#YourSUSUYourWeek is an opportunity for YOU – a wonderful member of SUSU, to show off what life as a University of Southampton student is really like.

This week, SUSU’s swapping filters of our resident cat for pas de chats, as our dance societies take over SUSU’s Instagram in the run-up do their epic Pure Dance show! We’re letting Marie reign over our Instagram, to give you an insight into the life of rehearsals/performances/socials a SUSU dance society member leads. She’ll be sharing a picture a day from Sunday 15 March to Saturday 21 March to kick off our first … Read the rest

Students from the University of Southampton recently raised £1022 in donations for Cancer Research UK at Pure Dance 2014.

Sammi Gardiner, Pure Dance 2014 organiser, chose to collect money for the charity after receiving a nomination by Union President David Gilani to perform a Random Act of Kindness; an initiative launched by RAG in response to the Nek Nominate trend. Volunteers collected money at Turner Sims Concert Hall before and after each performance to support the worthy cause.

The five Pure Dance performances took place from 21st to 23rd of March, featuring 314 dancers from ten dance … Read the rest

Last night at the Excellence in Volunteering Awards we paid tribute to the heroic volunteers, both groups and individuals, who dedicate so much effort and time to delivering all kinds of services, events and activities to their peers.

This year we received an astounding 436 nominations across the seven award categories, and each of the nominees received a certificate to recognise their achievements.

We are very pleased to announce that this year’s Excellence in Volunteering winners are:

Collaboration Award

Winner – Pure Dance
Highly Commended – Adam Dales
Highly Commended – Stage Soc

Impact Award

Winner – Cameroon Catalyst… Read the rest