What do we do?
The ULCS, commonly known as simply ‘CompSoc’ meets regularly for a variety of events, both social in the form of bar crawls, pub visits and LAN gaming events; and also learning events such as help sessions.
That seems like a lot of stuff, do I have to do it all?
While we naturally encourage members to take advantage of all of our events, we understand not everyone wants to - or has the time to - come to all of them. If you join the ULCS there is no obligation to come to any events. We do suggest you try to come to as many as you can, as they are all good events.
Do I have to be doing a computing course to join?
The ULCS is open to all students at the University of Leicester, regardless of the course you are taking. If you have an interest in any area of computing, or would like help with any computing aspects of your course (as is often the case with mathematics, physics and other students), you are free to join. You can participate in the events that you want to. The society does ask for a small £3 membership fee for the year, which covers society costs.
Nights out? With the Computing society?
Contrary to popular belief, plenty of people doing computing related courses do get out and enjoy themselves. The ULCS has a lot of social events, and everyone enjoys them.
Are you a purely academic society?
A lot of subject-centered societies don’t really do that much and only really get members from the courses they represent. This really isn’t true of the ULCS. We encourage people from other courses to join - especially those from subjects with computing elements (most commonly Maths, Physics and Engineering students), along with anyone with any interest in Computing and Gaming. We run a lot of events, both academic and social, and try to be a useful resource to those trying to learn, and a fun society for those looking to go out or game.
