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Simon PeatfieldDirector of Communications and Marketing
Simon is the Director of Communications and Marketing at the University of Southampton. Communications and Marketing manages the University’s reputation and brand and they communicate its aims and achievements to stakeholders around the world.
The University of Southampton is a top 20 UK university and a top 100 university globally. The university is an exceptional place whose people achieve remarkable things. They are a world-leading, research intensive university, with a strong educational offering, renowned for innovation and enterprise.
The ambition at the University of Southampton is to change the world. This is a grand statement, but it is an achievable one with the support of the more than 200,000 hardworking people who make up the students, staff, alumni, and community of the institution.
The Latest from University of Southampton
Our researchers have found invasive Asian hornets have a unique buzz - and it could help stop their spread.
This breakthrough could mean faster nest detection as numbers surge this summer. Hear the distinctive buzz below.
Read more 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/ufbm9yzmal
Congratulations to Prof Joerg Fliege, Dr Vanissa Wanick and all at UoS spinout Nucleolus for their Central South Buisness Award 2025 🏆
Awarded for developing technology to help children with the eye condition, Amblyopia.
Find out more 👉 https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2023/05/lazy-eye.page
Congratulations to our academics Dr Stefania Parendes Fuentes and Professor Bryony Whitmarsh who have been awarded National Teaching Fellowships from Advance HE in recognition of the outstanding impact they’ve had on higher education.
Read more 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/udltrjru9g…
Our researchers are part of a new research expedition to find out if offshore wind farms could increase biodiversity and boost fisheries 🌊🌪️
Find out more 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/wjofm7bfeh
Did you catch our experts from @SouthamptonCTU on the BBC today?
Their latest trial is working to spot early signs of 10 different cancers. Here’s what Professor Andy Davies and Dr Victoria Goss told them 👇
@VictoriaMGoss @UHSFTresearch @NIHRresearch…
Patients trial blood test for detecting early-stage cancers
Hundreds of patients from Hampshire and Dorset trial the Enlighten test for detecting cancer.
bbc.pulse.ly
Could hot rocks deep beneath a massive mountain range in North America have resulted from the #US split from Greenland 80 million years ago?
Our expert @TMGernon says he has found out 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/iit72e7qem
New research has revealed the full extent of German musicians’ and actors’ complicity in the Nazi regime’s persecution of Jewish people.
The whole story is uncovered by Professor of History Neil Gregor, in his latest book.
Find out more 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/wpbe3pnnkm
Our researchers are working with local councils and food aid services to improve food pantries across the South as the demand for them surges.
The project will ensure food is distributed to pantries more fairly and with less waste.
Read more 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/yoyiq1ka5c
Our researchers have uncovered new insights into how bacteria defend themselves against phages, a type of virus 🦠
The findings could help to develop new treatments for antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Read more 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/ernr5jha6c
From humble beginningsto world-renowned status
The University of Southampton has built up strong relationships with partner organisations all over the world, including business, industry and other leading higher education institutions. The university has a campus in Malaysia, with a high focus on Engineering courses. Following the first two years in Malaysia our students continue their studies in the UK with access to our world-class research facilities. UoS also has strategic partnerships with Dalian Polytechnic University and universities within China and Singapore.
The university is a founding member of Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) for international research collaboration and addressing issues of global significance.
Core Principles
- Collegiality: one team working, planning, and delivering together, toward our shared vision
- Quality: always striving to achieve the highest quality in everything we do
- Internationalisation: delivering across global markets and building strong partnerships with other leading organisations
- Sustainability: ensuring our actions lead to financial, social, and environmental sustainability
A top 20 UK university
22,000
Enrolled students
£137m
Annual research income (16/17)
The University of Southampton is a world-class research-intensive Russell Group university. Over 96 percent of our research has been assessed as world-leading and internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.
The university groups its groundbreaking work being carried out by world-leading researchers into the eight research themes, through which they are addressing some of the most challenging issues facing society today. These eight research themes are: Energy, Environment, Global economy and culture, Health and healthcare, Population, migration and mobility, Security, Technology, and Transport.
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