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University of Southampton

University information
NameUniversity of Southampton
MottoStrenuis Ardua Cedunt
The Heights Yield to Endeavour
Established1952 - gained University status by Royal charter
1902 - University College
1862 - Hartley Institution
TypePublic
Endowment£6.42 million (2008/09)
ChancellorSir John Parker
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Don Nutbeam
VisitorThe Lord President of the Council ex officio
StaffAround 5,000
Students24735
Under graduates17,120
Post graduates7,615
CitySouthampton
CountryEngland
CampusCity Campus
AffiliationsRussell Group
ACU
EUA
WUN
Websitehttp://www.soton.ac.uk/

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The University of Southampton is a "red-brick" British public university located in the city of Southampton, England. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902 the Institution developed into the Hartley University College, with degrees awarded by the University of London. On 29 April 1952, HM Queen Elizabeth II, granted a Royal Charter to give the University of Southampton full university status. This was the first Royal Charter granted by HM Queen Elizabeth II on her accession to the throne.

The university is a member of the Russell Group of research universities and the Worldwide Universities Network. It currently has over 17,000 undergraduate and 7,000 postgraduate students, making it the largest university by higher education students in the South East region. The main campus is located in the Highfield area of Southampton. Four other campuses are located throughout the city alongside the School of Art based in nearby Winchester.

The university has a strong emphasis on research, having one of the highest proportions of income derived from research activities in Britain. Southampton is highly regarded as a centre for educational excellence, ranking nationally as a top 20 university in various tables, and regularly rated in the top 10 of the National Student Survey.

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Inspirational Harriet Jenkins has fulfilled her dreams of becoming a primary school teacher and been named Slimming World's Woman of the Year 2010. Harriet, from Southampton, has lost an incredible 15st in the past 18 months and shares her story here...
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Iwant to help Students in letting them know how I became an Author and on TV all over the world against all odds because I was a down and out alcoholic a few years ago, everyone had given up on me, I also left School in 1965 not able to read or write properly, Dyslexic not known then but look at me now, I got two books out and I have just been on BBC America TV for the 5th time, I was on Sky UK People few weeks ago for the 5th time again, this was my 17 UK TV appearance with 1 of 5 documentaries that I have done, I been on TV 38 times all over the world, that's counting my UK ones as well as BBC America 5 times, Australia 3 times, Europe, Canada and New Zealand. Sadly People do not know this as I aim to help other alcoholics out there as well as Dyslexic People, 3 of my docs can be seen on Google Search, (My 100000 lovers), (Love Rat & Proud) & (Studs of Suburbia) and type in Clive Worth, my second book out is, (Internet Dating Kings Diaries), I have Photos of Me on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Yahoo Flickr and Photobucket
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The White Ribbon Alliance is launching a short graphic film to highlight the scandalous lack of attention to how many women still die giving birth around the world. Maternal death is the greatest health inequity of the 21st Century. Every minute, someone's mother, sister, wife or friend dies needlessly giving birth. That adds up to half a million women a year. It remains a global disgrace that more women in the developing world die through becoming pregnant than from any other cause. Yet we know what to do to stop this. We've tried it. It works. Even in countries usually considered poor. The answer is many more trained health workers. The G8 have promised to take action. As yet, they haven't. Lets hold them to their promises. Birth and Death is part of the White Ribbon Alliance Atlas of Birth project, in collaboration with GHP3 (University of Southampton) and Immpact (University of Aberdeen), July 2009. info-uk@whiteribbonalliance.org
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A brief tour round the history of the British Seaside Resort in the years 1880-1914, focusing on Bournemouth. Made by History students at the University of Southampton as part of their second year Group Project, 2007. Want to contact us? as1905@soton.ac.uk
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Student Services away day 2008
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Richard Hammond visits University of Southampton in the ecs computing labs! Here to do some filming for a new tv series. We all love him and best of all i got a hand shake and most shouted HAMSTER :) Good Times! (close up appear nearer the end)
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Southampton Thai Festival 2010, Hoglands Park, Southampton, UK 4 July 2010 The show :Thai Student of University of Southampton Costume : Joy Produced : AunSoton (Nikon D300s) Tuk Tuk supplied by :infotuktuk4u@yahoo.co.uk
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"My best burn"- Interview with Phil Harding when awarded with his Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southampton
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Filmed in January outside Southampton Uni by my good friend Dougy.
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Scots Lag Behind in Height from Londoners - TopNews United States Tweet this news
TopNews United States--According to a research conducted by scientists at the -University of Southampton-, Scots used to be taller than the English. The study has revealed that dynamic change in their intakes has left an overall impact on their body. ... - Date : Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:16:17 GMT+00:00
Malcolm Ace appointed new chief operating officer at University of Southampton - Daily Echo Tweet this news
Daily Echo--Malcolm Ace, who has previously held the roles of director of finance and chief financial officer at the -university-, will oversee its strategic development as well as management of the business and infrastructure ... - Date : Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:00:48 GMT+00:00
Copper wins out in battle against MRSA - DailyIndia.com Tweet this news
DailyIndia.com--The experiment from a laboratory at the -University of Southampton- used state-of-the-art fluorescent microscopy to show copper eradicating an exceptionally high challenge of MRSA bacteria - one of the notorious antibiotic-resistant superb - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:57:49 GMT+00:00
University of Southampton to visit Intelligent Partners offices in Dubai and ... - AME Info Tweet this news
AME Info--Sanjeev Verma, Director of Intelligent Partners, announced that the -University of Southampton- will be visiting Intelligent Partners offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi on the 6th and 7th of April 2011. Verma said, "The -University of South - Date : Sun, 03 Apr 2011 05:35:00 GMT+00:00
Could coppice crops boost demand for renewable energy courses? - Able Skills Construction Training Tweet this news
Able Skills Construction Training--Gail Taylor, professor of plant biology at the -University of Southampton-, said: "This study shows that bioenergy crops can be grown sustainably in parts of England, with no detrimental impact on food crops or - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:13:33 GMT+00:00
New technology for stroke rehabilitation developed - TruthDive Tweet this news
TruthDive--Washington, April 06 (ANI): Researchers at the -University of Southampton- have developed devices, which could be used to rehabilitate the arms and hands of people who have experienced a stroke. Geoff Merrett, a lecturer in electronic systems a - Date : Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:30:59 GMT+00:00
Copper May Be the Key to Defeating MRSA - Forbes (blog) Tweet this news
Forbes (blog)--Most efforts to prevent their spread have focused on finding new antibiotics or improving hygiene, but Bill Keevil of the -University of Southampton-, UK, believes that the natural antibacterial properties of copper could be a simple and ef - Date : Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:25:06 GMT+00:00
Health Care Industry Could Be Huge Market for Copper - MetalMiner Tweet this news
MetalMiner--by tberezowsky on April 8, 2011 Scientists with the -University of Southampton- experiment with the bright antimicrobial future copper may offer. Source: http://www.antimicrobialtouchsurface.com/ Although some copper producers and distributors - Date : Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:01:24 GMT+00:00
Swarms of Robots Could Be Used to Find Life on Mars - Forbes (blog) Tweet this news
Forbes (blog)--Áron Kisdi, an engineer at the -University of Southampton-, UK, has a really fascinating approach to the prospect of searching caves on Mars for evidence of life: use swarms of cheap robots. “We have sent robots to mars a few times now,� - Date : Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:33:12 GMT+00:00
Southampton Uni shows way to a truly open web - Register Tweet this news
Register--The -University of Southampton- (UoS) is one of the first academic institutions in Blighty to follow in the footsteps of its neighbour - map-making agency the Ordnance Survey, which released some open datasets in April 2010. Indeed, some of the - Date : Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:17:42 GMT+00:00

League table rankings :

League table rankings :
Year Times Higher Education World University Rankings QS World University Rankings Academic Ranking of World Universities Webometrics Ranking of World Universities Times Good University Guide Sunday Times University Guide Guardian University Guide The Complete University Guide
1993     11
1994     16
1995     22
1996     12
1997     19
1998     21 17
1999     22 20
2000     26 18
2001     26 20
2002     37 11 17
2003     153-201 24 14 20
2004     152-200 28 17 34
2005     153-203 25 17 37
2006     151-200 26 16 36
2007     151-202 102 22 16
2008     152-200 110 14 12 13 20
2009     152-200 74 16 25 20
2010 90 81 151-200 76 15 12 22 13
2011     32 19 18 18 14

Subject rankings :

Subject rankings :
Year Times Good
University Guide
Complete
University Guide
Guardian
University Guide
2006 3
2007    
2008 6 6 3
2009   6 10
2010 9 9 12
2011   8 18

Subject rankings :
Year Times Good
University Guide
Complete
University Guide
Guardian
University Guide
2006 7 2
2007 7
2008 5 8 5
2009 5 8 3
2010 4 9 4
2011   5 5

Subject rankings :
Year Times Good
University Guide
Complete
University Guide
Guardian
University Guide
2006 2 1
2007 2
2008 2 5 1
2009 2 5 16
2010 2 2 3
2011   2 1

Subject rankings :
Year Times Good
University Guide
Complete
University Guide
Guardian
University Guide
2006 3 2
2007 3
2008 4 8 6
2009 2 8 3
2010 5 5 1
2011   5 1

Sports :

Sports :
Year class="unsortable"Team (Mens) class="unsortable"Team (Womans)
1936 Tennis
1958 Basketball Badminton
1966 Cricket
1966 Squash
1968 Cricket
1968 Table Tennis
1969 Cricket Squash
1969 Rifle Shooting
1969 Table Tennis
1970 Cricket Hockey
1970 Rifle Shooting
1970 Table Tennis
1971 Table Tennis
1972 Rifle Shooting
1974 Rifle Shooting Tennis
1974 Trampolining
1975 Badminton
1975 Tennis
1976 Ten Pin Bowling Badminton
1976 Squash
1977 Badminton
1977 Swimming
1979 Squash Lacrosse
1979 Trampolining Ten Pin Bowling
1980 Squash Lacrosse
1980 Volleyball
1981 Volleyball
1982 Fencing
1983 Volleyball
1984 Archery
1984 Weight Lifting
1985 Archery Volleyball
1985 5-a-side
1986 5-a-side Volleyball
1991 Archery
1991 5-a-side
1992 Archery
1995 Rowing
2000 Windsurf
2001 Windsurf

University of Southampton

CampusesHighfield * Boldrewood * Avenue * Winchester School of Art * Southampton General Hospital * National Oceanography Centre
Former campusesNew College * Hartley Institution
Research centresOptoelectronics Research Centre * National Oceanography Centre * Institute of Sound and Vibration Research * Parkes Institute * Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute * ESRC National Centre for Research Methods * Textile Conservation Centre * Transportation Research Group
Students' Union (SUSU)Southampton University Students' Union * Wessex Scene * Surge
Halls of ResidenceWessex Lane Halls

Universities and colleges in South East England

UniversitiesBrighton * Buckingham * Buckinghamshire New * Canterbury * Chichester * Creative Arts * Kent * Open * Oxford * Oxford Brookes * Portsmouth * Reading * Southampton * Southampton Solent * Surrey * Sussex * Winchester
Further Education collegesAbingdon & Witney * Amersham & Wycombe * Aylesbury * Basingstoke * Berkshire * Bracknell & Wokingham * Brighton & Hove * Brockenhurst * Brooklands * Canterbury * Central Sussex * Chichester * East Berkshire * Eastleigh * East Surrey * Fareham * Farnborough * Guildford * Hadlow * Hastings * Henley * Highbury * Isle of Wight * MidKent * Milton Keynes * Newbury * Northbrook * North East Surrey * North West Kent * Oxford & Cherwell Valley * Plumpton * Ruskin * Southampton * South Downs * South Kent * Sparsholt * Sussex Coast * Sussex Downs * Taunton's * Thanet * Totton * West Kent
Sixth form collegesAlton * Barton Peveril * Bexhill * Brighton * Esher * Farnborough * Godalming * Havant * Itchen * Peter Symonds * Portsmouth * Queen Mary's * Reigate * Richard Collyer * St Vincent * Strode's * Varndean * Woking * Worthing

Worldwide Universities Network

Bergen * Bristol * Cape Town * UCSD * UIUC * Leeds * Nanjing * Penn State * Sheffield * Southampton * Sydney * Toronto * Utrecht * Washington (UW) * University of Wisconsin �Madison * York * Zhejiang

Russell Group of UK research universities

Birmingham * Bristol * Cambridge * Cardiff * Edinburgh * Glasgow * Imperial College London * King's College London * Leeds * Liverpool * London School of Economics * Manchester * Newcastle * Nottingham * Oxford * Queen's * Sheffield * Southampton * University College London * Warwick

CESAER Association

Aalborg * Athens Polytechnic * BME * Chalmers * CTU Prague * DTU * École centrale Paris * EPFL * ETH Zurich * Florence * Ghent * GIT * Hanover * Heroit-Watt * INSA de Lyon * INSA de Toulouse * IST * ITU * Karlsruhe * KTH * KTU * KU Leuven * Lund * METU * NTNU * ParisTech * Politecnico di Milano * POLITO * Porto * PUB * Queen's * PUT * RWTH Aachen * Southampton * Stuttgart * Supélec * Technion * Thessaloniki * TKK * TPU * TU Berlin * BUT * TU Crete * TU Darmstadt * TU Delft * TU Dresden * TU Eindhoven * TU Hamburg * TU Ilmenau * TU Munich * TU Vienna * TU Warsaw * TUT * Twente * UCL * UCD * UPC * UPM * UPV |



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