Festive Gathering Ticket Sales Open

Registration is now live for the 2026 SSS Festive Gathering, taking place on Thursday 3rd December at Dundee & Angus College.

A condensed single day conference, Festive Gathering brings our members and partners together for some informative sessions, breakout rooms and networking; sprinkled with a touch of festive cheer.

Dundee and Angus return as hosts of Festive Gathering having previously welcomed us on campus in 2018.

Following feedback, we have made the decision to move the annual event to a Thursday to remove any conflicts with Wednesday afternoon student sport. We hope this will free up more staff to attend – and for those in attendance not to feel chained to their phone all day!

Tickets

Tickets are available at the following price points:

• Members: £25
• Non-Members, Partners & SGBs: £30
• Externals: £35

You can purchase your tickets here.

Agenda

How much can you fit into a single day event? Our agenda is taking shape nicely.

Joining us in Dundee will be Liz Carlin from UWS. This summer, Liz was instrumental in UWS hosting a groundbreaking GAPS camp for para athletes competing at Glasgow 2026. Alongside preparing international para athletes for a major Games, the camp created opportunities for students to support delivery across the week.

On the Commonwealth Games theme, we’ll also be hearing more from members of our network who were involved this summer. Names to follow soon!

Another session is due to be announced soon but we hope it will get you moving.

Finally, expect plenty of brilliant best practice from our members in our breakout rooms.

Questions & Queries

Please direct any questions regarding event booking, external attendance or to Julia Stenhouse-Walton. Comments and suggestions related to the day’s content should go to Jordan Dawson.