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The LSE SU is the Students' Union for all LSE students and exists exclusively to advance the interests, welfare and social life of our membership. Through our bars, commercial services, Athletics Union, Media Group, Advice Centre, welfare support and the activities of our Officers, we aim to serve and support the 8,000 students at LSE. We are solidly committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and diversity in representing the interests of all LSE students.

This Thursday at 1pm in the Old Theatre is the first Union General Meeting (UGM) of the year and with it your chance to change the way things are done in the LSE Students' Union, the School and beyond!

The meeting is totally unique to LSE because it is the only weekly meeting left anywhere in the country in which any student can attend, speak, propose and amend motions, hold elected officers to account and vote on matters regarding their Students' Union and the outside world. It's also a great spectator sport to watch!

You should always be free at 1pm on Thursdays so there's no excuse for not trying the UGM at least once - there's bound to be something you'd like to change and the UGM is the place to do it. Find out more about the UGM at www.lsesu.com/main/representation/ugm.

In light of the massive earthquake that has tragically affected large parts of Northern Pakistan and India and could have killed as many as 20 000 people, the Pakistan and Islamic Society have begun collecting money for the aid relief.

From Monday to Thursday this week between 12 and 3 pm, volunteers from the societies will be setting up charity stalls on Houghton Street to collect loose change for the relief efforts.

By the end of the day on Wednesday 12th, almost �4,000 had been collected, but with more volunteers, more could be raised. If you would like to volunteer, please find the stall on Houghton Street and offer your services. Similarly, to donate, look our for the collection buckets on Houghton Street.

Find out more about the Earthquake on the BBC website.
For more information about the collection, please get in touch with either [email protected] or [email protected].

Nominations for two important Students' Union elections are opening this week.

Nominations for the General Course Representative election opened on Monday 10th October and will close on Friday 14th. The election will be held all day in the Quad on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st October and the winner will represent the 300 or so General Course students.

Nominations for the Michaelmas elections open on Thursday 13th October for the positions of Postgraduate Students Officer, Mature and Part-time Students Officer and also for the student representative on the Court of Govenors, Academic board, NUS Conference and ULU Council.

Voting for the Michaelmas election will take place all day in the Quad on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th October.

More details about the elections, the positions up for grabs and how to run for election can be found at www.lsesu.com/main/representation/elections or by contacting Doug Oliver, the Retutning Officer at [email protected].

In the first two weeks of term, most of the 150 or so societies will be holding their annual general meetings, which, amongst other things elects each societies committee members for the year ahead.

If you signed up for a society this year, make sure you go along to their annual general meeting so you can get involved, help set the agenda for the year, cast your vote, or perhaps even stand for election yourself!

In the first two weeks of term, most of the 150 or so societies will be holding their annual general meetings, which, amongst other things elects each societies committee members for the year ahead.

If you signed up for a society this year, make sure you go along to their annual general meeting so you can get involved, help set the agenda for the year, cast your vote, or perhaps even stand for election yourself!

Click HERE to see the What's On? section of the SU website for events and AGM details.
If you missed Freshers Fair, and still want to join Societies, click HERE to see a list of Societies.

The Students' Union has copies of our International Students Handbook, Women's Handbook and Students With Disabilities Handbook and are eager for them to reach the students they are intended for.

We gave away hundreds of copies at the Freshers Fair, but if you missed them, copies are still available from Students' Union Reception (ground floor, East Building).

The Handbooks have been written using information from the best available sources and are designed to act as a useful guide, with all the essential information included.

To comply with the law, the Students' Union will be required to the check proof of age documents or everyone entering Students Union events, such as Freshers Parties and Crush. Accepted identifcation will include passports and driving licenses.

But if you don't want to take these out with you, the Portman Group ID cards can offer an alternative form of accecepted ID. The Students' Union has secured a discount for students and will be offering them from Students' Union Reception (ground floor, East Building). Take a form and return it, and we'll post it off for you and notify you, when your card arrives.

Find out more about the Portman Card here

Get the cards you're entitled to: The Student Oyster, NUS and ULU cards. All are available from the Students' Union either from our stall in the Quad or from Students' Union Reception.

All three cards are a must have for London's students: The Transport for London (TfL) Student travelcard can be used to get a discount on the tube and London buses, the NUS membership cards that can be used to obtain student discounts at a number of high street stores such as Pizza Hut, Topshop and HMV, whilst the University of London Union (ULU) card gets you access to the Malet Street building and allows you to join ULU societies and sports clubs and vote in ULU elections.

To obtain any of these cards, please make sure that you bring your LSE ID card for the year 2005-06 and a passport sized photograph of yourself for each card.

For more information see the TfL website, NUS website and ULU website.

It's not too late to get involved in the Beaver, the Students' Unions' independent newspaper.

The paper is looking for writers for all the main sections; news, sport, features, and arts, as well as photographers, designers, or just people to write letters to the editor or editorial pieces.

Check out The Beaver section of the SU website at www.lsesu.com/main/representation/media/beaver to find out contact details for the editors.

Student Training Tutorials: This year, IT Services will be offering more courses than ever before, based on our new standard IT desktop environment running Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003. Courses range from foundation level to advanced, and now include Access database design, Excel data analysis and HTML cascading style sheets. Find out more�

Certification: There is an LSE certification scheme for students who attend and actively participate in three or more related supervised tutorials. This year we will be offering certificates for each of the Office 2003 applications and HTML. Find out more�

Protect your Windows XP Laptop Workshop: If a computer is not properly protected, it can become infected within minutes of connecting to the LSE network. To help students protect their Windows XP laptops, IT Services will be running workshops, in which we will provide and oversee the installation of free tools to reduce a computer's vulnerability, such as a personal firewall and antivirus and spyware removal software. Check availability and book a place�

All courses are free and run in the first part of Michaelmas and Lent terms only, so book early to avoid disappointment.

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