Societies
One of the things that the University is most proud of is its societies within the Students' Union. The Union has around 100 different societies, which are organised into eight groups:
- Academic - degree-related groups, such as Law, Engineering, Politics or English societies
- Associations - including Contact Volunteers, 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 Television
- National - representative societies for national groups
- Performance - including LUTheatre, Cheerleading and Big Band societies
- Recreational - including Real Ale, Curry and Muggle Quidditch societies
- Religious - many societies catering for Leicester's diverse religious groups
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