There are less than 24 hours to go until nominations close in the SUSU Elections 2020!

What would you change about student life at Southampton? Whether your ideas are big or small, for all students or one community, you could make them happen by becoming a Sabbatical Officer, Student Officer or Leader this Spring Elections.

The Sabbatical roles you can run for are Union President, VP Sports, VP Education and Democracy, VP Activities and VP Welfare and Community. You don’t need any previous experience of volunteering with SUSU or a similar role, and you’ll receive training … Read the rest

Good news for our early risers. Thanks to the Union, Avenue Cafe have extended their opening hours.

Avenue Cafe now opens from 8am every day.

Great success! This win was brought to you from You Make Change. You can submit your own ideas for change by clicking here.… Read the rest

Are you partial to a bit of iPlayer? Do you spend hours catching up with the latest BBC series on your tablet after a day at the library?

While you will still be able to watch all the telly greats, the law regarding TV licences is changing from 01 September 2016. This means that you will need to buy a TV licence to download or watch any BBC programmes on demand. 

Make sure you don’t get caught out or you risk prosecution and a fine of up to £1,000 plus any legal costs and/or compensation you may be ordered to … Read the rest

If you are looking for work, we are currently recruiting for two positions at the Union. If you want to apply, hurry, because applications close on Monday 11th April at 9am.

Winchester School of Art Assistant 

The Role

• To assist the Manager – Union WSA to improve the SUSU experience at WSA.
• To work as part of a team of students who coordinate our communications across the day, evening and weekend.
• To assist with arranging events locally at WSA Union.

We can offer you

• A role based at WSA
• Flexible hours to suit you and fit around your studies
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We understand that many of you will be busy studying late on campus during January. Our priority is to keep you safe, so we have organised for the Safety Bus to run from 8pm to 6am until 22^nd January. We recommend you take the Safety Bus because it is free with your Student ID and will drop you home safely wherever you live. However, if you do decide to walk, please take a friend with you and let your housemates know when you will be home. Always carry a charged phone so you can seek help if you need … Read the rest

January can be a stressful time for students, you may have University exams, portfolio deadlines, your thesis to write or you may be on placement. All this, coupled with the commitments of your job may feel a little overwhelming. Most universities recommend that students only take on a maximum of between 10 and 15 hours employment per week during the academic term, but a study carried out by the NUS and Endsleigh Insurance in 2013 found that 57% of students hold down a part-time job whilst at university, with nine out of 10 of that number working as many as … Read the rest

The holidays are approaching and you are about to embark on a well-deserved break. Like yourselves, we will be resting up ready for 2016. Here are the Christmas opening times at the Students’ Union between Monday 14th December-Wednesday 23rd December.

SUSU (including all outlets) is closed weekends from 11th December unless otherwise stated.

SUSU is closed on the 24th December and will reopen on the 4th January (normal opening times from 4th January)

The Union 

Monday-Friday 8am-8pm

SUSU Lettings

Monday-Friday 8am-4pm

The Shop

Monday-Friday 8.30am-4.30pm

The Shop on Top

Monday-Friday 10am-2pm

Bar 3 Diner

Monday-Friday 11.30am-2.30pm until Friday 19th December… Read the rest