Huge congratulations to SUSUtv, our student-run TV station, who took home four NaSTA’s 2018 Awards on Saturday 14 April!

Their awards were for:

• Win – Best Cinematography – ‘Live Your Life’
• Win – Best Documentary and Factual – ‘Pollution: Southampton’s Dirty Secret’
• Win – Best On Screen Talent – Lydia Pallot
• Highly commended – Station Marketing

The short film ‘Live Your Life’ also won Best Cinematography and the Audience Award at this year’s University of Southampton Student Film Festival.

Harry Gration (BBC Look North news anchor) judged the Best On Screen Talent Award, and was so impressed with … Read the rest

Congratulations to the Union’s media teams who have recently been nominated in national awards ceremonies. Wessex Scene and The Edge have been nominated for five awards in the Student Publication Association Awards 2018, whilst Surge Radio have been nominated for seven I Love Student Radio Awards 2018. SUSUtv have also submitted their show reel entry for Best Freshers’ Content 2017/18 to the National Student Television Association Awards 2018.

Wessex Scene, our official student-run magazine, received SPA Award nominations for:

• Best Interview – Alice Hearing’s interview with Jon Sopel
• Best Feature – Linnea Lagerstead’s powerful piece ‘

Our very own student television station, SUSUtv, has achieved Highly Commended at National Student Television Association Awards (NaSTAs) 2017 on Saturday.

The team received the recognition for their entry, ‘Blind Love’ in the ‘Best Writing’ Category at the awards ceremony, held in Birmingham.

The film, written and directed by Tom Pethick, tells the story of a young man, Horatio, as he is forced to make the decision between love and sight as his vision grows increasingly weaker the more time he spends with the girl he loves.

Tom comments, “At it’s core, the piece is about the simple decision between … Read the rest