Tuesday

Location: Westfield Court

Location: Middleton Hall Foyer

Location: Middleton Hall Lecture Theatre

Location: Middleton Hall Lecture Theatre

1. A Sustainable Future: Successful partnerships with professional clubs

Description: A best practice sharing session with examples from institutions who have successfully partnered with professional clubs, we'll explore how partnerships are forged, sustained, and the mutual benefits achieved. Attendees will gain practical insights and ideas to help develop sustainable partnerships at their own institutions.

Session facilitator(s): Chris Hepworth - Student Activities Manager, Brunel University

Suggested audience: Institution administrators and Development staff

Session format: Presentation/seminar

Location: Breakout room 1; Lecture room B - Larkin

2. BUCS for fans: How to grow audiences for University sport

Description: An interactive session discussing how to grow the profile of student sport in the UK - discussing topics including livestream, social media amplification and commercialisation in the student sport space.

Session facilitator(s): Rhys Hayward - Director of Marketing and Commercial, BUCS

Suggested audience: All members

Session format: Group discussion

Location: Breakout room 4: Basil Reckett

3. Stephanie Harris x Sabbatical Officers Network

Description: Following her keynote on day one of Conference, Stephanie Harris will continue the sharing of her journey from a Sabbatical Officer through to Directorship at Universities UK - offering SABBs, Student Officers and any other members wishing to attend, the chance to pick her brain on policy setting, how best to use your position of influence, and ways to build on your experience as a SABB/SO after leaving the role.

Session facilitator(s): Alex Duggan - Student Director, BUCS and Maddi Cannell - Event Manager, BUCS and former Student Director 

Suggested audience: Sabbatical and Student Officers

Session format: Q&A and networking

Location: Breakout room 5: Leslie Downs

4. From campus to community: Engaging student clubs in volunteering

Description: This session explores effective approaches to engaging student clubs in community volunteering, with a focus on creating meaningful social impact. Members will gain insights into strategies that enhance student development, build external partnerships, and provide measurable outcomes to support institutional goals around civic engagement and community contribution.

Session facilitator(s): Olivia Warwick – Senior Consultant, Continuum Leisure and Stephanie Mallendar - Bubble Lead, Sport England

Suggested audience: Workforce leads

Session format: Presentation

Location: Breakout room 2: Lecture room C - Larkin

5. Technogym - The New Era of Healthness

Description: Join Technogym and Conrad Betton to explore the new vision that will revolutionise the future of wellness and prevention - Healthness™ Change from a reactive to a proactive approach to longevity using AI and Data!"​

Session facilitator(s): Conrad Betton - Sales Director​, Technogym

Suggested audience: All members

Session format: Presentation/Seminar

Location: Breakout room 3: Lecture room D - Larkin

Location: Middleton Hall Foyer

Location: Middleton Hall Lecture Theatre

If this is your first time attending BUCS Conference, or it has been a while since you last attended, this is an opportunity to come along and meet other new faces, and get to know some of the BUCS staff and ask any questions you might have about the Conference experience.

Location: Rugby league club room, Allam Sports Centre

The EUS AGM will elect the newly structured EUS Trustee Board, provide a tribute to their late former Chairperson Barry Squires, and outline the exciting progression plans for 2025-26 and beyond. 1 attendee per institution is required for voting. 

Location: Breakout room 1; Lecture room B - Larkin

Taking place on the university campus, this year’s sports evening will see the return of Active Fusion to deliver a range of regional based competitive sports. 

The team at Hull will also be offering two wheelchair rugby league sessions and a Hyrox fitness session (open to all levels). Both of these options require you to sign up in advance, and will work on a first come first served basis. If you would like to take part in either of these sessions, please complete the forms below:

Wheelchair rugby
Hyrox session

The meeting point for the wheelchair rugby session is the Allam Sports Centre indoor sports hall at 6.15pm.

The meeting point for the Hyrox session is the sports centre reception at 6.20pm.

There will be a range of food trucks serving a variety of dinner options, and the Sport Pavillion bar will be open throughout the evening serving soft drinks and alcoholic beverages.

Location: Allam Sports Centre