Southampton Solent University

Southampton Solent University

Southampton Solent University (Emblem)
Motto	Scintill Tuus Imaginationem (Latin)
Motto in English	Spark Your Imagination
Type	Public
Established	2004 – Granted University status 1984 – Southampton Institute of Higher Education 1855 – Southampton College of Art
Endowment	£0.81 m (2015)[1]
Chancellor	Alan West, Baron West of Spithead
Vice-Chancellor	Graham Baldwin
Students	11,305 HE (2014/15)[2]
Undergraduates	10,950 (2014/15)[2]
Postgraduates	355 (2014/15)[2]
Other students	6,815 FE[3]
Location	Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom 50°54′29″N 1°24′04″W / 50.908°N 1.401°W / 50.908; -1.401Coordinates: 50°54′29″N 1°24′04″W / 50.908°N 1.401°W / 50.908; -1.401
Campus	Urban, City Campus
Colours	Dark red and black
Athletics	BUCS Head and Regatta BUCS South Eastern BUCS Western Conference 3A Snows Group Hampshire 2
Affiliations	Universities UK GuildHE Million+
Website	www.solent.ac.uk

Southampton Solent University is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 18,500 students. Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near the city centre and the maritime hub of Southampton.

Solent University students are represented by Solent Students' Union, which is based on the East Park Terrace campus.^[4]

History

The university's origins can be traced back to a private School of Art founded in 1856, which eventually became the Southampton College of Art. Mergers with the Southampton College of Technology, and later the College of Nautical Studies at Warsash, led to the establishment of the Southampton Institute of Higher Education in 1984.

Southampton Institute became a university on 12 July 2005, adopting its current name on 15 August 2005.^[5][6][6][7] Prior to 2005, students at Southampton Institute received degrees awarded by Nottingham Trent University. In 2015 the University came to an agreement with New College of the Humanities, London whereby it will validate some of their degrees.^[8]

In 2012, producer, singer/songwriter and musician Trevor Horn received an honorary degree from Southampton Solent University in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in music and his commitment to the music industry. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Music during a ceremony at Southampton’s Guildhall on 20 November.^[9]

Campus

Southampton Solent University has two campus, one of them is the City Campus, and the other one is the Warsash Maritime Academy.

Southampton Solent University has a delightful location facing attractive East Park in the centre of the city of Southampton on the south coast of England in the UK. Warsash Maritime Academy is located on the eastern bank of the Hamble River overlooking Southampton Water.^[10]

Halls of residence

The University has six major student Halls complexes:

• Chantry
• Deanery
• Emily Davies
• Hamwic
• Kimber (incorporating the David Moxon Annexe)
• Lucia Foster Welch

All are located away from the main teaching buildings. Five of the six halls are located South East of the city centre, between the St Mary's and Ocean Village areas of the Southampton, while Emily Davies is located to the north west of the city centre, near to the Southampton Civic Centre.^[11]

Academic profile

Southampton Solent university's maritime courses have been ranked among the best in the world.^[12] The university conducts highly reputed undergraduate and post graduate level courses on Maritime Business, Supply chain management, Logistics and Maritime law.^[13]

The university also has popular courses on media, marketing, sports and business. It works with local business and professional bodies (for example the British Computer Society, Creative Skillset and the PTC) to keep the qualifications it provides relevant and immediately useful upon graduation.

The student yachting team has often consisted of Olympians and are previous world champions.^[14] Other courses at the university with an established reputation amongst academics include Journalism and Photography, both of which are accredited by industry bodies and professionally recognised.

Southampton Solent University continues to offer research degree awards validated by the Nottingham Trent University.^[15]

Rankings

Southampton Solent ranks 57th out of 90 universities in Media courses.^[19]

Research

Southampton Solent University has created an enabling environment for research and innovation among the researchers, scholars and learners here on campus. Research-informed teaching is at the heart of our approach to teaching and learning.Research at Solent is firmly rooted in real-world application and industry practice. The four research and innovation hubs bring the strengths of the University together within core groups and provide researchers with the opportunity to work in an enabling and multi-disciplinary environment.The University also has a dedicated research and innovation unit, providing cohesive support for research and innovation through a researcher development programme and the Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Awards. ^[20]

It is a centre of applied research in design and advanced technology, geography, maritime, fine art, history of collecting, film, media and cultural studies, law and a broad range of business disciplines.

Creative and digital industries

Solent has a strong record of research and innovation in the creative industries. It is a focus for excellence in the fields of visual art, visual design, cultural memory, interactive media, fashion, screen media, creativity and communications.

Accessible academic expertise in visual culture, cultural studies, design, cloud-computing, marketing, e-learning and performance measurement are vital for the creative and digital industries success in research. ^[21]

Business and society

The Business and Society Research Hub provides an environment where studies relating to private, public and third sector industries and social issues can thrive. It brings together those interested in fields such as social policy, business management, criminology, law and languages.

Currently, the growth areas for business and society research are the ‘visitor economy’, SME partnerships, international economic development and entrepreneurship, as well as research into criminality, drug use, cyber-crime, and other contemporary areas of academic interest. ^[22]

Sport, health and wellbeing

The sport, health and wellbeing hub recognizes the rising prominence of sports science and health related disciplines at Solent.

The department draws upon a rich background of expertise in these areas and represents a developmental phase for both the sports science, health and development cluster (from which a submission to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) was submitted in 2014), and the health and wellbeing network, which now includes members from local government, the NHS, and academics from other UK institutions.

These two complementary initiatives have been brought together to foster the interchange of expertise and innovation. ^[23]

Student life

Solent Students' Union

Established in 1965 the Union forms an integral part of student representation within the University. It is an affiliated full member of National Union of Students. It has four sabbatical officers – President, Vice President of Education, Vice President Welfare & Community and Vice President Employability & Engagement – and thirteen part-time officers primarily based on the NUS liberation groups – BME, LGBT+, Mature, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, EU & International, Women's & Part-Time alongside a Warsash Cadets Officer and six Faculty Reps [1 undergraduate and 1 postgraduate from each of the 3 faculties (Creative Industries, Maritime and Technology & Business, Sport and Enterprise)] – as well as several full-time, permanent members of staff.

The President is the students' representative on the Board of Governors and other Sabbatical Officers attend university committees such as Academic Board, Faculty Boards and Course Committees to ensure effective representation for all students – full and part-time, undergraduate and postgraduate.

There are many clubs and societies which are funded through the Union and run by students. Facilities and services include the Student Advice Centre which offers a comprehensive and confidential information and advice service to students, a Student Shop, a cash-point machines and a cafe/bar.

Entertainment is provided on site by the Union, running a fully licensed bar and catering operation hosting balls, themed nights and with various social meetings taking place throughout the year. The Students' Union holds many formal events over the year including the Freshers Ball, Graduation Ball and Summer Festival. The student union has for many years played an integral part of the student scene on campus within its Commercial Services / Catering departments offering students the opportunity to earn money.

The summer of 2007 saw the refurbishment of the middle floor, with the Executive officers residing there, as well as Radio Sonar and Sonar TV, a Student Union Shop and Wifi Lounge^[24]

In 2011, the Union registered officially with the UK Charity Commission after changes in the Charities Act.^[25] The Union now has a Trustee Board to govern and work alongside the University Board of Governors.

The first President was Zyg Nilski in 1965 until 1966 under the name of Southampton College of Technology Students' Union. The current President of Solent Students' Union is Megan Maddex, who is serving her first term in office.

Student media

The student media outlets at Southampton Solent University are covered by the umbrella brand of 'Sonar Media'. These outlets are considered Special Status Societies within the Students' Union and are run entirely by students. The four societies under the brand include Radio Sonar, the student radio station; SonarTV, the student television station; Sonar Magazine, the student magazine; and Sonar Film, the student-run cinema.^[26] Southampton Solent's University Life has been featured in several The Daily Touch articles - courtesy of StudentCrowd ^[27]

Live events society

The Solent Live Events Society is an organisation set up to offer live event services to clients in and out of Southampton, including but not limited to audio/visual equipment hire and audio/visual engineering expertise from our members. The Solent Live Events Society is run by students for students benefit, offering real working life experience within the live music industry for students of Southampton Solent with thanks to Solent alumni and contacts within the live event industry outside of the university. Quite frankly it wouldn't have been able to run without the hard work and dedication from the first Technical Coordinator of the society, he has not only done the university itself proud but he has done himself proud.^[6]

TV station

The student-run Television Station operated under the name SonarTV. The station was founded in 2009 as part of the student media rebrand within the Students' Union. SonarTV are the only outlet within the university that can affiliate with NaSTA (The National Student Television Association), and in 2012 was selected to be joint host for the first ever NaSTAvision broadcast with Staffs TV of Staffordshire University.^[28] At the 2013 NaSTA Awards, they placed 3rd for Best Broadcaster in the 40th annual edition of the NaSTA Awards, hosted by XTV of Exeter University

Radio station

The student run Radio Station is called Radio Sonar. The University radio station was founded by Giacomo Shimmings in 1998 and was originally known as Sin FM. the name came from the first 28-day FM radio licence held by the station. After applying for a Low Powered AM (LPAM) licence, the station changed its name to Sin Radio and at the same time became an online radio station. The name of the station was changed in 2009 to Radio Sonar. The rename was in conjunction with all Student Union media, part of Sonar Media rebrand. Radio Sonar has won the prestigious "Outstanding Contribution to Student Radio" at the National Student Radio Conference in 2010 and again in 2011. in 2012 Mel Lewis won Best Female Presenter. Radio Sonar was nominated in the 2014 SRA awards for 'Best Chart Show' and achieved 3rd place.

Sport

The university has a long tradition of achieving at sailing and have won the student national yachting championships on numerous occasions.

Notable alumni

• William Adkin – Cricketer^[29]
• Jack Eames – Fashion photographer
• Paul Goodison – Olympic Gold Medalist 2008
• James Hilton – Designer associated with the AKQA agency.^[30]
• Arun Kumar – Entrepreneur
• Una Nwajei – England women's footballer
• Jenny Packham – Fashion designer
• Jemish Patel – TV presenter
• David Quayle – Co-founder of B&Q
• Camille Lepage – French photojournalist

References

External links

• Official website
• Warsash Maritime Academy Official Website
• Solent Students' Union
• Radio Sonar Alumnia Wiki

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