Share your ideas for new communities at ULaw

The SU is keen to empower students to form communities and make connections in a way that suits you. If you'd like to get the ball rolling on new activities and events, or form a space to meet people with similar interests, we look forward to hearing from you!

Support is available for new ideas accross all of our community work. The first step might be as simple as getting in touch, we're happy to chat about your ideas, whether it's requesting a new community chat, or even setting up a new student group.

Start a new Community Chat

Community chats are relatively easy to set up within our 'Team'. On the MS Teams platform, a Team is a dedicated space for organising multiple people, channels and resources. The SU currently owns two Teams open to any student; SU Community Chats – Academic, and SU Community Chats – Identity and Interest.

Each of these teams contains a number of 'Channels' or chats, these serve as categories for areas of discussion and engagement.

Similar to online forums or social media feeds, messages and posts each have their own comment thread to help make replies and updates easier than many common messaging apps.

Students are welcome to request their own Team if they think it will be useful, however are reminded that general group chats and channels within existing teams might be more suitable depending on the purpose. ULaw IT reserve the right to deny a new Team request should a similar Team or Channel exist that is open to the user.

• To request a new Channel in an existing SU Community Team, please fill in this short form which will be processed by the SU: New Channel Request Form.
• To request a new Team for your own purposes, please complete this short form which will be processed by ULaw IT: Request a new MS Team.

Suggest a new activity

We have a variety of funding opportunities as well as volunteer and staff support available for a variety of events and activities that build community and ULaw. If you'd like to see us working on something new, or better yet want to take the lead and develop a new project - we here to listen!

Start a new Student Group

Groups are a great way to meet students with similar interests, and founding a new one can be extremely rewarding!

The first step to starting a new group can be as simple as getting in touch and asking for some help. We'd normally need at least two or three students to form a committee, but we can help connect you with other students who might want to get involved through 'Grow a Group'. 

Whenever you're ready to share your new group, you can fill out our Stage 1 Form which asks for:

• What your group will be called and where it will be based
• A short description to introduce your group to other students

Once your new group has the green light, you'll be asked to share a bit more information to make everything final including:

• Information for our website such as a group description or events you have planned
• A logo to use on our groups page
• Final committee roles and holders

All new group committee will recieve a training pack and containing more information and ongoing support from staff to run a successful group at ULaw.