In just 11 days, you will be heading down to Southampton or Winchester to embark on some of the best years of your lives. Are you ready?!

Giving you 10 amazing chances for you to make friends, party and let off steam before you start your lectures, our Master Passes mark the ultimate start to your student experience.

Our Passes have completely SOLD OUT over the past few years! If they aren’t already sold out in the next couple of weeks, we will be taking them off sale on Friday 23 September at 18:00.

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Freshers’ 2016 is approaching and with performances from Sigma, Becky Hill, a Chris Stark DJ set and much, much more – the fortnight is set to be HUGE! As you may have noticed, we have been getting a little overexcited for you to come and join us in Southampton and Winchester. We’ve been busy packing Freshers’ bags so you have loads of freebies to look forward to at our Union Fayre on Monday 26 September just after you arrive, as well as making sure everything is in place to ensure you have the best introduction to student life. But we … Read the rest

Don your headphones and sing as loud as you please at our Freshers’ Silent Disco.

In the ultimate student ice breaker, you can listen to your favourite tunes and show off those dance moves with your new friends. – without saying a word.

We want you all to be included, so we are holding two separate nights, each assigned to different Halls of Residence and for everyone else (including our returning students), you have our Private Rented option.

Don’t forget that you can still buy tickets for Freshers’, even if you’re not sure where you will be living yet. We … Read the rest

Chart topping DJ dance duo Sigma, singing sensation Becky Hill and multi-instrumentalist MC Majestic are headlining this year’s Freshers’ Ball!

One of the highlights of the Freshers’ calendar, our Freshers’ Ball on Saturday 08 October, rounds off an incredible Freshers’ fortnight of events. You will have made friends with your new housemates, settled into your accommodation and be raring for a cracking year. Our Freshers’ Ball provides you with the perfect opportunity to get dressed to impress and grab your best ones for one final blow-out to kickstart term.

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Time to get soaked and soapy! This is the wildest and wettest event of Freshers’ so be prepared to be as drenched as a Glastonbury fan, minus the mud!

To avoid going without your mates, check which party your hall is assigned to!

Foam Party I – Thursday 29 September 2016: Archers Rd, Chamberlain, Mayflower, Monte, Private Rented
Foam Party II – Friday 30 September 2016: Bencraft, Connaught, Erasmus Park, City Gateway, Glen Eyre, Highfield, Liberty Point

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Kickstart your University experience with the ultimate student club night…Student Therapy at Oceana, Southampton. You may have noticed this is included in our Freshers’ Master Pass and wondered what it was all about, so sit back, relax and read on as we walk you through one of the most exciting nights in our Freshers’ calendar.

What is Student Therapy?

Oceana Southampton’s weekly student night, including mash up of BIG club anthems, Live PAs, party bangers and a room full of cheesy classics to sing your heart out! What ever your looking for on a night… We’ve got your Therapy.… Read the rest

As if a 3-day weekend wasn’t good enough, we’re giving you the chance to win a FREE Master Pass worth £95!

To be in with a chance of winning, simply purchase your Master Pass from our Box Office at www.unionsouthampton.org/boxoffice before midnight on Monday 29 August. You will then automatically get entered into a prize draw to win a full refund on your ticket.

To find out more about what’s included in the Master Pass, read our FAQs and join our official Facebook event.

#SotonFreshers

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have heard that we have released our #SotonFreshers Master Pass. This is your ticket to the ultimate University of Southampton Freshers’ experience. Some of you have got in touch to ask us more about our Freshers’ programme, so we have compiled the most common questions and answered them right here…

• Which events are included in the Master Pass?

You can make a £23.50 saving across our Freshers’ events and get a chance to go to all of this (click on each link for details on dates, times and which halls … Read the rest

6,000 students. 10 huge events. 1 Master Pass.

That’s right. With our Freshers’ Master Pass, you can get all of this:

 Welcome Party – CHRIS STARK AND DROP DIVISION

• Welcome Party 1: Saturday 24 September – Erasmus Park, City Gateway, Mayflower, Private Rented
• Welcome Party 2: Sunday 25 September – Archers Road, Bencraft, Chamberlain, Monte
• Welcome Party 3: Monday 26 September – Connaught, Glen Eyre, Highfield, Liberty Point
• 21:00-02:00
• The Union (B42), Highfield campus

Your first introduction to student life. Get to know your new housemates with the ultimate night out. We want you all of you to get involved, … Read the rest

Congratulations to everyone who has got into the University of Southampton today!

We can’t wait to meet you at #SotonFreshers

We will be releasing our Freshers’ Master Pass events tomorrow from 09:00 on our Box Office at www.unionsouthampton.org/boxoffice. You can be the first to find out about our Freshers’ events when we announce them on our official Freshers’ Facebook page.

If you have any questions about student life at Southampton, join the conversation on our Twitter account @Union_Soton using the hashtag #SotonFreshers and we will get back to you.

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