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
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It's great to see our students enjoying their time in Thailand, for their #SOES6052 Tropical Marine Biology field course 🤿 🌊
Check out what they're getting up to 👇
The pollution in our lakes and rivers is being tackled by two new @UoSEngineering projects.
They'll find more effective ways of monitoring contaminants like pesticides, pharmaceuticals and nutrients that cause algal blooms🦆🌱
More here: https://brnw.ch/21wIcCH
#WeAreUoS
Our scientists have taken a major step towards developing a blood test that could identify millions of people who spread #tuberculosis unknowingly.
Find out more 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wI7wj
#WorldTBDay #YesWeCanEndTB
Spring has sprung and our campus is blooming 🌼 🌷 🌸
Tell us, what's your favourite thing about spring at Southampton?
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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