Following a successful student petition, we conducted an All Student Vote between Monday 10 December and Friday 12 January to gather our members’ opinion on the current restructure of the University. The questions were created in conjunction with the students who submitted the petition, and results were as follows:

Do you believe that there has been full and clear consultation with students on this restructure?

Yes – 325 votes (15%)

No – 1,843 (85%)

Do you believe that the Vice-Chancellor’s pay should be cut as part of the restructure?

Yes – 2,035 votes (90.6%)

No – 211 votes (9.4%)… Read the rest

We’ve introduced you to our WSA Campus President, International Officer and Welfare Officer, and now it’s time to find out more about Jake, the Erasmus Park Halls President.

What are you studying and what year are you in?

I’m currently studying Fine Art and this is my very first year over at WSA.

What are you most looking forward to about being the Erasmus Park Halls President? What is your main aim?

Well, my main aim will be to keep our students in the loop with everything happening at WSA. I’m a very social person and always willing … Read the rest

It has come to light that the University is in the process of implementing a restructuring of the Residents’ Support Service (RESSUP), moving from an overnight service to a 24-hour one, which will result in an 18 to 20% cut in take-home pay for the members of that team according to UNISON.

RESSUP is a key support service for students living in halls, offering pastoral support, practical support, advice, and generally a friendly face to students who might be struggling.

We consider RESSUP as one of the key elements to providing welfare support for students and improving the student experience … Read the rest

So what’s happened since our last update?

Following the All Student Vote in October where you voted to keep the Union Southampton branding with the SUSU name and the recent ideas survey, we have been busy working on the logo redesign based on your feedback. Many of you said that you would like to see more colour on the building signage and a few of you expressed concerns about the cost of the rebrand previously. Therefore, we have been working with our Graphic Designers to come up with a series of logo designs in-house which you will be able to … Read the rest

Members of our Marketing and Communications Crew hit campus last week to gain your views on the student experience in both Southampton and Winchester.

The crew, who are also students here at the University of Southampton, took ipads around campus to encourage you to fill out the National Student Survey (NSS).

The national survey, which can be completed at www.thestudentsurvey.co.uk, is a UK-wide feedback indicator, which is used to help us and the University to improve the student experience.

Open to all final year undergraduate students, we use the information to make positive changes for the future.

Some changes … Read the rest

If you were one of the 109 students who joined us for the WSA Quiz and Curry Festive Special a couple of weeks ago, you can rest assured that the Quiz will be back for 2017.

This year has seen some of the most successful quizzes yet, with over 70 students regularly attending the fortnightly Quiz.

We don’t want you to miss out on the quiz due to hand-in season, so we’ve waited until just afterwards to give you something to look forward to. We’ll even be giving you the chance to choose which food you’d like to see served … Read the rest

Jingle all the way with Christmas music, festive quiz questions as we party at the final quiz of the year.

We’re celebrating the beginning of the festive season at WSA with a Christmas-themed version of our popular fortnightly WSA Quiz and Curry.

Join us on Tuesday 06 December between 18:00-22:00 for more quizzical fun as we embrace the Christmas festivities at the WSA Cafe.

Entry tickets are just £1 and include 1 raffle ticket, though you will have a chance to buy more on the night. Get yours at unionsouthampton.org/boxoffice.

We will be giving away free mince pies … Read the rest

The famous WSA Quiz and Curry is back for another year!

Join us tomorrow night (11 October) at the WSA Cafe for a night of quizzical fun and delicious curry – all for just £4.25 each (Curry – £3.25 and £1 entry).

You can register teams of up to six of you from 18:00 before food is served from 18:00.

Then once you’re all refuelled and ready to go, we’ll start the quiz at 19:00.
Hit ‘going’ on our Facebook event so we can get enough curry for everyone.

Here’s some snaps from our previous Quiz and Curry events…

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Are you an international student joining us this year? Worried about meeting new people, whether you are international student or not? Perhaps you’re just a friendly person and want to meet a range of new people? Well there’s nothing to worry about, because we have organised the Global Speed Meet, with the aim of helping you to meet new people from different cultures in a relaxed environment for FREE.

The idea of speed meeting people goes back a long way, and is based on a simple premise that you have a very short period of time with someone to introduce … Read the rest

We held the second part in our series of live Q&As on Wednesday, where you took to Twitter using the hashtag #SotonQandA to ask us everything you wanted to know about student life and Freshers’. Our Vice-President Engagement, Dan Varley joined us to answer your questions. Here’s a quick round-up of what happened…

1. You asked us about free bus passes for Freshers’ in Halls and yes, you lucky lot do indeed get free access to Unilink bus passes if you are in Halls of Residences. You’ll find this is a great way to get around the city efficiently (especially if