, LGBTQ Association, Nightline and RAG
- Campaigning - including Amnesty International, United Nations as well as other political groups
- Media - The Ripple, the student newspaper, LUSH Radio and LUST (the student television station)
- National - representative societies for national groups
- Performance - including LUTheatre, Cheerleading and Big Band societies
- Recreational - including Real Ale, Curry and dozens of sporting societies.
- Religious - many societies catering for Leicester's diverse religious groups
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Famous quotes containing the words societies and/or associations:
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—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)