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Scholar Success in Newcastle

Our Heriot-Watt squash team headed south on Friday, bound for a weekend of BUCS Prem action in Newcastle against the best teams in the North. Despite fielding a depleted team due to injury, our guys were unfazed and ready to step up to the challenge and show everyone what the boys in yellow were made […]


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Newsletter – October

What a month it has been! This is your October roundup of all that has happened in the past month and what there is to look forward to in November! With us passing the half way mark in the semester there is a lot to look back on and celebrate! BUCS Competition Following on from […]


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Newsletter – Start of Semester

What a start to the year it has been! Welcome to all new students and Sports Union members, and welcome back to all returning members! Hopefully you are settled into campus life and keeping on top of your studies and looking forward to what the rest of the year has in store for you. Watt […]


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Welcome to the Watt Family!

Welcome to everyone who is joining us in September! You are now part of the Watt Family! We have a packed two weeks of tasters, tours and talks for everyone to come and try, and better yet they are all free! Be sure to download the Our Oriam App & follow us on Instagram @hwusportsunion, […]


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A Night of Success!

After nearly 3 years, our Blues and Volunteers Awards annual event made a comeback to celebrate the success, commitment and ard work of our student athletes, coaches and volunteers who have inspired us over the past 12 months. We started the evening with reflecting on the year and its achievements in the video below – […]


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Watt a Night!

After nearly 2 years we FINALLY hosted our annual Sports Ball in person! The Sports Ball is when the entire Sports Union would descend on the Corn Exchange to celebrate in person, as one, the collective successes of our clubs and our members. It was a great celebration had by all and even more special […]


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Wrapping Up Semester 1!

A massive well done for getting to the end of the semester – we made it! Massive good luck to everyone that still have exams left and for the ones who have done some already, well done! This semester was a special one as we finally got back to doing what we love, it still […]


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Another November, Another Movember!

As today marks the 1st of December, we reflect on another fantastic Movember Campaign! This year the campaign was ran by our Participation Executive Officer Aonghus Sellar who done a stellar job in so massive well done to him. We want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who donated to our campain and […]


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Strictly Come Dancing 2021!

After a very long 20 months since Sports Ball 2020 which marked our last special event pre-pandemic, we were thrilled to finally be able to kick back off with events last Wednesday with our Strictly Come Dancing 2021. Strictly Come Dancing is held every year as a fundraising event for our charity partners Lothian Disability […]


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Women in Sport Week 2021!

Last week we celebrated our women in our Sports Union during another Women in Sport Week! To celebrate these women, our Inclusion and Sustainability Executive Officer Niamh Mulholland interviewed some incredible women to talk about their experience in their sport. These stories were very inspiring and it is great to see our women speaking up […]


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