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Get Involved in Go Green Week 2012!

What is Go Green Week? Go Green Week is People & Planet’s annual national week of action on climate change in schools, colleges and universities in partnership with the NUS. From 6-12 February...

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Winchester Climate Quiz

Have a go at our climate change quiz below. On Monday 20th February we’ll select someone at random who has completed the quiz to win a solar-powered mobile-phone charger (worth £60). Join the Facebook...

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Get involved in Go Green week

This week, over 100 schools, colleges and universities will take part in People & Planet’s annual national week of action on climate change, Go Green Week. Students across Britain have outdone...

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Go Green Week 2012

Last week was Go Green Week – People & Planet’s national week of student action on climate change. The Student Switch Off team have been out supporting some of the brilliant student events going on...

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Over 900 Votes in the Pic of the Month Competition!

Over 900 of you voted in the Pic of the Month competition where students competed to win Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Amazon vouchers. The best energy-saving photos from January and February were...

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Your chance to win a trip to Paris or Amsterdam in our latest photo competition!

Student Switch Off runs photos competitions every few weeks throughout term where you can win prizes like Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Lush gifts. All you have to do is enter a photo of you saving...

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Recruiting Two Project Officers

We are currently recruiting for two Project Officers to help deliver the award-winning Student Switch Off campaign. As part of a close-knit team, you will deliver Student Switch Off to a high standard,...

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New academic year, new energy saving students!

We’ve had a fantastic start to SSO 2012/3 with the grand tour of Freshers’ Fairs up and down and down the UK! Over 14,000 students have pledged to save energy and encourage their friends to do the same...

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What have we been up to?

We recently launched our online climate change quiz at each of our 54 universities and have had a fantastic uptake with over 7,500 students having had a go! We’ve got an amazing prize lined up for the...

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Having trouble getting your photo to display on our Facebook page?

Facebook can be quite tricky at times, even for a seasoned eco-power ranger. Maybe you’ve posted an absolutely awesome photo and we just don’t seem to be replying? Chances are, it’s cos we can’t see...

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Student Switch Off Campaign Continues to Cut Carbon

Student Switch Off Campaign Continues to Cut Carbon   Student Switch Off has begun another successful year running its energy saving campaign in halls of residence, and is now reaching a massive...

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Spring Term Climate Quiz Launches!

The spring term Student Switch Off climate quiz is live! Every student in Student Switch Off halls of residence has been invited to take part in the climate quiz, with the chance to win Beardhead hats...

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Snap It Off give away Amazon vouchers each day in the lead up to Earth Hour

In the week leading up to WWF’s Earth Hour on Saturday 23rd March, NUS’s Snap It Off campaign will be giving away a £50 Amazon vouchers for the best photo example of energy-wastage submitted each day....

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Happy Easter from Student Switch Off

Student Switch Off has had a great (yet slightly chilly) term and team SSO has been busy touring the UK visiting halls, running Green Week events and giving out prizes across the 54 participating...

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Record Breaking Year for Student Switch Off

2013 was a big year for Daft Punk, selfies and Student Switch Off. Over the Freshers Period we toured the UK looking for a new generation of students to join our campaign and eat our Ben and Jerry’s....

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Energy rights in private-rented accommodation

For those of you moving into private-rented accommodation after your time in halls, it’s really important you know your rights in terms of energy. Ofgem (the people who regulate the energy industry)...

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Student Switch Off goes continental

NUS are delighted to announce that we recently received funding from the EU to expand the Student Switch Off campaign to four other EU countries – Cyprus, Greence, Lithiania and Sweden. The project...

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What have we been up to?

To celebrate Go Green Week 2013, we launched the second part of our nationwide Climate Change Quiz, putting the energy saving knowledge of thousands of students across the UK to the test. We were...

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I prefer 30 competition

Get your camera ready, we’ve just launched an exciting energy-saving themed photo competition with our biggest prizes to date! Join us in supporting the ‘I Prefer 30’ campaign, and you could win a...

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Student Switch Off wins GoAbroad Innovation Award

We’re thrilled to announce that Student Switch Off has been awarded the prestigious GoAbroad award for Innovation in Sustainability. The annual GoAbroad innovation awards celebrate the best innovation...

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