[HDNG]UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON STUDENTS' UNION:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]P4[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] 6 sabbaticals [BULL] NUS member [ESTAT][PARA]If you're reading this in order, you will by now have realised that buildings on the Barking Campus are ominously titled A Block, B Block and so on, missing out a few before T Block. The [ITAL]dingy, [EITAL]graffitied C Block is the SU's administrative, welfare and finance centre. Ents, communications and more welfare are based on the ground floor at Maryland House. It also has offices on most other sites. [ITAL] The Union is a vital element of UEL with an enormous say in what goes on; it's particularly strong on welfare, and specific issues such as racism and the 'no means no' campaign.[EITAL][ITAL][HDNG]SU FACILITIES:[EHDNG][EITAL][PARA]Collectively, the various sites of the SU offer 2 bars, 2 cafeterias, minibus hire, general shop, cashpoints (Barclays), Endsleigh Insurance office, photocopying, phones, photo booth, pool table, vending machines and juke box.[HDNG]CLUBS (NON SPORTING):[EHDNG][PARA]Access Skinner; Art, Media, Astrology; Asian; Barking and Stratford Popular Front; Bengali; Brewery Advisory; Chinese; Erasmus (European students); Expedition; Fashion; Forum; French; Greengate Exhibition; Hindu; Hip-Hop; Indian; Irish; Land Surveyors; Law; Malaysian; Michael Faraday; Music Paper; Pagan; Pakistani; Performing; Playgroup; Psycho; Punjabi; Support Club.[HDNG]OTHER ORGANISATIONS:[EHDNG][PARA]There's a monthly paper, 'Overdraft', and 'Pelican' magazine.[HDNG]RELIGIOUS:[EHDNG][PARA][STAT][BULL] 1 chaplain (CofE)[ESTAT][PARA]The Christian Union is large and active, but apart from the Muslim prayer room in Barking's T Block, students rely on East London's [ITAL]plentiful [EITAL]religious facilities. There's a particularly strong Asian community and corresponding religions.[HDNG]PAID WORK:[EHDNG][PARA][ITAL]There are more opportunities in London for part-time work than anywhere else, but there are also more people trying to get those jobs. Students find work in all the usual places like bars and restaurants and also in theatres, offices and shops.[EITAL]
