Events

Please consult our below chronological schedule of events (both in person on Mile End Campus or virtual) taking place during the 2024/25 academic year including:

• promotional events for students considering going abroad during 2025/26 or summer 2025
• returnee events for participants who were abroad during 2023/24 or summer 2024

Full joining and registration instructions are on our QMplus resource page, which you will find for each event in the calendar after you log in and self-enrol in the area. Please note that timings and locations for some events are not yet finalised and some event timings may be subject to change. Therefore, we recommend you revisit this page and the QMplus page calendar of events frequently for the latest updates. All times are listed in local London time.

Events for returnee students abroad during 2023/24 or summer 2024

• 10 Sep 2024 (14.00-15.30) - Skills Development workshop: “Career Planning: Harnessing Skills from your Placement Abroad" (virtual, registration required)
• W/c 07 Oct 2024 (week 3, date TBC, evening) - "Welcome back!" Returnee Social (in person, registration required)
• 09 Oct 2024 (14.00-15.30) - Skills Development workshop: “Career Planning: Harnessing Skills from your Placement Abroad" (in person, registration required)

Events for students looking to go abroad during 2025/26 or summer 2025

• 19 & 20 Sep 2024 (10.00-16.00/17.00) - Students' Union Welcome Fair, come visit our Global Opportunities stand
• Sep - Dec 2024, ongoing (times published below once known) - Information sessions for individual partner universities abroad, delivered by the partners (all virtual)
  
  • 03 Oct 2024 (16.00-17.00) - TEC de Monterrey (Mexico)
  • 04 Oct 2024 (16.00-17.00) - Whittier College (California, USA)
  • 07 Oct 2024 (12.00-13.00) - City University of Hong Kong
  • 08 Oct 2024 (15.00-16.00) - Hunter College (City University of New York - NY, USA)
  • (date TBC) Oct 2024 (time TBC) - University of Richmond (VA, USA)
  • 11 Oct 2024 (16.00-17.00) - Cornell University (NY, USA)
• 01 Oct 2024 (12.00-13.00) - Global Opportunities outgoing mobility promotional talk #1 (virtual)
• 09 Oct 2024 (17.00-18.30) - Panel event: Going abroad as a student from an ethnic minority background (in person)
• 10 Oct 2024 (16.00-17.00) - Global Opportunities outgoing mobility promotional talk #2 (in person)
• 10 Oct 2024 (17.00-18.00) - Finance and affordability workshop for 2025/26 exchanges (in person)
• Mid-Oct 2024 (date and time TBC) - Application questions workshop for 2025/26 exchanges #1, delivered by Careers & Enterprise (in person, registration required)
• Early Nov 2024 (date and time TBC) - Application questions workshop for 2025/26 exchanges #2, , delivered by Careers & Enterprise (virtual, registration required)
• 16 Oct 2024 (13.00-15.00) - GO Ambassador drop-in advice surgery (in person)
• 21 Oct 2024 (17.00-18.00) - "Choosing the right destination for you" workshop and panel event, with GO Ambassadors (in person)
• 23 Oct 2024 (time TBC) - GO Abroad Networking Event 2024 (in person)
• 24 Oct 2024 (13.00-15.00) - GO Ambassador drop-in advice surgery (in person)
• Late Oct 2024 (date and time TBC) - 2025/26 Student Exchange Programme application opens (virtual)
• 29 Oct 2024 (10.00-12.00) - GO Ambassador drop-in advice surgery (in person)
• 30 Oct 2024 (13.00-15.00) - GO Ambassador drop-in advice surgery (in person)
• 30 Oct 2024 (time TBC) - "Wellbeing and mental health while abroad" workshop, with GO Ambassador perspectives (format TBC)
• 06 Nov 2024 (time TBC) - GO Ambassador drop-in advice surgery (virtual)
• 07 Nov 2024 (time TBC) - GO Ambassador drop-in advice surgery (virtual)
• Oct - Nov (dates and times TBC) - GO Ambassador Instagram Lives via @qmulgo, with Q&A (virtual)
• 14 Nov 2024 (12.00 noon) - 2025/26 Student Exchange Programme application DEADLINE (virtual)