The World100 Representative
Simon Peatfield - Director 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.
Recent News from University of Southampton
- Scientists discover natural fitness watch in fishes that records their activity levels
Posted: 18 January 2019, 12:00 am - University researchers discover black hole in our Galaxy spinning rapidly around itself
Posted: 17 January 2019, 12:00 am - Earth and Moon pummelled by more asteroids since the age of the dinosaurs began
Posted: 17 January 2019, 12:00 am - Map of chemicals in jellyfish could be the future to protecting UK waters and marine life
Posted: 16 January 2019, 12:00 am - University awarded funding to investigate next generation of lightweight composite aircraft structures
Posted: 15 January 2019, 12:00 am
About the University of Southampton
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.
International Partnerships
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.
Notable Research Areas
The University of Southampton is a world-class research-intensive Russell Group university. Over 96 per cent 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.