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Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer at Central Saint Martins

Banner for the Post-Grad Community Mixer event at CSM, showing a group of students in the Street, CSM
  • Written byPost-Grad Community
  • Published date 01 November 2023
Banner for the Post-Grad Community Mixer event at CSM, showing a group of students in the Street, CSM
Students presenting their work in progress, 2016, CSM | Photograph: John Sturrock

Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, at Central Saint Martins' Platform Bat

Central Saint Martins' Platform Bar played host to the Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, bringing together postgrad students from across University of the Arts London's six colleges.

Warm welcomes were received upon arrival, with short introductions from Fred Kavanagh (Post-Grad Community and Events Coordinator), Allan Atlee (CSM’s Dean of Academic Strategy), and Nanthini Sampathkumar (co-founder of Carboned OUT and recent graduate from LCC’s MA Global Collaborative Design practice).

Guests in the bar area at the mixer event
Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Cat Mahmoud
Guests posing for a group photo in the bar area at the event
Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Cat Mahmoud

Interactive activities like Carboned OUT provided by Nathini and other co-founder, Ozge Sahin, added an engaging flair.

Carboned OUT is a board and card game that aims to educate people about the carbon emissions of their daily activities, to bring them one step closer to becoming carbon literate.

Graduate presenting interactive game to event guests
Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Kiara Rose
Graduate showcasing interactive game with event guests
Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Kiara Rose
“We thoroughly enjoyed our time playing Carboned OUT with the Post-Grad Community. It was great to see the students get involved in the game and become interested in climate-related topics. Not only did the game serve as an icebreaker for newcomers, but it also facilitated intriguing conversations around climate issues. As the students are going to play a vital role in their future industries, it's essential that they become climate-conscious and well-informed and we hope through Carboned OUT we sparked a few climate conscious decisions by helping in bridging their climate knowledge while nurturing curiosity.”

— Nanthini Sampathkumar
Overarching shot of the bar space
Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Cat Mahmoud
Group of students posing for a photo in the bar space
Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Cat Mahmoud
Group shot at the event
Post-Grad Community Welcome Mixer, 2023, CSM | Photograph: Cat Mahmoud

As the mixer went on, connections were made across disciplines and colleges – just the tonic for the start of their postgraduate journey here at UAL.

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