Student Journalism is an excellent way to get into journalism, freelance writing, marketing or just to meet new people and write about the things you enjoy. The Edge magazine provides an excellent opportunity to get involved in the ‘student journo’ world, or just try your hand at writing. Alongside Wessex Scene, they are the backbone of print journalism at the University of Southampton, so we wanted to find out more, and tell you what they have to offer!

What is your society, what do you do and who is involved?

We are The Edge, the University of Southampton’s entertainment magazine. … Read the rest

The Wessex Scene are raising money to print a special edition of their magazine titled ‘Poverty & Class’ and need your help to fund the costs of printing.

This special edition will raise awareness of how issues like class divisions and poverty impact people on a local, national and international scale. 

Currently they have raised £500 of their £800 goal, and need to reach £600 in order for all of the money that has already been donated to not be automatically refunded to donors.

You can donate to the fund here, there are scaled rewards for donating £10 or … Read the rest

The Olympic Games 2016 in Rio is set to begin on the 05 August, so to get in the sporting spirit, Rebecca James takes a look at the swimming athletes sure to win gold this summer.

One of the best parts about the Olympics is the fantastic coverage of sport – the mainstream TV channels broadcast events and sports that normally wouldn’t get a look in. And while there have been developments in recent years in terms of the broadcasting of major events in swimming, there is nothing quite like spending a week watching heats, semi-finals and finals. However, because … Read the rest