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Oriam & SU Memberships Now Available

Today we are delighted to launch Oriam student and Sports Union Club Memberships for 21/22. Sport is BACK and Oriam student memberships are frozen at last year’s prices so there’s never been a better time to join. Once you’re an Oriam Student Member, you can join as many Sports Union Clubs as you like from […]


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We are ready!

After a great Instagram Live on Friday in conjunction with the Student Union, we are so excited for the start of semester! We are kicking off the year with 218 free activities with 5847 places available across SU clubs & Oriam activity for all students to get involved in! Regardless if you are a fresher […]


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Watt Wins at Scottish Student Sport Awards!

We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have been awarded not one, but five awards out of eight categories in the 20/21 Scottish Student Sport (SSS) Awards. The year was a challenge for all of us and very different to anything we would have imagined. Despite this, we all came together as a Sports […]


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Coaches – We Are Recruiting!

As we look ahead in anticipation to a packed new season of sport returning in September, we have a number of really exciting paid coaching opportunities across a range of sports, including football, rugby, volleyball and hockey. Check out our vacancies page to find out more!


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A Familiar Face Returns!

Due to it being the worst kept secret in SU history, we are delighted to formally announce the return of former Sports Union President, Ben Graham, to the staff team as we prepare for another action packed year of sport and activity at Heriot-Watt.  Ben has been a valued and committed member of the Sports Union throughout […]


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SU runs from Edinburgh to London!

Now the feet are on the mend and our atheltes have had time to recover, we are reflecting on our first ever Half Marathon which was completed on Friday 2nd April! After 12 weeks of training from the big launch in January, the Easter weekend was kicked off with the big run which was a […]


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Watt a Year!

With the year wrapping up, we look back and look at all the things we have managed to achieve in such a unique year. In the absence of our Blues & Volunteers Awards Night, we celebrated our Volunteers last week on our social media channels. You can find all of about all of our award […]


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Sports Union Election Results 2021

Amber Taylor has been re-elected for a second term as your Sports Union President for the 21/22 Academic Year! On her re-election Amber had the following to say ‘Thank you to everyone who voted in this election and big congratulations to all of the incoming Executive Committee Members. Thanks also go to Annie, who ran […]


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University Mental Health Day

Thursday (4th March) is University Mental Health Day!  Now more than ever we need to look after our mental health and within our fabulous University we have lots of services that can be accessed to help support our students. BUCS Mental Health Webinar On Tuesday, BUCS held their Mental Health Webinar with a very inspiring […]


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#HWUHalfMarathon: Half Way There!

We are now half way there in our 12-week training programme with our Sports Union Half Marathon Club. From the winter snow, wind and hail to the glorious sunshine we were lucky to get this week; our athletes have really been through the difficult conditions but are still smashing it. With just over a month […]


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