BruSheff Society

BruSheff held its Annual General Meeting last Saturday, the 19th of March 2016, at the Ponderosa Park, Sheffield. The main aim of the Annual General Meeting is to elect the new committee members for the following academic year. They will then take charge of leading the society in all aspects surrounding the needs of the Bruneians in Sheffield. The results will be posted soon, so stay tuned!

BruSheff celebrated the Awal Tahun Hijrah 1437H last Tuesday, the 13th of October 2015, at the common room of New Bank House, Sheffield. There was a mass recital of Do'a Akhir Tahun, followed by a mass Maghrib prayer, after which everyone recited Yaasin and Tahlil, to commemorate family members and those who are no longer with us. The event then ended with dinner.

About 40 or so BruSheff members happily graduated from the University of Sheffield during Graduation Week which commenced on the 20th of July till the 24th of July 2015, held at the Octagon Centre of the Students Union of The University of Sheffield. One of the graduates' brother, Mamad, even made a video detailing their graduation ceremony. Be sure to check it out below as it is quite a good piece of work by a talented Bruneian to say the least!

BruSheff held its Annual Leavers Dinner last Saturday, to commemorate the Leavers of 2014/15 for all the support, experience, and guidance that they have provided for those of us who are still studying in the UK. The event started with the recital of do'a followed by a couple of speeches made by the President and Vice-President of BruSheff. The night proceeded with games, certificate presentation to all the Leavers, as well as dinner after which a video was played which detailed the Leavers' experiences and our final sendoff messages to them. BruSheff wishes all the Leavers a successful future with good health. Remember, once a BruSheff-ian, always a BruSheff-ian!

Two representatives from BruSheff attended the Annual BsUnion Society Awards 2015 last Saturday, the 21st of March 2015, which was held in collaboration with the Brunei Night 2015, at the Great Hall of the Imperial College, London. The ranking was based on a number of variables, namely Academic, Co-curricular activities and contributions to the BsUnion of individual members of the society. BruSheff was ranked the 2nd best society in the UK for the 2014-2015 term, a truly outstanding achievement to say the least. The number one society in the UK was the BruNotts Society and the 3rd ranked was the BruLeics Society. Congratulations to all the societies that took part!

Its that time of year again! The BruLeics Online Video Competition is a competition held annually by the BruLeics Society in which participants are required to compose a video around a set topic. This year's theme is "Home". A few BruSheff members took part in this competition to express what "Home" means to them, especially given the current situation of them being students and living in the UK. The short movie highlights the importance of ties with other Bruneians as they are considered our family when we are living abroad, as well as some subtle product placement.

On Friday, January 23rd 2015, the Brunei Economic Development Board  in collaboration with the Brunei Students Union had successfully held the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Roadshow at the Hilton Hotel Sheffield. The objectives for the roadshow is to create awareness for overseas Bruneian students and scholars on the startup of tech-based innovative businesses, to expose students and scholars to the various assistance schemes available at the BEDB and iCentre for startups, and to inspire students and scholars to take up entrepreneurship and start their own innovative businesses as an alternative career option. We hope to be able to host similar events like this in future as a means of boosting students' morale as well as to motivate them to try new things that have been made available to them. The Guest of Honour, Dato Ali bin Apong, Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office and Chairman of BEDB Photo credits to Wan Naqib Fida'iy H...