Our mission

As an apprentice, I'm not part of many UU Societies because they generally involve a large time commitment and meet during working hours when I can’t be there. Furthermore, the aim of this society is to cater to apprentices, give you a space to network with like-minded people and have a fun social event to look forward to once every 4 weeks or so. These events will usually be organised around Belfast City Centre, and depending on interest there is a possibility for bigger events like a ski trip or formal.

Key aims of our society

• The aim of this society is to cater events towards the around 800 apprentices that are a part of UU. Doing an apprenticeship can be very busy and I think that due to time commitments and a lot of societies holding meetings during/close to working hours apprentices can miss out on this important social aspect of the university experience and I would like to help these students feel more part of the university and get more involved in the social aspect of university.
• Meetings would be as inclusive as possible for example only on days that suit all apprentices and not on a day that apprentices have late classes, if we go to restaurants then these must have veg/vegan/halal options etc to cater for all needs and “pub nights” would be infrequent as due to some students’ beliefs they wouldn’t be able to attend these events.
• Create a community of young professionals who can support each other.

How our society will benefit you

• Events will be every 4 weeks or so on a day that suits all apprentices and will allow apprentices to socialise and meet like-minded people without too much time commitment that it is unsustainable for them.
• This will enable apprentices to learn via talks and give them a platform to practice public speaking by giving talks to other apprentices

Events or activities which your society would like to arrange throughout the year

• Bowling
• Talks from local professionals
• Dinners
• Quizzes
• Charity events
• Pub nights
• and even a few times a year some bigger events like a ski trip or formal.