Hi guys, it’s Arun Aggarwal, Vice President of Student Communities for 2017/18. As you might know, we have a campus in Malaysia which I’ve just come back from!

Part of my remit as a Sabbatical Officer at the Students’ Union is to look at our offer at sites and campuses, and see how we can work to represent students and enhance their student experience.

With our Malaysian campus, we helped a few years ago students set up the Student Association (basically us but ‘Unions’ are prohibited there…) and run their first elections. Historically, we send them an amount of money … Read the rest

According to a list compiled in the Times Higher Education (THE), Southampton has been ranked in the top 60 most international universities in the world and 21st amongst list of UK universities.

Around 1/3 of the university’s total students are international and the University has a campus in Malaysia.

We are always looking for new ways that we can support our international students, both in study and in the other aspects of University life. For example, in 2015, we had our first ever Course Rep Elections at our Malaysia campus and we worked with the University to improve teaching and … Read the rest