BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills and University of Southampton alumnus Chris Stark will visit the Students’ Union on Friday to wrap up their student tour across five UK universities.

Wristbands will be available on Friday at 9am outside the Students’ Union pub, The Stag’s, for students to come and see the action as it is happens. There are only 180 tickets on offer on a first come, first served basis, so arrive early to avoid disappointment.

The tour, which also visits Stirling, Liverpool, Shropshire and Aberystwyth, is broadcast live every day from Monday 5th to Friday 9th October on … Read the rest

BBC Radio 1 DJs Scott Mills and University of Southampton alumni Chris Stark have confirmed a visit to the Students’ Union on Friday 9th October to wrap up their student tour across five UK universities.

The tour, which will also visit Stirling, Liverpool, Shropshire and Aberystwyth, will be broadcast live every day from Monday 5^th – Friday 9^th October from 1-4pm during Scott’s regular radio show slot.

The exciting news, confirmed by a news article on the BBC Radio 1 website, will follow up the recent involvement that Chris Stark has had with our Freshers’ Welcome parties. … Read the rest

Series 5 of the BBC’s hugely successful singing show, The Voice Uk, is on the hunt for people with a fantastic voice. Whether you’re a solo artist or duo, if you’ve got what it takes to get their coaches chairs spinning, they want to hear from you!

One of the team will be coming to the clubs and socs room in the Building 42 level 2 from 11am, on Wednesday on 20 May to see what we’ve got to offer.

If you’d like to come and put your talent to the test email amy.green@walltowall.co.uk to arrange a time.

To apply … Read the rest

The 7th of May marks the date of the 2015 General Elections. Voting at this election is so crucial, as it will decide which party will form the next government for the next four years. It’s particularly important to get as many students who are eligible to vote to make their way to their nearest polling station and vote on the party they think will best represent their needs and interests, because statistically, the 18-24 age group is the worst represented at the ballot box. However, new statistics from the BBC show that students could tip the balance of power … Read the rest

Our regular afternoon gig will return today with another top act from the Coffee House Sessions.

This week it is singer songwriter Tallulah Rendall!

2014 Arts & Culture Woman Of The Future Shortlist Nominee, crowdfunder, multi-instrumentalist, supported by BBC Introducing South West and heralded as ‘London’s most creative woman’ by AOL and independent songwriter Tallulah Rendall completes her third record with producer Danton Supple.

You can get a sneak preview of her in action here as she covers Tom Odell’s ‘Another Love’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw0dNED6os4

Be sure to tweet us your views on her set @yoursusu mentioning @tallulahrendall and @coffeehousetour… Read the rest

Following last year’s success, Fish on Toast are re-launching the Southampton Apprentice, and this year it’s going to be bigger and better than ever.

The Southampton Apprentice is an intricate and ground breaking business challenge run over 4 weeks and based on the BBC’s highly rated show The Apprentice featuring Lord Sugar.

The competition is open to all University of Southampton students and will require you to think outside the box and solve real business challenges. Just like the BBC Apprentice, contestants will battle it out in a series of sales, marketing, design and business challenges designed to test … Read the rest

This morning, SUSU was on BBC Breakfast discussing changes in Higher Education; and whilst the nation is talking about how students are treated, we’re giving you a chance to have your say as well. Click here to see the story, including interview with Union President, Sam Ling.

This Friday, 5th October (tomorrow), at 3pm in the Bridge Bar, Surge Radio will be relaunching its topical debating programme, The Key Debate.

The first edition will be on current issues in higher education, including tuition fees and place allocation, with a range of different views and personalities represented on the … Read the rest