Congratulations to all the students elected in our recent Student Leader Elections, and thank you to everyone who voted. Your winners are:
RAG President: Zoe Chapple
Surge Radio Station Manager: Will Hough
SUSUtv Station Manager: Byron Kellett
The Edge Editor: Sam Pegg
Wessex Scene Editor: Emily Dennis
Find out how you can get involved with student Elections and democracy: Student Voice.
It’s been a fantastic few weeks for our Student Media Groups who have been shortlisted or nominated for countless national awards:
Your campus news magazine has been shortlisted for three awards at the national Student Publication Awards:
Wessex Scene – Best Magazine Design
Charlotte Colombo – The Billy Dowling-Reid Award for Outstanding Commitment
Linnea Lagerstedt – The Billy Dowling-Reid Award for Outstanding Commitment
Your campus entertainment magazine has also been shortlisted for three awards at the national Student Publication Awards:
The Edge – Best Specialist Publication
The Edge – Best Magazine Design
Louise Chase … Read the rest
Get your tickets on the Box Office.
The University of Southampton Basketball Club return with their annual All-Star Event this Saturday 22nd February, in the Jubilee Sports Hall.
From 2pm watch your favourite Sharks face off, with live commentary from Surge Radio, performances from the Vixens, a courtside bar and chances to win prizes from Redbull, Domino’s and others!
Day’s Schedule:
Doors open from 1.30pm.
Don’t miss out – get your tickets on the Box Office here!… Read the rest
The interview with Chris Stark aired live on Surge on Sunday 23 September and was played on BBC Radio Solent as a part of the launch of their evening show, Teenage Takeover with Stephanie Newenhouse, a new show which aims to celebrate and champion young people.
Chris Stark, who is a University of Southampton and Surge Radio alumnus, appeared as a guest and was interviewed by Surge Radio, … Read the rest
On Monday 07 May we celebrated another year of fantastic talent, hard work and dedication shown from our student media groups at the Media Ball 2018. This year the ball was held at the Southampton Harbour Hotel and was a very glamorous occasion!
Congratulations to all the students who received Media Ball 2018 Awards. A full list of winners is below:
Best News Coverage: Jake Willis and the Surge News Team
Best Interview: Lydia Pallot Union Election Candidate Interviews (SUSUtv)
Best Review: Sophie Jones’ Twin Peaks Review
Best Broadcast Feature: SUSUtv Fresher’s Coverage
Best Print Feature: James … 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:
Huge congratulations are in order for Surge Radio, our student-run radio station, who won two Silver awards at the 2017 Student Radio Awards: Best Multi-platform Initiative and Best Live Event or Outside Broadcast.
Both awards were for Surge’s brilliant live coverage of the RAG (Raise and Give) 2016 Jailbreak, an event where students aim to travel as far from Southampton as possible without spending any money, fundraising as they go. Surge covered the event live for 36 hours, keeping track of 30 teams on their adventures.
Surge’s Station Manager, Xavier Voight-Hill, says: “It was a fantastic … Read the rest
If you are one of the savvy students who has already secured your WSA Summer Ball tickets, you can now collect them between 10:00-15:00 this week in the WSA Cafe.
All you need to bring is your ticket confirmation and Student ID and we will do the rest! (Don’t forget that you will need these, plus your proof of age ID to gain entry on the night).
For those of you who haven’t already got your tickets – hurry! You only have three more days to sort your plans for the night of the year at Winchester Guildhall on … Read the rest
Surge Radio has been invited to broadcast at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios on Thursday 13 April.
Our student-run station is set to record between 12:00-16:00 on Thursday in a series of four live sessions, which students can listen to on the station’s website at www.surgeradio.co.uk. The broadcast will include live performances from Jerry Williams, a Portsmouth-based singer-songwriter and Will Joseph Cook, an indie solo artist with several million streams on Spotify.
The studio offered the station the broadcast in exchange for a ‘BTR (British Tape Recorder) Workhouse Tape Machine’ which the station had used at their previous studio … Read the rest
Surge Radio are embarking on their annual 48 hour broadcasting marathon on Thursday to raise money for Comic Relief.
The marathon, which will be broadcast live outside the Union building on the Redbrick, is due to start at midnight on Thursday, ending 48 hours later at 00:00 on Saturday 25 March.
The 40 strong team of volunteers aim to raise £480 for Comic Relief in association with RAG (Raise and Give) society through a series of competitions, on-air challenges, and games.
The marathon will be broadcast live on the Surge website, but can also be followed across Surge’s social … Read the rest