Engineer the best paper airplane and show off your skills by throwing it further than anyone else ...
Activity type
Event
Min. duration
Max. participants
3 hours
100
Very short recurrent activity to track our progress in a project through time in a visual way ...
Project-based
10 minutes
5
Assign students specific seats for the first few lectures/first day of a workshop to eliminate anxiety ...
Long-term/ Passive
30 minutes
200
Share your favourite foods by sending a snack to your teammates across the world ...
Teamwork activity to build a bridge with skewers between two tables. Apart from embracing collaboration ...
Mini Game/ Icebreaker
15 minutes
50
Shared calendar (Google or Outlook) for special occasions ...
N/a
300
Create a handbook to surviving university, and pass it down to younger students from your course, who can ...
Define guidelines and behaviour expected of each other. Team members reflect on their past team working ...
Workshop
45 minutes
40
From the Royal Albert Hall next to Imperial to the rest of the city, London offers plenty of musicals ...
1.5 hours
15
Punish bad behaviour by paying a fine into a virtual swear jar, that can later be spent on a treat or celebration ...
10
This icebreaker consists of making attendees choose between two options to embrace discussion and ...
Mini Game/Icebreaker
30
Get to know your teammates and find out surprising things you have in common ...
20 minutes
A slack channel where older students meet with current students and staff to embrace the ...
10000
Relieve stress and compete for axe-flinging glory as you smash targets with axes for points ...
1 hour
Participants will write an initial prompt for the person next to them to draw. These prompts will then be ...
8
Celebrate the end of an academic year / term in style ...
Morning coffee and biscuits in a common area regularly to kick-off the day with good vibes ...
Shared Google Drive for information on all students, including birthdays, hobbies, timezones, useful resources, etc.) ...
Quiz night with the members of the cohort. The goal is to have an informal funny session ...
Creative ideation/brainstorming session ideal for design and innovation students ...
Learn about your classmate's travels and home countries by answering the question prompts with emojis ...
Recognition and praise are important for team morale, and one way to bring this to life is via Team Awards ...
Get to know members of your team with an online version of the classic party game musical chairs ...
25
Test your general knowledge and ignite some friendly competition with a quiz night ...
A once a term event where students and companies meet. There is a first match between job offers ...
2 hours
Watch a movie together with your cohort. Vote to decide on a theme as well as the movie itself ...
Prepare a regular newsletter to keep your cohort informed about events, achievements and opportunities ...
500
Taking personality tests is a great way of knowing everybody's strengths and using them to work more effectively ...
There are plenty of restaurants and markets which offer all kinds of food in London ...
Papers with everybody's names are folded and each person grabs one and has to give a present ...
Get to know your teammates by sharing things about yourself ...
Bi-weekly or monthly night events where one person introduces a topic to the cohort. Topic can vary ...
Meet new people, either virtually or in real life with this speed-dating activity ...
Teammates give each other anonymous constructive feedback on what they don't like, what they liked ...
Test your hearing and listening skills with a quick game of Telephone ..
20
Pass on a toilet paper roll and tell fun facts about yourself ...
Weekly peer reviews during modules aimed at providing feedback, helping each other, and ...
Prepare 3 statements about yourself, 2 are truths and 1 is a lie ...
Question-based game where one or two participants (knowers) thinks of a famous character/person ...
Join your crew mates in a multiplayer game of teamwork and betrayal! Guess who the imposter is before ...
A range of fun multiplayer card/board games to play in small groups ...
Buddy programmes pairing students within and across cohorts for mutual support ...
A cheese and wine tasting session to celebrate an occasion ...
A board of collective aspirations and goals for coming term/year. Students tick off bucket list items ...
Na
Each week, one member of the team is responsible for the cohort Instagram account, and shares ...
Collect and create a collection of photos, names and memories to remember your cohort ...
Play Don't Starve Together with teammates in your cohort, where you have to try to survive and ...
12
Discover clues, solve puzzles and accomplish tasks as a team in order to escape before time runs out ...
Hold a remote event via Gather with your very own avatar and virtual meeting spaces ...
Compile a book of recipes that are meaningful to your cohort (e.g. favourite foods, ethnic foods) and learn ...
Show an image that describes yourself and explains why to the rest of the group ...
Use your power of deduction, and knowledge of your teammates to guess the word taped to ...
Get to know your teammates better by asking questions about who is most likely to fit a category ...
A chaotic cooking game where players need to work together to serve as many dishes as they can before the timer ...
4
There are many parks around the city where you can have a picnic and enjoy the weather ...
A conversation starter for any occasion ...
Connect to your teammates across the world by sending a postcard about yourself ...
Take in the sights and sounds of London as a cohort ...
The classic Pictionary style game ...
A short activity to run early in a project focused on sharing any concerns and anxieties to create openness ...
Have a Mood Map in a common area to share your collective feelings about a particular project ...
Draw a hat on a whiteboard (e.g. Miro) and set it as the background on MS Teams, Zoom, etc ...
Virtual studio for cohorts with remote students for activities, such as virtual study groups ...
A fun icebreaker to play! One person says a random word and the rest of the group take turns to come ...
2 minutes
Let your teammates get to know you by sharing your 5 most common emojis ...
This is a teamwork game where, for a series of rounds, each team needs to organise in order ...
Create a spreadsheet for your team to indicate your available work time and free time in your own timezone ...
Pick a book to read as a group and organise a discussion session each month ...
Icebreaker to empower discussions around a topic. The group is divided into tables where they have a prompt or ...
Two teams compete by each having a "spymaster". The spymaster gives one-word clues that can ...
A formal initial cohort photograph and a celebratory end-of-year photograph ...
Design and make your own personalised hoodies with and for your cohort ...
Share food from home and impress your mates with your cooking skills. Turn it into a friendly competition ...
5 hours
In teams of 3-5, ideate worst start-up ideas and pitch them to a panel of more senior students, tutors and/or lecturers ...
Let the hall residents have a say on the events they would like to have ...
5 minutes
600
Host a gathering on Gatheround, a playful, functional platform to build teams and create connections ...
Take your team on an adrenaline-filled outdoor tree-top adventure to Go Ape ...
Create a space for your cohort to study together remotely ...
1000
Start the day off with an open mind and positive vibes, either remotely or in-person ...
Group visits to museums and galleries in London ...
A forum with restricted access (only cohort members) where members can express concerns, anxieties, and ask ...