The Burlington Society - Manchester's Postgraduate & Mature Student Society

Part of being a social society means that you make friends, and we're no exception! We're well connected with other societies who use our rooms and bar, local therapists, and even alternative venues to socialise - just see the list below. This is by no means an exhaustive list - we also allow our Schunck room to be used for one-off debates, recitals and dramatic performances by other people too!

Zenith Therapy
Empathy Holistics
The Ducie Arms
Monday Night Magic
Warped

Our Resident Therapists:

Twice a year, at exam times, we are fortunate enough to have professional therapists offer aromatherapy, reflexology and massage services to members of the society. There's always a longer queue than we get chance to work through, and many members have asked for their details so that they can book extra sessions!

Zenith Therapy is Zoe Haines' own reflexology and massage service. You can look through her treatments in more detail at the Zenith Therapy website, or book a session by email.

Empathy Holistics is, in turn, the brainchild of our other therapist, Emma Lawson. You can find out about Emma's aromatherapy and massage services at the Empathy Holistics Website, or by email.

Alternative Venues:

The Burlington bar isn't always open, so The Ducie Arms, is our meeting place over the summer or at weekends! You'll find the Ducie a stone's throw from the Burlington Rooms, on the opposite side of the John Rylands University Library to us.

Associate Societies/Clubs @ Schunck:

Monday Evenings, from 19:30 - Monday Magic, Schunck Building, Burlington Bar, or Schunck Room (depending on numbers).

What: - Magic the Gathering^TM:- Basically, it's a card game where you and each of your opponents assume the role of a sorcerer. You conjure an army of creatures, artifacts and cast spells to defeat each other. Check out the Wizards website http://www.wizards.com/magic for more info.
When: - Monday nights... From about seven thirty..
Where: - The Burlington Bar or The Schunck room in the Burlington Rooms (above the Bar) during term time. You may also find some of us at local competitions held by Altrincham Gamers

If you've played before please bring your own decks. We do have a number of decks for the cardless but they are going to be setup for beginners (ie no rares or really really nasty creatures/spells etc!)

There's a mailing list for announcements and general discussion. You can subscribe here: http://lists.man.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/friday-night-magic

Monday Evenings - , Schunck Building, Burlington Bar

Warped is the University of Manchester's Science fiction and fantasy society. We meet on a Monday evening in the Burlington Bar and we are mainly a gathering of people who just like sci-fi. Meetings are just a general relaxed get-together where we all talk about the latest sci-fi programmes and the developments of films, as well as everything else in between. We also have film nights, trips to the cinema or bowling and arrange an annual trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

We also have a library that is open to use for all our members and contains many sci-fi and fantasy classics with items such as Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Terry Pratchett books as well as comedy science fiction such as the Red Dwarf series. We also like to get together to play sci-fi pictionary, have black hole debates and have regular trips to Fab, the sci-fi bar in Manchester city centre.