City and Guilds College Union
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City & Guilds College Union (C&GCU) is the Faculty Student Union for the Faculty of Engineering and the Tanaka Business School of Imperial College in London England. C&GCU provides essential services that not only extend the experience of college beyond the academic side, but also enhance and support it. For reasons largely historical and political, the union remains to be named City & Guilds College Union, after the Constituent College that first helped form Imperial College.
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[edit] Union Structure
C&GCU has a network of Departmental Representatives and Academic Representatives that provides academic and welfare support. C&GCU also provides Departmental Societies that not only provide social events that are explicitly organised to appeal to the interests of the students of their departments, but also add an enclosure of local community spirit. C&GCU have seats on the highest Councils and Committees of Imperial College and Imperial College Union, and have a direct impact on college affairs. C&GCU also has external representation on national bodies such as the Engineering Technology Board. They own two College mascots - Spanner and Bolt
[edit] Milestone
- 2000 - Live!, an online students newspaper, was launched.
- 2000 - Buddies Scheme, a welfare program to pair up freshers with continuing students, was launched.
- 2000 - Internship Centre was launched.
- 2002 - Internship Fair was launched.
- Summer 2005 - 1st Summer Sabbatical President.
- October 2005 - Engineering Careers Fair.
- October 2005 - Guildsheet launched in colour.
[edit] Departmental Societies under C&GCU
- Aeronautical Engineering Society - Imperial Aeronautical Society
- Bio-Engineering Society - BioEngSoc
- Chemical Engineering Society - ChemEngSoc
- Civil Engineering Society - CivSoc
- Department of Computing Society - DoCSoc
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering Society - EESoc
- Mechanical Engineering Society - MechSoc
[edit] Projects of the City & Guilds College Union
2005 – 6
- Internship Centre – 1st Engineering Careers Fair as well as trips to the BBC and Networking events in conjunction with the CGCA.
- Media Group – Guildsheet launched in colour as a monthly publication.
- Lord Mayors' Show - City & Guilds College Union displays Civil Engineering inspired bridge through the City of London.
