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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
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We’re delighted to have played a key role in a major new report into the value and importance of visual arts.
The ‘Framing the Future’ report sets out recommendations to the government on investment to safeguard art for the future.
Read more 👉 https://tr.ee/Bdqnp0
Could our gut health be influencing our brains more than we think?
Our academics are leading a new network of experts tasked with investigating the link between the gut and brain🧠🧬
Read more👉https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/04/scientistsunlocklinkbetweengutbrain.page
@UHSFTresearch @UoS_Medicine @SouthamptonBRC @Jon_Swann…
Our Law students are acting as ‘McKenzie Friends’, supporting defendants in Southampton’s small claims court.
A total of 17 of our students have signed up as McKenzie Friends, a national access to justice scheme.
Find out more 👉 https://ac.pulse.ly/ne7rcf5a3a
A study by our @HSciences researchers shows understaffing among registered nurses increases their chances of going off sick. The study also found a link between long shifts and nurse sickness.
Read more👉 https://brnw.ch/21wSadd
@ora_dall @workforcesoton
Our world-leading technology has the power to transform lives.
A blood-based, multi-cancer diagnostic test, is now going to be assessed in a clinical trial of 8,000 patients – a significant step towards being fit for purpose in the NHS.
Find out more 👉https://brnw.ch/21wSagj
We had great fun filming with @Nat_Cassidy for Britain’s Best Buys! She joined Dr Davide Filingeri and Jade Ward to put natural and traditional deodorants to the test - including a workout in our climatic chamber and a brave sniff test.
Catch it on Channel 4 tonight at 8pm! 📺
Did you catch our own Prof Hugh Lewis on BBC Sky at Night?
He sat down with presenter Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock to talk about what actions scientists might take should an asteroid head towards Earth.
Watch Hugh here 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002b26m
@BBCStargazing
Exciting News!🎉
Our @SouthamptonCTU researchers are supporting a cancer vaccine trial through the @NHS cancer vaccine launch pad, earning high praise from PM Kier Starmer.
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Did you catch our @SouthamptonCTU academics across the headlines today?
They're supporting a cancer vaccine trial - via the @NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad - which PM Keir Starmer called "nothing short of life-saving."
Here's just some of the coverage👇 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2kvq89020jo
As Easter break begins, we wish all our students, staff, and colleagues a joyful Easter holiday.🌸🌤️
While many are enjoying time away, our campus continues to offer a calm and inspiring environment for those still here.💐
Happy holidays from all of us!🐣
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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