A Round-up of the LGBT Event

As February was LGBT month, here at UnCOVered we visited the LGBT event in TheHub and have a round-up of the day. Every year in February, the UK dedicates a month to the awareness and celebration of LGBT history and community. Our very own CUSU collaborated with Coventry Pride to…

Guest Blog: How to be an LGBT Ally

Second year Media and Communications student Matt has written today’s guest blog which is full of advice about how to be an ally to the LGBT community. This month we’ve been celebrating LGBT History month on campus. What better time to focus on how you can get involved, and…

LGBTQIA+ Awareness Training

It’s LGBT History Month! And if you’ve read our blog, you’ll know that Coventry’s Students’ Union have been putting on brilliant events to celebrate and educate our Coventry community. This month, there will be LGBTQIA+ Awareness Training available for all Coventry University staff, delivered by 2nd and 3rd year students…

LGBT History Month – what’s on?

Every year in February, the UK dedicates a month to the awareness and celebration of LGBT history and community. Our very own CUSU will be linking up with Coventry Pride throughout the month to run and support events across the city. In 2017 the theme will be ‘Citizenship,…

LGBT History Month 2016

Welcome to LGBT History Month 2016 at Coventry University! It’s that time of year again when we celebrate the lives and achievements of the LGBT community. Naturally, To mark this event, there’s going to be plenty of things happening across campus… LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, LGBTIQA – there are…

The NUS LGBT ‘Society Development’ award – It’s ours!

Wednesday saw our LGBT society pick up a super shiny award for ‘society development’ at the NUS LGBT conference.

Spotlight On: LGBTQIA+ Society

In 2014, the LGBTQIA+ society were the winners of the ‘best political & campaigning society’ award. The society provides a safe meeting space for anyone at Coventry University who identifies as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual or any other sexual or gender minority. The group…

Get to know the multicultural city of Coventry

You may have already heard.. this year Coventry has been awarded the title of City of Culture 2021! Now get to know why this was and what makes Coventry so diverse… Being recognised Every 4 years, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport run the UK City of Culture competition,…

Meet the Students Behind the Perspective Exhibition

Perspective is the degree show exhibition of the 2018 graduating class of the BA (Hons) Photography degree at Coventry University, available to view from the 16th – 25th May 2018. The show has been organised by a team of third year photography students, working on multiple areas to…

Varsity 2016 – your reaction

“Trophies gather dust, but memories never fade.” Coventry University Students’ Union Sport & Wellbeing Officer Alexa Thiel shares her thoughts on this year’s thrilling Varsity event. Now the dust has settled and the reality of just how close our teams came to securing our first ever Varsity title…

7 Societies You Didn’t know Existed

Societies are great, they allow you to share your interests with others, meet new people and dig up talents that you didn’t even know you had. The best part, however, might be the wide variety of choice you have when it comes to picking a society to join.…

6 things to do while you wait for a university offer

There’s literally nothing nice about waiting to find out if you’ve got an offer from a university. It’s quite easy to become stressed, anxious, nervous, sweaty, uncomfortable and envision your future as a low level circus performer. (Looking back I’m still wondering if I missed out). Obviously there’s…

Understanding Pronouns: is a transgender person ‘he’ or ‘she’?

It’s a simple lesson from primary school; if a person is male you use the terms ‘him’, ‘his’ and ‘himself’, if they are female you use ‘her’, ‘hers’ and ‘herself’, right? Not necessarily, what if the person you are discussing is transgender? For some, the biological sex they…

5 societies to make you feel at home

Whether you’re looking to meet others with shared interests or life experiences, or you want to take up a new hobby, Coventry University’s Students’ Union has got it all.

Students’ Union elections: Why should you vote?

It’s that time of year again; the Students’ Union elections are here! But why should you vote? Well, quite simply these are the people who are going to represent your student voice for the next 12 months. It’s important that you trust and have confidence in the people who…

Think outside the box – #ForgetTheBox

This week Coventry University Student Union join in with the ‘Think Outside The Box’ campaign, launched as part of LGBT* History month. The campaign is specifically focused on tackling the binary tick box system currently used on most University paperwork. What is the Think Outside The Box Campaign? This year…

Coming Out at university

The most important thing about coming out as LGBT* is to remember that you don’t ever have to ‘come out’ to anyone, and you shouldn’t unless you feel it is right for you!