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This course will provide participants with an understanding of how Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data are collected and coded, their structure, and how to clean and analyse HES data.

A key focus will be on developing an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of HES, how inconsistencies arise, and approaches to deal with these.

Participants will also learn how to ensure individuals’ anonymity and confidentiality when carrying out analyses and publishing results based on HES.

The course consists of a mixture of lectures and practicals for which participants will use Stata software to clean and analyse HES data.

It is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.

Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13731

April is Stress Awareness Month and the staff wellbeing team has been continuing with their Address the Stress campaign to improve understanding around the impact of stress and what the University is doing to support staff.  

As part of the campaign, the staff wellbeing team will be visiting campuses for their annual Address the Stress roadshow from Wednesday 30 April. They’ll be in catering outlets between 11am and 2pm ready to speak to staff who want to talk about stress and there’ll be the chance to win prizes.

Frequent stress is a hazard to your health. It can feel overwhelming but there are ways to reduce and manage stress to lessen its impact. The staff wellbeing team deliver a range of training around stress and recently launched an improved process for workplace stress assessments.  

According to survey data from Ciphr, the overwhelming majority (79%) of UK adults feel stressed at least one day a month and 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point over the last year that they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. 

We live in stressful times and colleagues may already have their own ways of handling stress but the University is here to support you and direct you to resources that you might find helpful. How we reduce and manage stress can make a big difference to our physical and mental wellbeing and this stage of the campaign is about how we can reduce the frequency of stress in the workplace and support our people.

This is a practical and interactive workshop designed to help you improve your delivery and maximise your voice in lectures. 

The workshop will provide you with the opportunity to explore techniques and exercises in order to improve your vocal range, variety and clarity and reduce vocal strain and nerves. 

The workshop will be mostly practical, but there will be an opportunity to exchange and share ideas of strategies that help you during lectures.

By the end of this event, you will:

· Have an awareness of voice skills in communication and how to make your voice more interesting through intonation, pitch, tone, pace and rhythm. 

· Have an insight into how the voice can impact the lecture and improve student engagement.

· Be more aware of how breathing and pausing can improve speaking and control nerves.

· Have an opportunity to try out some of the techniques using texts and your own lecture.

Session led by:  Tina Kirk, Senior Teaching Fellow, Academic Centre for International Students (ACIS), Faculty of Arts & Humanities

This workshop is suitable for academics working on medical devices technologies, and professional services staff supporting them.  The workshop is designed to support researchers in understanding the regulatory landscape for medical devices and software in the following ways:

• Identify if their device / digital health solution is a medical device.

• Classify a medical device according to the Medical Device Regulation (EU) risk levels.

• Identify the requirements that medical devices need to conform to

• Strengthen your funding proposal by incorporating regulatory considerations

RegMetrics are currently supporting the University of Oxford, UCL and the University of Birmingham (and other universities) in providing education on medical device regulations. RegMetrics is a spinout of the University of Oxford, dedicated to simplifying medical device regulations for academics. The software platform empowers researchers to make informed decisions and streamlines the regulatory process.

Please register your interest using this form.

Inspired by themes of homes, dwellings and gardens as seen in our upcoming exhibitions, join us for a day of games!

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Play a range of classic board games from Board in the City, or test out the latest ideas created by Games Design students at Winchester School of Art. Explore an innovative escape game devised especially for our upcoming exhibitions or have a go creating your very own character!

Board in the City’s Dungeon Masters will be running Dungeons and Dragons sessions between 11.15am–1.15pm & 1.45pm–3.45pm.

Time slots are available to book on the hour from 11am–4pm, and drop-in sessions will be available on the day. For further enquiries, please contact Florence on florence@jhg.art.

A stage by stage introduction to the methods and processes commonly used to conduct systematic reviews of the effects of health and health care interventions.

About this course

This course is for anyone planning or currently doing a systematic review, or anyone curious about how reviews are done and what makes them systematic. It provides a stage by stage introduction to the methods and processes commonly used to conduct systematic reviews of the effects of health and health care interventions. Structured presentations with interactive practical exercises guide participants through the systematic review process, from initial scoping of the review topic to communicating the completed review’s findings. Many participants complete the course in readiness for conducting their own review, and all participants can continue their learning with information and further resources contained in their free comprehensive electronic course manual.

Course details

• 12 and 19 May 2025

• 09:00 – 13:00

• 8 learning hours

• this is an online course conducted via Zoom
   

Fees

• full time students: £150

• academic/public sector: £225

• private sector: £325

This course is run by Southampton HTA Centre, for more information and to book: Introduction to Systematic Reviews in Health Course | Southampton Health Technology Assessments Centre (SHTAC) | University of Southampton

Booking essential.

Coping with stressful situations for student facing staff (Academic Staff)

This session is IN PERSON and is held on Highfield campus (Building 34 Room 1020). 

An in-person workshop that covers keeping yourself well while dealing with difficult conversations and maintaining boundaries. You will learn practical tips that can be incorporated into practice and be given the opportunity to explore scenarios and identify unhelpful thinking.

This course will help you to:

• Know the boundaries and what actions to take when they are blurred.
• Recognise how different interactions impact on our thoughts, feelings and actions.
• Apply different strategies to reduce the impact.
• Know what support is available to you and students when needed.

Notes:

• Our sessions have a minimum of 8 attendees. If the session does not reach this, we will cancel and provide an alternative to those who have booked.
• We also run a version for academic staff, please make sure you are booked on the right one. 

April is Stress Awareness Month and the staff wellbeing team has been continuing with their Address the Stress campaign to improve understanding around the impact of stress and what the University is doing to support staff.  

As part of the campaign, the staff wellbeing team will be visiting campuses for their annual Address the Stress roadshow from Wednesday 30 April. They’ll be in catering outlets between 11am and 2pm ready to speak to staff who want to talk about stress and there’ll be the chance to win prizes.

Frequent stress is a hazard to your health. It can feel overwhelming but there are ways to reduce and manage stress to lessen its impact. The staff wellbeing team deliver a range of training around stress and recently launched an improved process for workplace stress assessments.  

According to survey data from Ciphr, the overwhelming majority (79%) of UK adults feel stressed at least one day a month and 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point over the last year that they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. 

We live in stressful times and colleagues may already have their own ways of handling stress but the University is here to support you and direct you to resources that you might find helpful. How we reduce and manage stress can make a big difference to our physical and mental wellbeing and this stage of the campaign is about how we can reduce the frequency of stress in the workplace and support our people.

This online workshop aims to give participants a range of practical approaches they can adopt when writing about methodology in the social sciences, with a particular focus on writing a PhD methodology chapter.

Using a range of exercises throughout, the course focuses on 20 or so writing strategies and thought experiments designed to provide more clarity and power to the often-difficult challenge of writing about methods.

The course also looks at common mistakes and how to avoid them when writing about methods.

The focus throughout is on building confidence and increasing our repertoire of writing strategies and skills.

The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.

Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13732

This interactive workshop will provide an introduction to the student groups supported by the Student Inclusion team, namely: free-school meal eligible, IMDQ1, care experienced and estranged, Black, and mature. 

The workshop will explore what it means to be from these student groups, focusing on an intersectional approach, and how this may present barriers to their success whilst at university. Using myth busting and case study exercises, attendees will be able to challenge assumptions and consider how they can support and foster a more inclusive environment for the students they work with.

By the end of this event, participants should be able to:

·       Gain an understanding of various student groups that are currently underrepresented in higher education and the barriers they may face, using data around differential outcomes to understand this

·       Increase knowledge and awareness of the work that the Student Inclusion team does to support these students

·       Challenge any pre-existing assumptions around these students groups and shift thinking to a non-deficit model

Session led by:

Chido Chipato and colleagues from WPSM

·       Identify changes you can make to foster a more inclusive learning environment

This practical, one-day hands-on course provides a guided introduction to ArcGIS Online (AGOL), a cloud-based GIS platform that allows users to create maps and other web applications for data sharing, collaboration and analysis.

You will learn how to publish existing vector data to AGOL, set sharing and group privileges and create a web map that drives field-based data collection.

You will use Experience Builder to create a web application that is used for sharing and visualising spatial data. The course comprises hands-on exercises each introduced with a short presentation and a live demonstration.

The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.

Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13864

In this one day online course (taught over 2 mornings) we will explore how to use R to import, manage and process spatial data.

We will also cover the process of making choropleth maps, as well as some basic spatial analysis.

Finally, we will cover the use of loops to make multiple maps quickly and easily, one of the major benefits of using a scripting language to make maps, rather than traditional graphic point-and-click interface.

The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.

Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13706

This is an In-person session at Highfield Campus

The correct pronunciation of a Chinese student’s name and an understanding of its meaning is great way to establish an instant dialogue and effective rapport which paves the way for a far more productive learning experience.

In my experience, even those completely new to the Chinese language can learn to pronounce Chinese names within a very short space of time and this seminar will assume no prior knowledge of the Chinese language at all.

Chinese students studying outside China often assume that those around them not only lack knowledge of their culture but also lack interest too. By improving our ability to pronounce Chinese names and develop some understanding of their meaning we will break down these barriers very quickly and permanently.

By the end of this event, participants should gain:

• An ability to pronounce Chinese (Pinyin) names much better where the sound is much closer to the sound produced by a native Chinese speaker

• An understanding of the most common male and female Chinese names, forenames and family names

• An understanding of the prepresentation of Chinese names

• An understanding of the meaning of common Chinese name

In this one-day online training workshop you will be introduced to four qualitative research methods to better understand diverse lives - Photo Go-Alongs, Collage, Life History Interviews and Participant Packs.

When researching social groups, researchers may focus on categories such as age, gender, sexuality and so on. These categories can turn catch-all terms into catch-all agendas.

Treating groups of people with one shared characteristic as homogenous risks a cookie-cutter approach which overlooks diverse lives and needs.

Given the complexity of what it means to be a person, a one-size fits all approach to engagement cannot suffice. The methods introduced in this training workshop are beneficial in exploring diverse lives and can be used when researching with any group.

The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.

Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13853

Group work is a valuable form of assessment that enables students to develop a wide range of skills, but it comes with obstacles such as challenges with group dynamics, perceptions of unfairness, and structuring the management of the groups.  In addition, it is commonly assumed that students are pre-equipped to work effectively as a group, but this is not always the case.  This session will explore practical solutions to these challenges and provide tools that can be used by academics to set expectations around group working and develop students’ collaborative and team working skills.

By the end of this event, participants should be able to:

• Understand the reasons for commonly observed challenges within student group work assessments

• Explore tools that can be utilised to overcome these challenges

• Apply the tools to a sample module to facilitate effective group assessment (formative and/or summative)

Undergraduate Open Day will be taking place on our Winchester School of Art campus. Prospective students and their guests are invited onto campus to experience what WSA has to offer, with a full programme of talks, tours and other activities for them to explore. We'll be welcoming around 250 guests onto campus!

For more information please contact randcevents@soton.ac.uk

This three-day workshop introduces participants to the theory and practice of experimental methods in application to scholarship research in higher education (HE).

It delivers an overview of prevalent approaches, specifically using survey experiments, mixed methods and randomised control trials (RCT) providing a solid introduction to key experimental methodology.

The course will focus on the practical skills needed to design, implement, and analyse scholarship in HE.

It is being delivered by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences, and C-BEAR.

Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14076

Workplace stress conversations for line managers

You know the importance of addressing workplace stress and are familiar with the workplace stress assessments having read the guidance and/or having done the training. You just need some extra tips on things to look out for when having a workplace stress conversation. 

This course will help you to:

• Know the different responses you might get when having a workplace stress conversation.
• Put in place mitigations for common challenges you may face.
• Know the skills needed for a successful workplace stress conversation.
• Know what support is available to all staff.

Notes:

• Please be in a suitable space for cameras to be on and to talk in group discussions.
• Due to the sensitivity of discussions, this training will not be recorded. This includes the use of AI meeting notes which will be removed from the session. Training materials will be sent to attendees after the session.
• Our sessions have a minimum of 8 attendees. If the session does not reach this, we will cancel and provide an alternative to those who have booked.
• We have lots of content to get through so we will use all of the time.  

University Staff Yacht Sessions

These yachting sessions are for University staff and their friends and family. Each trip has a maximum of 8 places and there must be a staff member with each group.

The sessions start at 6pm from Town Marina. You will meet your skipper at the marina reception before enjoying an evening sail on Southampton water.

Dates and times

All sessions run on a Tuesday from 6pm to 8:30pm. 

• 29 April

• 6 May

• 20 May

• 17 June

• 24 June

• 29 July

• 2 September

• 16 September

• 23 September

• 30 September

Prices

University staff

£11

Non-University staff

£20

Book a session

Book your session

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact the watersports team:

• Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 0110

• Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

We do not accept American Express card payments.

Student Yacht Sessions

The following options are available to University of Southampton students to get out on the water. 

If you hold a Day Skipper or International Certificate of Competence you are eligible to have an induction to become a student skipper. You will also need RYA First Aid  and RYA Marine Radio SRC (VHF).

You can book an Induction by emailing the watersports team:

Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

If you don't have any sailing qualifications, Southampton University Sailing Club organise weekly sailing trips. Please contact the student club directly via their website:

Southampton University Sailing Club

Cancelling or rescheduling a booking

You can cancel or reschedule a booking by contacting the Jubilee Sports Centre. Your options depend on how much notice you give us. Notice periods are based on the date of your booking, not on the start time.

Notice given

Refund options

7 days or more

Full refund or reschedule to another date

Between 48 hours and 7 days

Full refund if you present a doctor’s note stating why you can't complete your booking

Less than 48 hours

No refund available

When we might cancel your booking

We might need to cancel a booking if:

• the weather means we cannot safely run a course

• staff members are sick and their absence cannot be covered

• we cannot meet our minimum student-instructor ratio

If we need to cancel your booking, we’ll always try to give you at least 24 hours' notice. We’ll also offer to reschedule your booking.

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Join us for an exciting event in the Henry Charnock lecture theatre in the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton's Waterfront Campus where we will be hosting a series of engaging lectures from newly appointed Professors at the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences.

During the event, our Professors will present a lecture to highlight their research, real-world impact and future research directions.

At our next event on Wednesday 18 June 2025, Professor Clive Trueman from the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Professor Dianna Smith from the School of Geography and Environmental Science will be presenting their research.

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Join us for an exciting event in room 4013 in the Centenary Building at the University of Southampton, where we will be hosting a series of engaging lectures from newly appointed Professors at the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences.

During the event, our Professors will present a lecture to highlight their research, real-world impact and future research directions.

At our next event on Friday 20 June 2025, Professor Hanna Kovshoff from the School of Psychology and Professor Pete Worsley from the School of Health Sciences will be presenting their research.

Undergraduate Open Day will be taking place across our Southampton campuses including Highfield, Boldrewood, Avenue and NOCS. Prospective students and their guests are invited onto campus to come and experience what University of Southampton has to offer, with a full programme of talks, tours and other activities for them to explore. We'll be welcoming around 6000 guests onto campus!

For more information please email randcevents@soton.ac.uk

Undergraduate Open Day will be taking place across our Southampton campuses including Highfield, Boldrewood, Avenue and NOCS. Prospective students and their guests are invited onto campus to come and experience what University of Southampton has to offer, with a full programme of talks, tours and other activities for them to explore. We'll be welcoming around 6000 guests onto campus!

For more information please email randcevents@soton.ac.uk

University Staff Yacht Sessions

These yachting sessions are for University staff and their friends and family. Each trip has a maximum of 8 places and there must be a staff member with each group.

The sessions start at 6pm from Town Marina. You will meet your skipper at the marina reception before enjoying an evening sail on Southampton water.

Dates and times

All sessions run on a Tuesday from 6pm to 8:30pm. 

• 29 April

• 6 May

• 20 May

• 17 June

• 24 June

• 29 July

• 2 September

• 16 September

• 23 September

• 30 September

Prices

University staff

£11

Non-University staff

£20

Book a session

Book your session

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact the watersports team:

• Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 0110

• Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

We do not accept American Express card payments.

Student Yacht Sessions

The following options are available to University of Southampton students to get out on the water. 

If you hold a Day Skipper or International Certificate of Competence you are eligible to have an induction to become a student skipper. You will also need RYA First Aid  and RYA Marine Radio SRC (VHF).

You can book an Induction by emailing the watersports team:

Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

If you don't have any sailing qualifications, Southampton University Sailing Club organise weekly sailing trips. Please contact the student club directly via their website:

Southampton University Sailing Club

Cancelling or rescheduling a booking

You can cancel or reschedule a booking by contacting the Jubilee Sports Centre. Your options depend on how much notice you give us. Notice periods are based on the date of your booking, not on the start time.

Notice given

Refund options

7 days or more

Full refund or reschedule to another date

Between 48 hours and 7 days

Full refund if you present a doctor’s note stating why you can't complete your booking

Less than 48 hours

No refund available

When we might cancel your booking

We might need to cancel a booking if:

• the weather means we cannot safely run a course

• staff members are sick and their absence cannot be covered

• we cannot meet our minimum student-instructor ratio

If we need to cancel your booking, we’ll always try to give you at least 24 hours' notice. We’ll also offer to reschedule your booking.

In this online course, run over two mornings, we will show you how to prepare and conduct spatial analysis on a variety of spatial data in R, including a range of spatial overlays and data processing techniques.

We will also cover how to use GeoDa to perform exploratory spatial data analysis, including making use of linked displays and measures of spatial autocorrelation and clustering.

The course is being run by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences and runs more than 50 research methods training courses a year.

Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13707

This five-day workshop introduces participants to the theory and practice of experimental methods in the social sciences.

It provides an overview of prevalent approaches—specifically lab, field, and survey experiments—offering a solid introduction to experimental methodology and the practical skills needed to design, implement, analyse, and present experiments.

The course is designed for researchers, PhD students, professionals, and members of public institutions, particularly those new to experimental methods or those with experience in one method (survey, field, or lab) who wish to deepen their knowledge of the others.

No prior knowledge of experimental design or statistics is required. The workshop is also suitable for those looking to commission an experiment through a survey company or other service provider.

The course is being delivered by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences, and C-BEAR.

Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=14073.php

​The Successful Futures Pathway supports students to reflect on their career ideas and plan how they are going to develop their skills within and outside of their curriculum while at university. 

This course is designed to familiarize students and researchers with various facets of qualitative research, particularly focusing on challenging fieldwork environments involving complex and intimate inquiries, expansive research scopes and diverse participant types.

We will draw on our personal experience of undertaking ethnographic work and collecting semi-structured interviews with adults and children, presenting examples from the field to illustrate key challenges.

The course will particularly benefit researchers engaging in qualitative research with vulnerable communities for short-term periods and in international contexts.

It is being delivered by the National Centre for Research Methods, which is based in the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Find out more and register: https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.php?article=13917

This active workshop is aimed at Programme Leads (including Directors of Programmes) and will introduce the Situational Leadership model (SLII) in the context of the Programme Leads role. Participants will explore a range of scenarios relating to the Programme Leads role using the SLII model to effectively tailor their leadership depending on the task, levels of experience, and motivation.

Please note: although this is based on the training for line managers, participants do not need to be line managers to attend. Participants should have a Programme Lead role (such as Programme Leader or Director of Programmes) to attend this training.

By the end of this event, participants should be able to:

• Understand the basics of the Situational Leadership (SLII) model

• Develop self-awareness of your preferred leadership style

• Apply the SLII model to common leadership tasks relating to the Programme Lead role and flex your leadership style depending on the situation

University Staff Yacht Sessions

These yachting sessions are for University staff and their friends and family. Each trip has a maximum of 8 places and there must be a staff member with each group.

The sessions start at 6pm from Town Marina. You will meet your skipper at the marina reception before enjoying an evening sail on Southampton water.

Dates and times

All sessions run on a Tuesday from 6pm to 8:30pm. 

• 29 April

• 6 May

• 20 May

• 17 June

• 24 June

• 29 July

• 2 September

• 16 September

• 23 September

• 30 September

Prices

University staff

£11

Non-University staff

£20

Book a session

Book your session

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact the watersports team:

• Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 0110

• Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

We do not accept American Express card payments.

Student Yacht Sessions

The following options are available to University of Southampton students to get out on the water. 

If you hold a Day Skipper or International Certificate of Competence you are eligible to have an induction to become a student skipper. You will also need RYA First Aid  and RYA Marine Radio SRC (VHF).

You can book an Induction by emailing the watersports team:

Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

If you don't have any sailing qualifications, Southampton University Sailing Club organise weekly sailing trips. Please contact the student club directly via their website:

Southampton University Sailing Club

Cancelling or rescheduling a booking

You can cancel or reschedule a booking by contacting the Jubilee Sports Centre. Your options depend on how much notice you give us. Notice periods are based on the date of your booking, not on the start time.

Notice given

Refund options

7 days or more

Full refund or reschedule to another date

Between 48 hours and 7 days

Full refund if you present a doctor’s note stating why you can't complete your booking

Less than 48 hours

No refund available

When we might cancel your booking

We might need to cancel a booking if:

• the weather means we cannot safely run a course

• staff members are sick and their absence cannot be covered

• we cannot meet our minimum student-instructor ratio

If we need to cancel your booking, we’ll always try to give you at least 24 hours' notice. We’ll also offer to reschedule your booking.

University Staff Yacht Sessions

These yachting sessions are for University staff and their friends and family. Each trip has a maximum of 8 places and there must be a staff member with each group.

The sessions start at 6pm from Town Marina. You will meet your skipper at the marina reception before enjoying an evening sail on Southampton water.

Dates and times

All sessions run on a Tuesday from 6pm to 8:30pm. 

• 29 April

• 6 May

• 20 May

• 17 June

• 24 June

• 29 July

• 2 September

• 16 September

• 23 September

• 30 September

Prices

University staff

£11

Non-University staff

£20

Book a session

Book your session

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact the watersports team:

• Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 0110

• Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

We do not accept American Express card payments.

Student Yacht Sessions

The following options are available to University of Southampton students to get out on the water. 

If you hold a Day Skipper or International Certificate of Competence you are eligible to have an induction to become a student skipper. You will also need RYA First Aid  and RYA Marine Radio SRC (VHF).

You can book an Induction by emailing the watersports team:

Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

If you don't have any sailing qualifications, Southampton University Sailing Club organise weekly sailing trips. Please contact the student club directly via their website:

Southampton University Sailing Club

Cancelling or rescheduling a booking

You can cancel or reschedule a booking by contacting the Jubilee Sports Centre. Your options depend on how much notice you give us. Notice periods are based on the date of your booking, not on the start time.

Notice given

Refund options

7 days or more

Full refund or reschedule to another date

Between 48 hours and 7 days

Full refund if you present a doctor’s note stating why you can't complete your booking

Less than 48 hours

No refund available

When we might cancel your booking

We might need to cancel a booking if:

• the weather means we cannot safely run a course

• staff members are sick and their absence cannot be covered

• we cannot meet our minimum student-instructor ratio

If we need to cancel your booking, we’ll always try to give you at least 24 hours' notice. We’ll also offer to reschedule your booking.

Undergraduate Open Day will be taking place across our Southampton campuses including Highfield, Boldrewood, Avenue and NOCS. Prospective students and their guests are invited onto campus to come and experience what University of Southampton has to offer, with a full programme of talks, tours and other activities for them to explore. We'll be welcoming around 6000 guests onto campus!

For more information please contact randcevents@soton.ac.uk

University Staff Yacht Sessions

These yachting sessions are for University staff and their friends and family. Each trip has a maximum of 8 places and there must be a staff member with each group.

The sessions start at 6pm from Town Marina. You will meet your skipper at the marina reception before enjoying an evening sail on Southampton water.

Dates and times

All sessions run on a Tuesday from 6pm to 8:30pm. 

• 29 April

• 6 May

• 20 May

• 17 June

• 24 June

• 29 July

• 2 September

• 16 September

• 23 September

• 30 September

Prices

University staff

£11

Non-University staff

£20

Book a session

Book your session

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact the watersports team:

• Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 0110

• Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

We do not accept American Express card payments.

Student Yacht Sessions

The following options are available to University of Southampton students to get out on the water. 

If you hold a Day Skipper or International Certificate of Competence you are eligible to have an induction to become a student skipper. You will also need RYA First Aid  and RYA Marine Radio SRC (VHF).

You can book an Induction by emailing the watersports team:

Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

If you don't have any sailing qualifications, Southampton University Sailing Club organise weekly sailing trips. Please contact the student club directly via their website:

Southampton University Sailing Club

Cancelling or rescheduling a booking

You can cancel or reschedule a booking by contacting the Jubilee Sports Centre. Your options depend on how much notice you give us. Notice periods are based on the date of your booking, not on the start time.

Notice given

Refund options

7 days or more

Full refund or reschedule to another date

Between 48 hours and 7 days

Full refund if you present a doctor’s note stating why you can't complete your booking

Less than 48 hours

No refund available

When we might cancel your booking

We might need to cancel a booking if:

• the weather means we cannot safely run a course

• staff members are sick and their absence cannot be covered

• we cannot meet our minimum student-instructor ratio

If we need to cancel your booking, we’ll always try to give you at least 24 hours' notice. We’ll also offer to reschedule your booking.

University Staff Yacht Sessions

These yachting sessions are for University staff and their friends and family. Each trip has a maximum of 8 places and there must be a staff member with each group.

The sessions start at 6pm from Town Marina. You will meet your skipper at the marina reception before enjoying an evening sail on Southampton water.

Dates and times

All sessions run on a Tuesday from 6pm to 8:30pm. 

• 29 April

• 6 May

• 20 May

• 17 June

• 24 June

• 29 July

• 2 September

• 16 September

• 23 September

• 30 September

Prices

University staff

£11

Non-University staff

£20

Book a session

Book your session

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact the watersports team:

• Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 0110

• Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

We do not accept American Express card payments.

Student Yacht Sessions

The following options are available to University of Southampton students to get out on the water. 

If you hold a Day Skipper or International Certificate of Competence you are eligible to have an induction to become a student skipper. You will also need RYA First Aid  and RYA Marine Radio SRC (VHF).

You can book an Induction by emailing the watersports team:

Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

If you don't have any sailing qualifications, Southampton University Sailing Club organise weekly sailing trips. Please contact the student club directly via their website:

Southampton University Sailing Club

Cancelling or rescheduling a booking

You can cancel or reschedule a booking by contacting the Jubilee Sports Centre. Your options depend on how much notice you give us. Notice periods are based on the date of your booking, not on the start time.

Notice given

Refund options

7 days or more

Full refund or reschedule to another date

Between 48 hours and 7 days

Full refund if you present a doctor’s note stating why you can't complete your booking

Less than 48 hours

No refund available

When we might cancel your booking

We might need to cancel a booking if:

• the weather means we cannot safely run a course

• staff members are sick and their absence cannot be covered

• we cannot meet our minimum student-instructor ratio

If we need to cancel your booking, we’ll always try to give you at least 24 hours' notice. We’ll also offer to reschedule your booking.

University Staff Yacht Sessions

These yachting sessions are for University staff and their friends and family. Each trip has a maximum of 8 places and there must be a staff member with each group.

The sessions start at 6pm from Town Marina. You will meet your skipper at the marina reception before enjoying an evening sail on Southampton water.

Dates and times

All sessions run on a Tuesday from 6pm to 8:30pm. 

• 29 April

• 6 May

• 20 May

• 17 June

• 24 June

• 29 July

• 2 September

• 16 September

• 23 September

• 30 September

Prices

University staff

£11

Non-University staff

£20

Book a session

Book your session

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact the watersports team:

• Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 0110

• Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

We do not accept American Express card payments.

Student Yacht Sessions

The following options are available to University of Southampton students to get out on the water. 

If you hold a Day Skipper or International Certificate of Competence you are eligible to have an induction to become a student skipper. You will also need RYA First Aid  and RYA Marine Radio SRC (VHF).

You can book an Induction by emailing the watersports team:

Email: watersports@soton.ac.uk 

If you don't have any sailing qualifications, Southampton University Sailing Club organise weekly sailing trips. Please contact the student club directly via their website:

Southampton University Sailing Club

Cancelling or rescheduling a booking

You can cancel or reschedule a booking by contacting the Jubilee Sports Centre. Your options depend on how much notice you give us. Notice periods are based on the date of your booking, not on the start time.

Notice given

Refund options

7 days or more

Full refund or reschedule to another date

Between 48 hours and 7 days

Full refund if you present a doctor’s note stating why you can't complete your booking

Less than 48 hours

No refund available

When we might cancel your booking

We might need to cancel a booking if:

• the weather means we cannot safely run a course

• staff members are sick and their absence cannot be covered

• we cannot meet our minimum student-instructor ratio

If we need to cancel your booking, we’ll always try to give you at least 24 hours' notice. We’ll also offer to reschedule your booking.

Undergraduate Open Day will be taking place across our Southampton and Winchester campuses including Highfield, Boldrewood, Avenue, NOCS and WSA. Prospective students and their guests are invited onto campus to come and experience what University of Southampton has to offer, with a full programme of talks, tours and other activities for them to explore. We'll be welcoming around 6000 guests onto campus!

For more information please contact randcevents@soton.ac.uk

Undergraduate Open Day will be taking place across our Southampton campuses including Highfield, Boldrewood, Avenue and NOCS. Prospective students and their guests are invited onto campus to come and experience what University of Southampton has to offer, with a full programme of talks, tours and other activities for them to explore. We'll be welcoming around 6000 guests onto campus!

For more information please contact randcevents@soton.ac.uk

Undergraduate Open Day will be taking place on our Winchester School of Art campus. Prospective students and their guests are invited onto campus to experience what WSA has to offer, with a full programme of talks, tours and other activities for them to explore. We'll be welcoming around 250 guests onto campus!

For more information please contact randcevents@soton.ac.uk

Undergraduate Open Day will be taking place on our Winchester School of Art campus. Prospective students and their guests are invited onto campus to experience what WSA has to offer, with a full programme of talks, tours and other activities for them to explore. We'll be welcoming around 250 guests onto campus!

For more information please contact randcevents@soton.ac.uk