Editing University of Southampton (section)

==Student life==
===Students' Union===
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[[File:SUSU Main Building Main Entrance.jpg|thumb|right|The Students' Union Building on Highfield Campus]]

The University of Southampton Students' Union (SUSU) is the university [[students' union]] and has a range of facilities located on the Highfield campus and on the Winchester School of Art campus. At Highfield the union is sited in three buildings opposite the Hartley Library. The main building (Building 42) was built in the 1960s as part of the Basil Spence masterplan. The building was also extensively renovated in 2002 leading to the creation of two new Bars and 'The Cube' multi-functional space. The West Building dates back to the 1940s in a red brick style, complementing the Hartley Library opposite.  This originally held all of the Union's activities until the construction of the current Union. At present the building hosts the pub 'The Stags Head'.<ref>{{cite web|title=Building Work Continues|date=6 August 2013 |url=http://blogs.susu.org/blog/2013/08/06/building-work-continues/#content|publisher=SUSU|access-date=11 October 2013}}</ref> The newest building was built during the mid-1990s which includes the union shop and other retail stores.

The union operates four media outlets. [[Surge Radio]], broadcasts from new studios in the main union building over the internet.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://surgeradio.co.uk/about|title=Surge Radio » About|website=Surge Radio|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-09-19}}</ref> Internet television station [[SUSUtv]] broadcasts a wide range of programmes live and on demand through their website. The student newspaper ''[[Wessex Scene]]'' is published once every three weeks.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Nick|title=At 70 is the Wessex Scene old news|url=http://www.wessexscene.co.uk/features/2697|work=Wessex Scene|date=21 June 2008}}</ref> ''[[The Edge (magazine)|The Edge]]'' entertainment magazine began life as an insert of the Wessex Scene in 1995 before growing to become a full publication and online presence in 2011.

===Halls of residence===
[[File:Glen Eyre.jpg|thumb|right|Old block of Glen Eyre halls of residence]]

The university provides accommodation for all first-year students who require it and places in residences are available for international and MSc students. Accommodation may be catered, self-catered, have en-suite facilities, a sink in the room, or access to communal bathroom facilities. Each hall has a [[Common Room (university)#Southampton|Junior Common Room (JCR) committee]] that is responsible for the running of social events and representing the residents to the students union and the university via the Students union JCR officer.

The university's accommodation exists around two large complexes of halls and some other small halls located around the city. These are:

* '''Glen Eyre Complex''': The complex lies less than half a mile to the north of Highfield Campus and houses approximately 2,000 students. The complex consists of several building sets, designed over the years and arranged either around the central landscaped garden – the oldest buildings, Richard Newitt Courts are separated into blocks A-G and are closest to the Glen Bar, students in these blocks have very small flats (between 4 and 6 to a kitchen with usually more than one bathroom). Old Terrace and New Terrace are close to the site's entrance, New Terrace has ensuite rooms. Chancellors' courts, consisting of Selbourne, Jellicoe and Roll courts are the most modern blocks in the accommodation with Brunei house, the most basic of accommodations, on the outskirts. Located on the south side of Glen Eyre Road on the periphery of the site are Chamberlain Halls, which share most things with the main Glen Eyre site. This site consists of Hartley Grove, South Hill, Beechmount House and the Chamberlain blocks. All Glen Eyre Halls are self-catered at present.
* '''[[Wessex Lane Halls]]''': Located in [[Swaythling]] approximately one mile east of the Highfield Campus.  The complex provides accommodation for over 1,800 students and currently comprises two halls of residence: Montefiore and [[Connaught Hall, Southampton|Connaught]]. Connaught Halls are fully catered. The complex also features [[South Stoneham House]], a period building constructed in 1708.
* '''City Gateway Hall''': Located in [[Swaythling]] one mile north-east of the Highfield Campus at the intersection of two major roads. Opened in September 2015, the landmark building was included in the runners-up list of the 2015 [[Carbuncle Cup]]. Featuring a 15-story elliptical tower and two adjoining six-story rectangular accommodation blocks the hall provides accommodation for up to 375 students.<ref>{{cite news|title=London's Walkie Talkie judged UK's worst building|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34116610|access-date=2 September 2015|agency=BBC News Online|publisher=BBC|date=2 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="New Student Accommodation 2012">{{cite web|title=Student Residential Accommodation|url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/estatedevelopment/projects/Studentresidences/|work=Estate Development|publisher=University of Southampton|access-date=24 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="City Gateway">{{cite news|title=Student Residential Accommodation|work=BBC News|date=2 October 2014|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-29458857|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref>
* '''Mayflower Halls''': Located in the city centre within the city's 'Cultural Quarter', and two minutes' walk away from Southampton Central railway station. The hall opened at the start of the 2014/2015 academic year, and houses over 1,100 students in a mix of rooms. It includes a gym which is available to both residents and the public.
* '''Archers Road''': Lying two miles south of Highfield and housing 500 students, Archers Road compromises two halls on separate sites. The two halls, Gateley and Romero, are all self-contained and self-catered but share a reception and other community facilities.
* '''Highfield Halls''': Located adjacent to Avenue Campus and half a mile from Highfield campus. Highfield Halls comprises Aubrey and Wolfe houses and both have on-site catering. The site is also used as a University conference facility during the summer months when vacated.
* '''Gower Building''': Gower is divided into two sections: east and west. Gower east contains a small number of self-contained apartments located above other university amenities, mainly used by mature and postgraduate students. Gower west contains a learning space for [[School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton|Electronics and Computer Science]] undergraduate students.
* '''Erasmus Park''': Located in Winchester, this hall houses around 400 students studying at the Winchester School of Art.
* '''Riverside Way''': Located in Winchester in close proximity to Erasmus Park. This is a private halls site but the university does have an agreement to allocate some students there.

{{Citation needed span|date=May 2017|text=The university also has accommodation located in Balmoral House and Victoria Place, [[Portsmouth]] and in [[Basingstoke]] for the use of Nursing and Midwifery students studying on placement in these areas.|reason=No longer in process of replacing, as Chamberlain Halls were completed in 2016}}

===Healthcare===
The University Health Service is an NHS GP practice located on the main Highfield campus, with over 20,000 patients as of December 2021<ref name="NHS Digital stats">{{cite web |title=Patients Registered at a GP Practice, December 2021 |url=https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/patients-registered-at-a-gp-practice/december-2021 |publisher=NHS Digital |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> working from Building 48 between the Physics & Maths Buildings.<ref>{{cite web |title=How to find us |url=https://www.unidocs.co.uk/how-to-find-us.php |publisher=University Health Service |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=University Health Service - Overview |url=https://www.nhs.uk/services/gp-surgery/university-health-service/XJ82080 |website=NHS.uk |publisher=NHS England and NHS Digital |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

===Sports===
[[File:University of Southampton Sports Ground, Eastleigh - geograph.org.uk - 501048.jpg|thumb|Wide Lane Sports Ground]]

The university's Sport and Wellbeing department runs the majority of the sports facilities on campus which are based predominately at two locations: the Jubilee Sports Centre and Wide Lane Sports Ground.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facilities|url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sportandwellbeing/facilities/facilities.shtml|website=Sports and Wellbeing|publisher=University of Southampton|access-date=3 July 2014|archive-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927035042/http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sportandwellbeing/facilities/facilities.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Jubilee Sports Centre, opened in 2004 at a cost of £8.5 million, is located on the Highfield Campus and contains a six-lane 25-metre swimming pool, 160 workstation gym and an eight-court sports hall.<ref name="S&W indoor">{{cite web | title=Indoor Facilities| url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sportandwellbeing/facilities/indoorfacilities.html| publisher=University of Southampton Sport and Wellbeing| access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> Wide Lane meanwhile is located nearby in [[Eastleigh]] and was refurbished at cost of £4.3&nbsp;million in 2007. The {{convert|73|acre|ha|adj=on}} complex includes flood-lit synthetic turf and grass pitches, tennis courts, a pavilion and a 'Team Southampton' Gym.<ref name="S&W outdoor">{{cite web|title=Outdoor Facilities|url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sportandwellbeing/facilities/outdoorfacilities.html|publisher=University of Southampton Sport and Wellbeing|access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> The university also runs facilities at the Avenue Campus, National Oceanography Centre, the Watersports Centre on the [[River Itchen, Hampshire|River Itchen]] and at Glen Eyre and Wessex Lane halls while there is another sports hall, squash courts, martial arts studio and bouldering wall located within the [[University of Southampton Students' Union|Students' Union]].<ref name="S&W indoor"/><ref name="S&W outdoor"/>

The university competes in numerous sports in the [[British Universities and Colleges Sport|BUCS]] South East Conference (after switching from the Western Conference in 2009).<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.wessexscene.co.uk/sport/3202|title=Southampton Move East| last= Potter| first=Henry| date=20 March 2009| work=The Wessex Scene| access-date=12 September 2009}}</ref> A number of elite athletes are supported by the SportsRec through sports bursaries and the UK Government's Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS).

The University Athletic Union was formally established on 29 November 1929, by the University College council. Versions of the union had existed previously to which many clubs such as Cricket, Association Football, Rugby, Boxing, Gymnastics, Tennis and Boat clubs (all formed before the turn of the 20th century) were members.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Slater |first=Paul |year=2002 |chapter=The Early Days |title=The Athletic Union and Some of Its People 1862–2001 |location=Southampton, UK |publisher=Southampton University Students' Union}}</ref>

==== Mustangs Baseball Club ====
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The Southampton Mustangs Baseball Club was founded in 1997.  In the early years, the club participated in mainly friendly games against other British university baseball teams, as no formal university league was in existence.  Starting in 1998, the Mustangs started to host a university baseball tournament – inviting other teams including Oxford, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Royal Holloway, and Norwich.  In 2004 the Mustangs entered into the national adult baseball leagues run by the [[British Baseball Federation]] (BBF).  The club entered in the lowest division, but after a few years of consolidation, the Mustangs have worked their way up from the lower leagues in the BBF to play in the top-tier league of British baseball, the British National Baseball League (NBL), in the 2010 season.<ref>Britain's top baseball league to expand in 2010
The Southampton University Team expanded into a Baseball and Softball Society in 2014 turning it into a mixed society. The team placed 3rd at their first appearance at the M1ST competition in Loughborough in 2016. [http://www.baseballsoftballuk.com/gen_insert.php?from_level3=Articles&db_story=3536&this_page=baseballnews&back=Current%20%20News] [[British Baseball Federation]]</ref>

==== National student championships ====
Throughout its history the university has had a number of successful teams in [[British Universities and Colleges Sport|National student championships]].

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|1936
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|1966
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|1970
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|1971
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|1972
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|1974
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|1976
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|1977
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|1979
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|1980
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|1981
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|1991
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|1992
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|1995
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|2000
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|2001
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|2002
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