Welcome Week Competition

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Welcome Week Competition

Text reads 'Welcome Competition '26' with a picture of a Lumi Sunrise Alarm Clock

Want to win a Lumi Sunrise Alarm Clock?

To be in with a chance, here’s what you have to do:

  1. Follow @StudentLifeUoA on Instagram or Facebook
  2. Like the pinned competition post on Instagram or Facebook
  3. Comment on the post with why you chose to study at University of Aberdeen

You need to complete all steps to be in the running. The competition closes at 3pm on Friday 23 January 2026. Good luck! 

Winners will be contacted through @StudentLifeUoA. You need to complete all three steps to be in the running and must be a registered UoA student.

Review the competition details

Terms & Conditions
  1. The University of Aberdeen’s Welcome Week 2025 competition is being held by the University of Aberdeen which is a charity registered in Scotland No. SC013683 and with its registered address at King’s College, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX, (“UoA”).

  2. The competition is open to registered students at the University of Aberdeen, excluding UoA employees and Alumni.

  3. To be in with a chance of winning, entrants must:
    • Follow @StudentLifeUoA on Instagram or Facebook
    • Like the pinned competition post on Instagram or Facebook
    • Comment on the post with why you chose to study at University of Aberdeen

  4. By submitting an entry to the competition, the participant gives the University of Aberdeen permission to use the entry for marketing activities including but not limited to – sharing on social media and within general communications, inclusion in video content and printing.

  5. The competition will close at 3pm on Friday 23 January 2026, any entries received after this time and date will not be eligible for the prize.

  6. One winner will be selected by the Experience, Engagement & Wellbeing team to win Lumi Sunrise Alarm Clock.  The winner will be chosen at random, and they must have completed the steps noted in number 3.

  7. The prize must be collected within 2 weeks of the competition closing date, and the winner will be required to show a valid student ID card when collecting the prize.

  8. The winner is required to collect the prize in person.

  9. The winner may be requested to take part in promotional prize activity and UoA reserves the right to use the name and location of the winners, their photographs, audio and/or visual recording of them in relation to any competition publicity or for the UoA’s marketing purposes. By entering the competition, you agree that if awarded a prize you will co-operate with all reasonable publicity purposes if so requested.

  10. The UoA’s decision will be final and binding, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into regarding the conduct or outcome of the competition.

  11. The UoA reserves the right in its reasonable discretion: to disqualify any competitor whose conduct is in breach of the Rules or contrary to the spirit of the Rules or the intention of the competition, and to declare any entries void.

  12. By entering this competition you agree that the UoA shall have no liability for any printing, production and/or distribution errors (including but not limited to any errors in UoA, this website or any printed materials) or where there have been any errors in any aspect of the preparation for or conduct of the competition materially affecting the result of the competition.

  13. Subject to Condition 3 above, any personal data submitted by you in your entry to this competition will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and UoA's privacy policy.

  14. The UoA reserves the right to amend or waive any of these Rules or cancel the competition at any time.
  15. Entry to the competition confirms your acceptance of these Rules.

  16. Please email any queries relating to the competition to: studentlife@abdn.ac.uk