W100 Representative
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
'Work & Play’ is brought to life in a new exhibition at The Winchester Gallery – featuring quirky pieces including a giant velour pasty, and a dining table where your face becomes the plate!
Read more 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wRDMy
Even the biggest Jane Austen fans might not know these facts… 👇
To celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth, Dr Gillian Dow shares her favourite 📚
Want more? Join us at our 'The Global Jane Austen Conference', July 10/11 🎟️👉 https://brnw.ch/21wRC1k
Our @UoS_Medicine and @MathsSoton researchers are trialling online games to assess eye treatment success.
The eye condition, Nystagmus, develops in childhood causing rapid, uncontrollable eye movements.
Read more 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wRBZn
We’re equipping young minds with essential cybersecurity skills through the new Cyber-Warriors gaming website, launched by our Cybersecurity Academy 💻
Find out more 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wRuyo
Our engineers @muVISxrayCT @UoSEngineering have scanned a large soil block containing buried objects, helping experts @durham_uni and @HistoricEngland reveal the secrets of a massive Iron Age hoard discovered in Yorkshire.
Find out more 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wRys6
We're delighted to be named among the UK's top 20 for spinout universities by the Royal Academy of Engineering 🎉
This underlines our role in driving innovation and economic growth in the UK and our south east region.
Read more 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wRxsj
Five years on from Covid, here are five ways we made an impact.
From vaccine trials and testing to life-saving equipment, our academics worked with others to play a crucial role in tackling the pandemic.
@SouthamptonBRC @UHSFTresearch @UHSFT
Wonderful to host the South East final of the 2025 Routes into Languages Foreign Language Spelling Bee yesterday.
Congratulations to the winning Year 7 pupils who managed to translate and spell out the most words in French, German or Spanish.
See more 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wRu5L
Great to see this spotlight on start-ups 👇
#UnisStartUpTheUK
The creation of new businesses is vital to boosting economic growth, attracting investment and creating jobs and opportunities.💡
Find out more here 👉 https://loom.ly/5uAgIRQ
#UnisStartUpTheUK
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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