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.
Who should be the next leaders of student fundraising and student media at SUSU? Voting will open from 9am on Wednesday 17th March and you can vote for who you think should fill the following positions:
Voting is open from … Read the rest
Want to be a magazine editor, TV or radio station manager or lead on student fundraising for charity? Use your student voice this year and become a Student Leader or Media Group Head!
Nominations are open for the following part time voluntary positions:
Nominations open Monday 08 March at 09:00, and you can nominate yourself here.
Nominations close Monday 15 March at 16:00, with voting Wednesday 17 March 09:00 until Friday 19 March 16:00.… Read the rest
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
SUSUtv, the Union’s student-run TV station has been shortlisted for Best Media Society in the National Societies Awards.
The National Societies Awards celebrate the achievements of student societies at universities across the country.This year there were almost 800 nominations of which SUSUtv have now been shortlisted.
“This year has been the year of collaboration for SUSUtv” says Ben McQuigg, Station Manager. “We worked with so many societies, groups, external companies as well as other Student TV stations from around the country.”
This is the third year running SUSUtv have been shortlisted for the award having previously been awarded runner … Read the rest
SUSUtv will be broadcasting live for six hours as part of ‘Big Live’, a 24-hour live stream fundraising event on Friday 30 November 2018.
KTV (Kent Union’s student TV station) are hosting a 24-hour live stream for the charity ‘Books 2 Africa‘, which was set up by University of Kent Alumni. KTV are collaborating with Forge TV at the University of Sheffield, and our very own SUSUtv!
The full live stream of Big Live will run from the afternoon of Friday 30 November to the afternoon of the Saturday 01 December. SUSUtv will be broadcasting for a six … Read the rest
You’ve arrived at University of Southampton, and you want to try something new – but with 300+ societies offered here at the Students’ Union it can get a little confusing. Whether it’s our sustainability groups that spark your interest, charity societies or creative industries, there is a club or society for everyone! We’ve put together this handy guide of what to expect from at Bunfight on Wednesday 26 September, 2018…
Performing Arts
Performing Arts encompasses all of our performance societies. They fall into four categories: Theatrical, Dance, Music and Technical. There is no need to be a West … 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
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:
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
We are thrilled to announce three societies from our Union have received nominations in the National Societies Awards 2018, along with a student nomination for Individual Award for Outstanding Contribution.
Nominations recieved for Southampton are:
Danny Rickard, Station Manager of SUSUtv, has received a well-deserved nomination for Individual Award for Outstanding Contribution, for his dedicated work with SUSUtv.
Evie Reilly, VP DCI, says: “Congratulations to Danny, SUSUtv, Football Beyond Borders and NurSoc! I’m really pleased their hard work over the … Read the rest