Go Global
Cardiff’s Festival of Culture and Diversity
Go Global is the Students’ Union’s annual festival of Culture and Diversity and will from the 19th -28th February 2010. Bringing together people from various backgrounds and cultural heritages, the Festival will celebrate, share and discover the nuances and traditions that are part of each of our intrinsic cultures.
During the course of the week the Students’ Union, in conjunction with The Cardiff Guild of Societies and the international student community will play host to music from around the world, art workshops, taster sessions and debates on international issues.
The week will culminate with Global Village which takes place in the Great Hall at 5.30 on 28th February. As well as introducing visitors to food from more than 20 different countries, Global Village will also showcase some of the University’s diverse student performers, including Bollywood, Chinese dancing and singing, a masquerade, break dancing, an international fashion show, the Malaysian Festival of Diversity performance and many others.
By involving thousands of students, Go Global seeks to present the identity and strength of culture of our student body to the University and the local, Cardiff community. The Festival also campaigns for the integration, inspiration and participation of students from all over the world. By putting on interesting and unique events, societies and international students in close partnership with the Students’ Union, aim to offer scope to students, staff and the local community.
For more information please have a look at the Go Global Booklet which details all of the week’s events
To buy a ticket for Global Village or any of the Go Global events go to the box office in Cardiff Students’ Union or get them online at www.cardiffboxoffice.com
Also, click here to download the application form for the Go Global World Cup Tournament.
What’s on at Go Global
Friday 19 February
Wind Band & Big Band will join forces for a night of music!
7pm – 10pm, CF10
Hosted by: Windband / Big Band
Saturday 20 February
Medsin Entitlement Campaign Workshop
2pm – 4pm, Nelson Mandela Room
Hosted by: Medsin
Experience Erasmus
2pm-4pm, Aneurin Bevan Room
Hosted By: The ERASMUS Society
The Welsh Open Review for Life and Development
9am – 4pm, Bute
Hosted by: Engineers without borders
The Festival of Diversity
6.30pm – late, Great Hall & Reardon Smith Lecture Theatre
Hosted by: Malaysian Society
Sunday 21 February
Go Global Football World Cup
10am – 2pm, Talybont Sports and Social Centre
Hosted by: The International Student Association
Monday 22 February
Meditation talk and taster event
5pm, Rona Griffiths Room
Hosted by: RAT Pack
Frock Swap
CF10
Hosted by: RAG and the Fashion Society
Reading
8pm, Gareth Edwards
Hosted by: Harry Potter Society
Tuesday 23 February
Anime Library
6 – 9pm, Nelson Mandela Room
Hosted by: Anime Society
Wednesday 24 February
Childhood Anxiety Lecture
12pm – 1pm, Psych LT3
Hosted by: Psychology Society
Personality Tests
1pm, Students’ Union
Hosted by: Psychology Society
Invisible Children
6 – 9pm, Julian Hodge Lecture Theatre, Bute Building
Hosted by: Model United Nations
Manga Session
6pm – 9pm – Nelson Mandela Room, Students’ Union
Hosted by: Anime
Information Session on working Abroad
6.30pm – 7.30pm, Aneurin Bevan Room, Students’ Union
Hosted by: AIESEC
RedStock
8pm – 12am, CF10
Hosted by: Socialist Students
Thursday 25 February
Cosplay Café
5 – 9pm, CF10
Hosted by: Anime
Vegetarianism Debate: ‘This House would ban meat-eating’
8pm, Aneurin Bevan Room, Students’ Union
Hosted by: Cardiff Debating Society
Boombox vs Bhangra Night
9pm – 1am, Solus
Hosted by: Cardiff Asian Society
Friday 26 February
Clay Making
7pm, Gareth Edwards Room, Students’ Union
Hosted by: African Health Links
Refugee Rhythms
8pm – 12am, CF10
Hosted by: STAR
Saturday 27 February
Mehndi
7pm – late, CF10
Hosted by: Pakistani Society
Sunday 28 February
Global Village
5.30pm – 9pm, Great Hall
Hosted by: Cardiff Guild of Societies
