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{{Infobox University|name = University of Southampton|image_name = University of Southampton logo.png|motto = Strenuis Ardua Cedunt ("The heights yield to endeavour")|established = 1862 Hartley Institution, 1902 University College, 1952 Royal Charter]|vice_chancellor = Bill Wakeham|head_label = Visitor [ex officio]|country = England|affiliations = [Russell Group Association of Commonwealth Universities European University Association|website = http://www.soton.ac.uk/-->The University of Southampton is a university situated in the city of Southampton, on the south coast of England. The university is a member of the Russell Group of Universities and of the Worldwide Universities Network.

In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (2001), it has the only engineering faculty in the country to receive the highest rating (5*) across all disciplines. Results: 2001 RAE Institution : H-0160 University of Southampton Retrieved on 2007-08-04 According to The Times Higher Education Supplement, Southampton has the second largest research income among British universities for the physical sciences and mathematics, and the third largest research income for engineering and technology. The university places great emphasis on inter-disciplinary cooperation and on collaboration with industry. This is most evident in the University's Centre for Enterprise and Innovation.

Location The University's main buildings are situated on a large site on the Campus in Highfield, Southampton, but the university has other campuses elsewhere around the city: at Boldrewood (biomedical sciences), Southampton General Hospital and on the waterfront at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. It also has a campus in the nearby city of Winchester which is the home of the university's School of Art, known as the Winchester School of Art. The Avenue Campus houses most of the Humanities subjects taught at the University, including History, English, Philosophy and Modern Languages. The Centre for Language Study is based at Avenue Campus. Archaeology is also located there in a series of purpose-designed buildings (the most modern archaeology facilities of any British university). Music is still taught on the Highfield Campus, near the Turner Sims Concert Hall.

Organisation List of Faculties, Schools and Centres





School of Electronics and Computer Science The School of Electronics and Computer Science, generally abbreviated "ECS", has been at the forefront of the Open Access movement. Professor Stevan Harnad speaks around the world on the subject.ECS was the first academic institution in the world to adopt a self-archiving mandate (2001) and since then much of its published research has been freely available on the Web . It created the first and most widely used archiving software (EPrints) which is used worldwide by 213 known archives and continues to be evolved and supported from the School .

Professional Campus planned for University’s Boldrewood site The University of Southampton is planning to develop the UK’s first wholly integrated ‘professional campus’ in line with its strategy to drive innovation in the economy through world-class research.The plans will see the transformation of the University’s Boldrewood campus which will accommodate new facilities for the School of Management. University unveils vision for the UK's first 'professional campus'

Lloyd’s Register, an independent risk management organisation, will move its London marine operations to the Boldrewood campus, to co-locate with the University’s School of Management. Lloyd's Register announces plans to move Marine operations to Southampton

The practice of corporations and business schools sharing resources and facilities is well established in some countries but this will be the first ‘professional campus’ in the UK.The Lloyd's Register Group is an organisation that works to enhance safety and to approve assets and systems at sea, on land and in the air. It will maintain its building in the City of London as the corporate office and governance of the Group will remain based there.

Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) The University of Southampton and the MIT recently announced the launch of a long-term research collaboration that aims to produce the fundamental scientific advances necessary to guide the future design and use of the World Wide Web. University of Southampton and MIT launch World Wide Web research collaboration The Web science (WSRI), headed by Professor Tim Berners-Lee, will generate a research agenda for understanding the scientific, technical and social challenges underlying the growth of the Web. Of particular interest is the volume of information on the Web that documents more and more aspects of human activity and knowledge. WSRI research projects will weigh such questions as, how do we access information and assess its reliability? By what means may we assure its use complies with social and legal rules? How will we preserve the Web over time?

From 2008, MIT Sloan School of Management and the University of Southampton's School of Management will jointly offer an Executive MBA in technological and internet management, which specifically aims to help engineers and technologists develop the business skills necessary to turn their knowledge and ideas into commercial ventures.

History The University of Southampton has its origin as the Hartley Institution which was formed in 1862 from a benefaction by Henry Robertson Hartley (1777-1850). Hartley was the son of a local wine merchant.Mann, John Edgar & Ashton, Peter (1998). Highfield, A Village Remembered. Halsgrove. ISBN 1-874448-91-4. On his death he left £103,000 to the Southampton Corporation on condition that it was invested in such manner as might best promote the study and advancement of the sciences of Natural History, Astronomy, Antiquities, Classical and Oriental Literature in the town, such as by forming a Public Library, Botanic Gardens, Observatory, and collections of objects with the above sciences.

The city officials housed Hartley's books in a building in Southampton's High Street, in the city centre. The Hartley Institution was borne out of this, and became a university college in 1902. In 1919 it was renamed Hartley University College, and subsequently University College Southampton. Before 1952, the college's degrees were awarded by the University of London.

Having outgrown the High Street premises, the college was set to move to greenfield land near Highfield, Southampton Back Lane (now University Road). Although the new main building was formally opened on 20 June 1914, the outbreak of the First World War occurred before any lectures could take place there. The buildings were handed over by the college authorities for use as a military hospital. In order to cope with the volume of casualties, wooden huts were erected at the rear of the building. The college continued to use these after the war, eventually replacing the makeshift extension with brick buildings. With the continuing expansion, an academic bookshop was built on the site of Church Farm and the Students' Union complex and refectory were built on the site of Sir Sidney Kimber's brickyard.

In 1952, the Queen granted the University of Southampton a Royal Charter to award degrees in its own right. This conferred full university status and made Southampton independent of the University of London. Despite being one of the last of the "civic" universities, it grew rapidly and gained a reputation for a strong academic approach. It expanded rapidly during the 1960s, when a number of new "plate glass" universities were springing up; such as the University of Warwick, University of York, University of East Anglia and a number of others.

In 2005, a large fire destroyed part of the Mountbatten Building, holding optical fibre research laboratories (the world-renowned Optoelectronics Research Centre, ORC) and the integrated circuit fabrication laboratories. It is estimated that the costs for rebuilding the centre and replacing the equipment will be around £50 million, making this what is believed to be the world's most destructive university fire. University pledges to rebuild fire damaged research facility The ORC is currently housed in temporary buildings while the centre is being rebuilt. Update: fire at the University of Southampton

Academic rankings

{| class="wikitable"|+UK|-!! 2008! 2007! 2006! 2005|-! Times Good University Guide| 14| 22 Times Good University Guide 2007|| 25 Times Good University Guide 2005|-! Guardian University Guide| 13| n/a| 36 Guardian University Guide 2006| 37 Guardian University Guide 2005|-! Sunday Times University Guide| 16| n/a| 16 Sunday Times University Guide 2006.| 17 Sunday Times University Guide 2005 from The Sunday Times on 2th October 2005.|}

{| class="wikitable"|+World|-!! 2008! 2007! 2006! 2005|-! THES - QS World University Rankings||| 141| 206 THES - QS World University Rankings 2005|-! Academic Ranking of World Universities|| 192| 190 Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2006| 193 Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2005|}

Campus life Architecture The earliest buildings on the main (Highfield, Southampton) campus date back to the 1910s; however, the centre of the campus is dominated by two imposing 1930s buildings by Giles Gilbert Scott - constructed in red brick - while the 1950s masterplan and the majority of the remaining buildings are by Basil Spence in a light, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe style. A new masterplan for the Highfield campus was drawn up in 1998 by renowned architect Rick Mather who has also contributed some of the newer buildings. The campus has expanded rapidly over the last decade, with many notable new buildings including one designed by Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank. The campus retains an area of parkland in which are scattered 20th century sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, FE McWilliams, Justin Knowles, Nick Pope and John Edwards (sculptor).

Students' Union The University of Southampton Students' Union (SUSU), is sited in three buildings opposite the Hartley Library. One, the West Building, dates back to the 1940s in a red brick style, complementing the Hartley Library opposite; the main building was built in the 1960s in the Basil Spence masterplan. This was extended with new nightclub and cinema facilities in 2002. The newest building was built during the mid-1990's which includes the recently refurbished Union shop, on the ground floor, and hairdressers and travel agency, both on the first floor. In May 2002 (after several attempts going back several years), it chose to disaffiliate itself from the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom, whom SUSU believed to be 'political time-wasters' and 'bureaucratic'. Southampton students opt out of NUS by Donald MacLeod Wednesday May 22, 2002 The multiple award winning student radio station, Surge 1287am, broadcasts from new studios in the main Union building. Surge 1287am broadcasts throughout the year on the 1287AM broadcasting and the internet and once a year on 87.7FM broadcasting. The student newspaper, originally Wessex News, is now published once every three weeks as Wessex Scene following a name change in 1996. Events are held in The Cube, the Union's nightclub, and in the Stag's Head, the Union bar. National touring bands including Dirty Pretty Things, The Automatic and Fightstar play in the Garden Court in the West Building.

Halls of Residence The University provides accommodation for all first year students who require it. Places in halls are also available for international and postgraduate students. Accommodation may be catered, self catered, have ensuite facilities, a sink in the room, or access to communal bathroom facilities. Each of the large sites has a Junior Common Room system that runs social activities and events throughout the term and supervises the running of the onsite bars.

The two main halls of residence are: which includes: *Chamberlain Hall *Hartley Grove Courts *Chancellors' Courts *New Terrace *Old Terrace *South Hill Lodges *Richard Newitt Courts *Brunei House *Beechmount House *Gower building *Small Halls, including Bencraft Court



which includes: *Connaught Hall, Southampton *Montefiore 1,2,3 & 4 *South Stoneham House

which includes: *Highfield Hall *Bencraft Court *Erasmus Park (serving the Winchester School of Art) *Gateley Hall *Romero Hall *Shaftesbury Avenue Apartments *St. Margaret's House *Tasman Court

Notable academics The University's Professor David Payne Fellow of the Royal Society Order of the British Empire invented the optical amplifier, without which fibre optic cables would not work over long distances. Professor Payne is also Chairman of SPI (Southampton Photonics, Inc.), a commercial company which is a spin-off of this research. Board of directors at SPI (Southampton Photonics, Inc.) Former head of the School (then Department) of Electronics and Computer Science, Professor Tony Hey CBE, is now Corporate Vice-President of Microsoft UK. Microsoft Names Tony Hey Corporate Vice President for Technical Computing Another Southampton Professor, Martin Fleischmann, Professor of Electrochemistry, came to notoriety in 1989 when, along with a research collaborator, he claimed to have produced cold fusion in a laboratory. Subsequent researchers were unable to substantiate his claims.Fleischmann, M., S. Pons, and M. Hawkins, Electrochemically induced nuclear fusion of deuterium. J. Electroanal. Chem., 1989. 261: p. 301 and errata in Vol. 263. In 2004, the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, was appointed to the School of Electronics and Computer Science as Professor of Computer Science. Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web inventor, appointed Professor at University of Southampton

Notable alumni

In addition, BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills, though not an alumnus, began his career on Southampton University's radio station, Surge 1287am.

See also

References News articles

External links

{{Infobox University|name = University of Southampton|image_name = University of Southampton logo.png|motto = Strenuis Ardua Cedunt ("The heights yield to endeavour")|established = 1862 Hartley Institution, 1902 University College, 1952 Royal Charter]|vice_chancellor = Bill Wakeham|head_label = Visitor [ex officio]|country = England|affiliations = [Russell Group Association of Commonwealth Universities European University Association|website = http://www.soton.ac.uk/-->The University of Southampton is a university situated in the city of Southampton, on the south coast of England. The university is a member of the Russell Group of Universities and of the Worldwide Universities Network.

In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (2001), it has the only engineering faculty in the country to receive the highest rating (5*) across all disciplines. Results: 2001 RAE Institution : H-0160 University of Southampton Retrieved on 2007-08-04 According to The Times Higher Education Supplement, Southampton has the second largest research income among British universities for the physical sciences and mathematics, and the third largest research income for engineering and technology. The university places great emphasis on inter-disciplinary cooperation and on collaboration with industry. This is most evident in the University's Centre for Enterprise and Innovation.

Location The University's main buildings are situated on a large site on the Campus in Highfield, Southampton, but the university has other campuses elsewhere around the city: at Boldrewood (biomedical sciences), Southampton General Hospital and on the waterfront at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. It also has a campus in the nearby city of Winchester which is the home of the university's School of Art, known as the Winchester School of Art. The Avenue Campus houses most of the Humanities subjects taught at the University, including History, English, Philosophy and Modern Languages. The Centre for Language Study is based at Avenue Campus. Archaeology is also located there in a series of purpose-designed buildings (the most modern archaeology facilities of any British university). Music is still taught on the Highfield Campus, near the Turner Sims Concert Hall.

Organisation List of Faculties, Schools and Centres





School of Electronics and Computer Science The School of Electronics and Computer Science, generally abbreviated "ECS", has been at the forefront of the Open Access movement. Professor Stevan Harnad speaks around the world on the subject.ECS was the first academic institution in the world to adopt a self-archiving mandate (2001) and since then much of its published research has been freely available on the Web . It created the first and most widely used archiving software (EPrints) which is used worldwide by 213 known archives and continues to be evolved and supported from the School .

Professional Campus planned for University’s Boldrewood site The University of Southampton is planning to develop the UK’s first wholly integrated ‘professional campus’ in line with its strategy to drive innovation in the economy through world-class research.The plans will see the transformation of the University’s Boldrewood campus which will accommodate new facilities for the School of Management. University unveils vision for the UK's first 'professional campus'

Lloyd’s Register, an independent risk management organisation, will move its London marine operations to the Boldrewood campus, to co-locate with the University’s School of Management. Lloyd's Register announces plans to move Marine operations to Southampton

The practice of corporations and business schools sharing resources and facilities is well established in some countries but this will be the first ‘professional campus’ in the UK.The Lloyd's Register Group is an organisation that works to enhance safety and to approve assets and systems at sea, on land and in the air. It will maintain its building in the City of London as the corporate office and governance of the Group will remain based there.

Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI) The University of Southampton and the MIT recently announced the launch of a long-term research collaboration that aims to produce the fundamental scientific advances necessary to guide the future design and use of the World Wide Web. University of Southampton and MIT launch World Wide Web research collaboration The Web science (WSRI), headed by Professor Tim Berners-Lee, will generate a research agenda for understanding the scientific, technical and social challenges underlying the growth of the Web. Of particular interest is the volume of information on the Web that documents more and more aspects of human activity and knowledge. WSRI research projects will weigh such questions as, how do we access information and assess its reliability? By what means may we assure its use complies with social and legal rules? How will we preserve the Web over time?

From 2008, MIT Sloan School of Management and the University of Southampton's School of Management will jointly offer an Executive MBA in technological and internet management, which specifically aims to help engineers and technologists develop the business skills necessary to turn their knowledge and ideas into commercial ventures.

History The University of Southampton has its origin as the Hartley Institution which was formed in 1862 from a benefaction by Henry Robertson Hartley (1777-1850). Hartley was the son of a local wine merchant.Mann, John Edgar & Ashton, Peter (1998). Highfield, A Village Remembered. Halsgrove. ISBN 1-874448-91-4. On his death he left £103,000 to the Southampton Corporation on condition that it was invested in such manner as might best promote the study and advancement of the sciences of Natural History, Astronomy, Antiquities, Classical and Oriental Literature in the town, such as by forming a Public Library, Botanic Gardens, Observatory, and collections of objects with the above sciences.

The city officials housed Hartley's books in a building in Southampton's High Street, in the city centre. The Hartley Institution was borne out of this, and became a university college in 1902. In 1919 it was renamed Hartley University College, and subsequently University College Southampton. Before 1952, the college's degrees were awarded by the University of London.

Having outgrown the High Street premises, the college was set to move to greenfield land near Highfield, Southampton Back Lane (now University Road). Although the new main building was formally opened on 20 June 1914, the outbreak of the First World War occurred before any lectures could take place there. The buildings were handed over by the college authorities for use as a military hospital. In order to cope with the volume of casualties, wooden huts were erected at the rear of the building. The college continued to use these after the war, eventually replacing the makeshift extension with brick buildings. With the continuing expansion, an academic bookshop was built on the site of Church Farm and the Students' Union complex and refectory were built on the site of Sir Sidney Kimber's brickyard.

In 1952, the Queen granted the University of Southampton a Royal Charter to award degrees in its own right. This conferred full university status and made Southampton independent of the University of London. Despite being one of the last of the "civic" universities, it grew rapidly and gained a reputation for a strong academic approach. It expanded rapidly during the 1960s, when a number of new "plate glass" universities were springing up; such as the University of Warwick, University of York, University of East Anglia and a number of others.

In 2005, a large fire destroyed part of the Mountbatten Building, holding optical fibre research laboratories (the world-renowned Optoelectronics Research Centre, ORC) and the integrated circuit fabrication laboratories. It is estimated that the costs for rebuilding the centre and replacing the equipment will be around £50 million, making this what is believed to be the world's most destructive university fire. University pledges to rebuild fire damaged research facility The ORC is currently housed in temporary buildings while the centre is being rebuilt. Update: fire at the University of Southampton

Academic rankings

{| class="wikitable"|+UK|-!! 2008! 2007! 2006! 2005|-! Times Good University Guide| 14| 22 Times Good University Guide 2007|| 25 Times Good University Guide 2005|-! Guardian University Guide| 13| n/a| 36 Guardian University Guide 2006| 37 Guardian University Guide 2005|-! Sunday Times University Guide| 16| n/a| 16 Sunday Times University Guide 2006.| 17 Sunday Times University Guide 2005 from The Sunday Times on 2th October 2005.|}

{| class="wikitable"|+World|-!! 2008! 2007! 2006! 2005|-! THES - QS World University Rankings||| 141| 206 THES - QS World University Rankings 2005|-! Academic Ranking of World Universities|| 192| 190 Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2006| 193 Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2005|}

Campus life Architecture The earliest buildings on the main (Highfield, Southampton) campus date back to the 1910s; however, the centre of the campus is dominated by two imposing 1930s buildings by Giles Gilbert Scott - constructed in red brick - while the 1950s masterplan and the majority of the remaining buildings are by Basil Spence in a light, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe style. A new masterplan for the Highfield campus was drawn up in 1998 by renowned architect Rick Mather who has also contributed some of the newer buildings. The campus has expanded rapidly over the last decade, with many notable new buildings including one designed by Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank. The campus retains an area of parkland in which are scattered 20th century sculptures by Barbara Hepworth, FE McWilliams, Justin Knowles, Nick Pope and John Edwards (sculptor).

Students' Union The University of Southampton Students' Union (SUSU), is sited in three buildings opposite the Hartley Library. One, the West Building, dates back to the 1940s in a red brick style, complementing the Hartley Library opposite; the main building was built in the 1960s in the Basil Spence masterplan. This was extended with new nightclub and cinema facilities in 2002. The newest building was built during the mid-1990's which includes the recently refurbished Union shop, on the ground floor, and hairdressers and travel agency, both on the first floor. In May 2002 (after several attempts going back several years), it chose to disaffiliate itself from the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom, whom SUSU believed to be 'political time-wasters' and 'bureaucratic'. Southampton students opt out of NUS by Donald MacLeod Wednesday May 22, 2002 The multiple award winning student radio station, Surge 1287am, broadcasts from new studios in the main Union building. Surge 1287am broadcasts throughout the year on the 1287AM broadcasting and the internet and once a year on 87.7FM broadcasting. The student newspaper, originally Wessex News, is now published once every three weeks as Wessex Scene following a name change in 1996. Events are held in The Cube, the Union's nightclub, and in the Stag's Head, the Union bar. National touring bands including Dirty Pretty Things, The Automatic and Fightstar play in the Garden Court in the West Building.

Halls of Residence The University provides accommodation for all first year students who require it. Places in halls are also available for international and postgraduate students. Accommodation may be catered, self catered, have ensuite facilities, a sink in the room, or access to communal bathroom facilities. Each of the large sites has a Junior Common Room system that runs social activities and events throughout the term and supervises the running of the onsite bars.

The two main halls of residence are: which includes: *Chamberlain Hall *Hartley Grove Courts *Chancellors' Courts *New Terrace *Old Terrace *South Hill Lodges *Richard Newitt Courts *Brunei House *Beechmount House *Gower building *Small Halls, including Bencraft Court



which includes: *Connaught Hall, Southampton *Montefiore 1,2,3 & 4 *South Stoneham House

which includes: *Highfield Hall *Bencraft Court *Erasmus Park (serving the Winchester School of Art) *Gateley Hall *Romero Hall *Shaftesbury Avenue Apartments *St. Margaret's House *Tasman Court

Notable academics The University's Professor David Payne Fellow of the Royal Society Order of the British Empire invented the optical amplifier, without which fibre optic cables would not work over long distances. Professor Payne is also Chairman of SPI (Southampton Photonics, Inc.), a commercial company which is a spin-off of this research. Board of directors at SPI (Southampton Photonics, Inc.) Former head of the School (then Department) of Electronics and Computer Science, Professor Tony Hey CBE, is now Corporate Vice-President of Microsoft UK. Microsoft Names Tony Hey Corporate Vice President for Technical Computing Another Southampton Professor, Martin Fleischmann, Professor of Electrochemistry, came to notoriety in 1989 when, along with a research collaborator, he claimed to have produced cold fusion in a laboratory. Subsequent researchers were unable to substantiate his claims.Fleischmann, M., S. Pons, and M. Hawkins, Electrochemically induced nuclear fusion of deuterium. J. Electroanal. Chem., 1989. 261: p. 301 and errata in Vol. 263. In 2004, the inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, was appointed to the School of Electronics and Computer Science as Professor of Computer Science. Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web inventor, appointed Professor at University of Southampton

Notable alumni

In addition, BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills, though not an alumnus, began his career on Southampton University's radio station, Surge 1287am.

See also

References News articles

External links



 

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