is put into practice during sea weekends, and longer deployments during the summer and Easter vacations. Drill nights also often include lessons on wider navy knowledge, drill practice, and visits from serving personnel and affiliated units as well as practical leadership tasks and team building. Units also frequently undertake visits to affiliated units and local training establishments to experience military life first hand. There is also a significant and important social element to URNU life from formal mess dinners including the main naval formal event of the year, Trafalgar Night, to informal socialising in the unit's mess which contribute to unit integration and may be coordinated by a dedicated social secretary. Additionally, Scottish URNUs hold an annual Burns night dinner. There are sporting activities held within the URNU units, informal contests between the units and an annual sports weekend in Portsmouth between all units. See also University Officer Training Corps, the British Army equivalent University Air Squadron, the Royal Air Force equivalent Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, the United States equivalent Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme References External links Naval education and training in the United Kingdom University organisations of the British Armed Forces University Royal Naval Units