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Lancaster University Scuba Divers
LUScuba members are drawn in by many different things about diving ; some love the experience and thrill of the underwater world , while others have a passion for marine life and are studying marine biology courses . The club runs training and keeps the costs low for students , but there isn ’ t enough experience to organise club dive trips outside the training programme . Maybe you can help ?
Did the Covid pandemic affect the club ?
Very much . We were down to only one paid-up member during Covid . But we attracted 25 members last year , mostly training for Ocean Diver . These are all new
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CONTACT : e subaqua . su @ groups . lancaster . ac . uk
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Lancaster University Scuba Divers are working hard to reactivate their club post-Covid , and they would love a hand , please , from the wider BSAC community . Interview by Kristina Pedder
members ; almost all old members had graduated . We ’ d love to get more staff and postgrads involved , but they often don ’ t know we exist , or don ’ t think they can join us because we ’ re a university society .
Who can join LUScuba ?
Anyone . Students , staff , alumni , people outside the university are all welcome . In fact , we ’ d call on divers in our area to consider joining and supporting us . Any experienced divers and instructors will be very welcome among our ranks . If you ’ re an instructor who would love to help out a couple times , or if you have experience organising exciting dive trips and you ’ d like to pass on that knowledge , then please get in touch .
Who runs the club ?
We now have a proper functioning executive ; we have made our newest executive roles ‘ Socials ’ and ‘ Publicity ’ to help us get members together outside of diving , and to get our name out there . Everyone on the executive helps out , making sure the club is well run and able to function . Our members are mostly with us for a short time , staying three or four years for their degree and then moving on . There aren ’ t many students who stay in Lancaster after their degrees , so we completely lose them . At the moment we ’ re doing more diving than ever since Covid , and the club seems to be quite stable , so hopefully we can build on the past couple of years .