December 2025 & January 2026 Highlights

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Refreshers Fair

Ocer 2,000 people came through the doors for Refreshers 2026!

9kg of popcorn given out

417 people scanned our busiest stalls’ QR code

3,000 slices of Domino’s pizza were eaten

34 Stanley Cups won!

340 bottles of Nando’s sauce given away

SUSU Give It A Go

21 Clubs & Societies put on 43 taster sessions over 2 weeks so that you could ‘Give it a Go’ and get involved!

Leadership Elections: Apply Now!

Applications for Leadership Elections are Open!
You have until the 20th February to apply!

SUSU Awards Season has started!

Nominate your heroes now!

Academic Awards 2026

Nominations for Academic Awards are open!

We already have over 100 applications. Thank you for participating – keep them coming!

Sports Awards nominations are open!

Help us celebrate the outstanding dedication and team work that make Team Southampton thrive

Break The Ice

New Year’s Vision Board Craft!

Alongside out monthly meet-new-friends sessions, we’re adding craft, games and more ways to connect with like-minded people. Over 50 of you joined our New Year’s Vision Board event.

We loved seeing so many new friendships!

Supporting students when it mattered most.

You Are More Than reached 418 students with calming activities, wellbeing giveaways and free film screenings (collabing with UnionFilms!) –  all during a high-pressure exam period.

Our most popular giveaway?

Our Sleep Pack

We hope you got the rest you deserved through exam season!

Our & Sip events closed out 2025 with a strong engagement and the buzz has continued into the new year.

With Bauble Paint & Sip, the launch of Solves & Sip, and a sold-out Sculpt & Sip, over 230 students got creative in December and January.

We knew exam season was intense, so we stocked up to help you crunch those numbers.

£75 calculators flew off the shelves in January alone!

SUSU passed its annual Environmental Audit, demonstrating that we’re protecting the environment and continually improving our sustainability efforts.

Marketing

Two new Student Content Creators have joined the team, helping make our social media even more student-focused.

The Locker was at Winter Graduation 2025!

At our pop-up stand, we sold nearly 800 merch items in 3 days!

Our top 3 items purchased were:

  • Crested pin badge: 122 sold
  • Graduation Bear: 118 sold
  • Certificate Holder: 110 sold

We’ve welcomed new item to The Locker this January!

  • Branded Metal Water Bottle
  • Fair Trade Full Zip Burundy Hoodies

Quiz & Chips

Think you’ve got what it takes?

Quiz & Chips runs every Monday, 7-11pm at The Bridge.

Our first Quiz & Chips winners of 2026 took home £151!

November Winners

Rep of the Month

December: Vivek Vadher ISVR Department President, Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences

January: Ben Pease Millar Part 2 Martitime Engineering Course Rep, Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Society of the Month

January: Live Music Society In recognition of their community impact and collaboration, they organised a Christmas charity event at The Cube, raising £2,000 through tickets, donations, a bake sale, and a raffle. All proceeds went to a student charity!

Club of the Month

Joint Dec/Jan: Men’s Lacrosse  They raised the highest Movember total across the universirt. 

The club has run several other charitable events, raising over £20,000 in recent months.

To find out more about what we do visit www.susu.org

Applications Open!

Now more than ever you can make a change