Activities
The Union holds a variety of student club nights throughout the week at the Fusion and Foundry and the Octagon Centre. These include pop music nights Population (Monday), ROAR! (Wednesday) and Pop Tarts (Saturday), Drum and Bass/Dubstep night The Tuesday Club, and chart/dance night Space. Space is held in the Octagon on Fridays as the Fusion and Foundry hosts monthly nights such as Climax (LGBT night) and Cuba Libre. Several times a year, large, multi-venue events, such as Freshers Mania and Carnival, are held, attracting over 3000 students. Other one-off events include the International Cultural Evening, World Food Festival, Intro Fiesta, Christmas Cracker, Big Night Out, Summer Social, Scary Tarts and Freshers Ball.
The Union, under its obligation as part of the NUS to provide 24-hour support for students, funds Sheffield University Nightline, a telephone and email based listening and information service run by student volunteers from the University.
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