The Islamic Medical Society is proud to present the eagerly anticipated IMED Charity Dinner 2017 at Digbeth Hall. Join us on Wednesday 25th October for what will inshaAllah be an unforgettable evening which includes: a three course meal, entertainment, charity auctions, and the long awaited 2017 IMED video! Tickets are only £25 for early birds until Monday 9th October. This dinner will raise money for Human Appeal who are a nationally recognised charity working tirelessly across the world to provide aid to those stricken by emergency situations. Tickets are now on sale! Please contact an IMED committee either in person, or on Facebook as soon as you can to avoid missing out on this great event! The IMED committee for this year are: Usman Shaikh, Rehan Akhtar, Maiar Elghobashy, M Ridwan Ul Hassan Farris Latief Saim Haider Ayesha Asif Raha Shahzad Rusul Al-Hashimi Saima Khan, Humza Ahmad, Humaira Mahmood and Sarah Fleet Alumni can contact M Ridwan Ul Hassan for tickets. May Allah accept all our efforts and we hope to see you there inshaAllah!

**Calling all freshers** We are currently running the opportunity for you to receive a mentor if you're a medic, dentist, pharmacist, biomed or nurse. To sign up, head here for this short form: https://goo.gl/forms/r0PzX7VhWPMWGy1z2 They have been in your shoes not long ago. Their role is to meet up with you regularly (over coffee, dinner etc.) and ensure you're doing alright; be it academically (you don't understand something or how should you approach something) or personally (you're struggling to make friends, or living away from home is really difficult). It is not compulsory to meet up and there is no commitment as such; but we hope you'll find having a mentor beneficial insha'Allah!

**Attention final years** Assalam Walaikum As you all know, IMED holds a charity dinner every year and as part of this event, we produce a "funny" video for the entertainment of all those who are attending the event. This year we are also thinking of making a video to commemorate the journey of the current 5th years (or anyone that started in 2013) through medschool and also IMED. This will be a montage video with pictures of us through year 1 to 5 and will also have small snippets of videos as well. So if you'd like to be a part of this video, please send pictures and videos of you and your friendship groups that you feel are relevant to the video to this page's inbox and we will edit those photos/videos into the video. Thanks a lot for your cooperation, and In Sha Allah this video will turn out to be great, so the older years can have a nice trip down memory lane at their last IMED dinner as students!

**Calling all 1st year dentists** This is a session you definitely don't want to miss out on! Fellow students in the years above will be sharing their tips & tricks on how they survived their first year at dental school. Did I mentioned that's there's FREE PIZZA!!!?!!? 🍕😋🙌🏼

Such a great turnout last night at Manjaros Restaurant Birmingham ! It was so lovely getting to know everyone over some really good food 😋🍗🍟 **First year dentists and medics!** Keep your eyes peeled for the survival guide where students in their 2nd & 3rd year give their tricks of the trade 👀

Welcome Freshers! Get a great start to your uni experience by meeting great new people over some very good food. IMED presents its frist social of the year at Manjaros. Meet other fresher's just like you and get to know some of the seniors in imed. So, come on over to Manjaros and have a great time!

Whether you are someone who loves a bit of healthy competition or just want to spend time with friends old and meet new people, come and join IMED on Thursday evening for an evening of mini golf or bowling at Star City! All courses and year groups are welcome!

Great at football? Never kicked a ball in your life? well, it doesn't matter, come over to the medical school and play football with other feshers and seniors of IMED. Its a great way to make friends and if you enjoy football, then you can find people to play footy with for the rest of the time you're in uni! This is just a taster of the weekly football sessions IMED has in store for everyone, and if you're good enough, you might even make the IMED FC team! So get in your gear, come to the front of medschool before 3 and then we'll head off to the amazing metchley pitches to get a good game on.

Assalamualaikum, Freshers week is just around the corner, and we have some exciting events lined up for you all. Tuesday 19th - Fresher's Stall and Meet and Greet (Free Food) Wednesday 20th - Meal @ Manjaros Thursday 21st - Bowling and Mini-Golf at Star City Friday 22nd - Brothers Football Wednesday 27th - Sisters Sports Hope to see all the new students there inshallah, and formally welcome you into the IMed Family! 😀

https://tinyurl.com/ycfzn8a9 The Centre for Islam and Medicine's *second* masterclass in the *Bioethics & Islam* series: *Theme:* Beginning of life and ensoulment: status of the embryo, abortion and assisted reproductive technologies *Date:* 23rd SEPT 2017 *City:* London *Location:* Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists *LIVE-STREAM & recorded access* *Lunch* provided *Student discount*: £50 Advancing biomedical technologies are revolutionising therapeutic and research possibilities at the beginning of life, all whilst raising ethical dilemmas and questioning our values and beliefs about life. *When does human life begin? What is the status of the embryo? When is an embryo granted the status of a person? How long should embryos be kept for research?* *Presenters* include: Dr Mohammad Ghaly, Dr Helen Watt, Dr Mansur Ali, Dr Asim Yusuf & others. *Register* to engage in discussions about these questions, which have a renewed significance in the context of abortion, genetic testing, assisted reproductive technologies and embryonic stem cell research. We *welcome* healthcare professional, chaplains, imams, scholars, academics, policy specialists and anyone with an interest in this theme. *Bursaries* available, email: *masterclasses@thecim.org.uk*

*Calling all final year students and newly qualified FY1 doctors* Got your first pay slip and been paid too much, or too little? Struggled to book your leave or get that much needed swap? Already thinking of taking a F3 year after some intense on calls? Then come along to our course on Saturday September 16th to get some tips on how to deal with the non-academic aspects of being a FY1 doctor! There will be plenty of tips to add to your TTO when you leave the course. Limited spaces! Details below https://www.facebook.com/events/110185302956215??ti=ia http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094da9ac22a3f94-fynone