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ISSUE 1SEPTEMBER
2013SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT MAGAZINE
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1 / WS / Editors ///
/ Editor / Sam Everard/ Deputy Editor / Amy Sandys/ Head of Design / Amy Harwood/ Online Manager / Jake Sharpe/ Imagery / Sasha Spaid/ Features / Tahlie Cooper / Kerry Sclater/ Science and Environment / Johanna Blee/ Politics / Victoria Low / Lok Yan Patrick Leung/ Winchester / Diogo Lopes/ Opinion / Isabella Hunter-Fajardo/ Xanthippe Waldron/ Travel / Tayler Groom/ Lifestyle / Konyin Aromolaran/ Emma Hobbs/ International / Dimple Vijaykumar/ Sport / Adam Jones / Joe Taylor/ News / Emma Cheshire / Shaun Harvey/ Pause / Andy Haywood/ Publicity / Jack Kanani
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EDITOR’S LETTER
Front Cover by Hamish Dinsdale
Welcome to the first Wessex Scene issue of the year!
For us, the first one is always like the pilot of a TV show. We’ve got one chance to sell you on our concept, to getyou interested, and that, potentially, is it. Only instead of char-ismatic leading actors, we have my talented team of editors. Instead of explosions and brief nudity, we have interesting articles. And we’ve got six more issues regardless of whether you hate us or not.
Ok, that analogy was thin at best. But the sentiment behind it is the same: we want you to take notice, and we want you to take part. The Wessex Scene is run entirely by students, and anybody can write for us, regardless of experience. Whether you want to be a journalist, love writing, want to be part of a fun society, or just want your opinion heard for ego reasons, we’re here for you.
In this issue, we cover a huge range of topics relevant to Freshers. Inside you’ll find ways to avoid the dreaded Fresh-ers’ Flu, some clues as to what you might experience in your first few weeks, and even an interactive Freshers’ bingo sheet to tick off as you go along.
Our website, www.wessexscene.co.uk, publishes new con-tent on a continual basis, and we’re always looking for new writers to join our enthusiastic, ever-expanding team.
I couldn’t be more excited for the coming year, and I can’t wait to meet you all. Hey, you might even have my job someday and you don’t even know it yet.
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/ Kerry Sclater // Tahlie Cooper /
So you’ve begun your tentative first steps as a fresher, and no doubt your expectations so far will have been composed by a medley of horror stories from family and friends. Well, we’re here to tell you this: they are all true. The highs, the lows, the humiliation: they all form a crucial part of what it is to be a Fresher. You may be in for one hell of a ride this year, but the memories you’ll make will remain cherished and formative experiences in your life. Here are a few of the best we collected. Enjoy!
For many students, coming to university is the fresh start they need in life, with opportunities of freedom, independence, as well as meeting tonnes of new friends. Although, be warned: in first year ‘good’ is not always as innocent as you would expect!
“I was drunk and stranded in Portswood after being kicked out my cab after being sick. A postgrad guy from our uni found me and walked me all the way back to Glen while I was being sick.”
“I met my lovely boyfriend in Jesters”
“I met so many new friends and like minded people- first year was really the fresh start I needed, best decision ever!”
“I thought freshers was pret-ty good, even though we all lived at home! People always assume that you don’t get any of the fun experiences if you don’t move into halls, but I
Freshers’ Tales:
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
THE GOODstill enjoyed it and managed to make friends easily, and I think overall SUSU did a really good job of making sure there was still lots on for those in private rented accommo-dation”
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THE BADPerhaps reassuringly, it proved really difficult to find bad freshers’ memories, but homesickness, lack of funds and actual sickness (freshers’ flu) are likely to form a few of your not-so-positive memories from your first year at University. Judging from our poll though, it seems that these were overshadowed by the good and (more worryingly) the ugly times!
“Perhaps one of the first nights I had out, I went to Provenance...bad mistake. I stepped on a shard of glass which cut right through my shoe and into my foot. The girls in the toilets helped me along with my friends and the security patched me up and sent me home. Never been there since”
“I was ill pretty much continuously throughout the first semester, ending up in a horrible bout of tonsillitis- my grandparents had to come and rescue me!”
THE UGLYAlong with the no-holds-barred thrills of first year, there are sure to be a few colourful memories. And by that I mean a type of sickly greeny-browny colour. These just speak to themselves...
“My first memory on waking up is someone defecating into what was probably a stolen blender. This rather hazardous cocktail was spilt on the stairs on C block (I didn’t go near it but still felt my shoes needed to be disinfected) and suitably chucked into the outskirts of Bencraft where it remains today...”
“I got with a guy the night before who decided that it would be a good idea to put the used condom in one of the Tesco bags I had packed my stuff in. A few days later, my mum used the bag to go food shopping and found the condom whilst packing in front of the check out lady and the rest of my family.”
“I took a guy back from jesters, I went to my bathroom for about 10 seconds and I walk out and he’s being sick all over my carpet. He then proceeded to throw up all over my en suite for half an hour, naked.”
“I puked into my bedroom sink which then blocked it for like a week.”
In a year’s time, you will all have your own stories to pass on to the next batch of wide-eyed freshers, but hopefully the lasting experience you will have gained will be a positive one: one in which you take your first steps on the way to the future. Don’t ever look back- unless it gives you a laugh of course!
/ Kerry Sclater/
THE REAL COST OF BEING POOR
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The purely academic advantage provided by a private education is undeniably concrete, with in-dependent school pupils three times more likely to achieve top grades at A levels. From a uni-versity perspective, it’s easy to be drawn into their impressive resumes and prestigious line up of extra curricula activities- the likes of which could not be af-forded in state education. Simi-larly only 24% of state school pupils gain entrance to the most selective universities, proving there is still a long way to go for equalised footing. Nevertheless, compared with the top jobs that once came guaranteed with a silver spoon, the playing field is slowly becoming levelled.
In comparison to the rigid structure of private schooling, the rich ‘life’ experience of-
fered by state schools is clearly becoming a valued currency , as UCAS data shows record num-bers of disadvantaged 18 year olds applied to higher education this year. Southampton in par-ticular was praised for its ever increasing proportions of disad-vantaged students.
Surprisingly, the drastic tuition fee rise may have also proved beneficial to the poorest of stu-dents, with universities charg-ing over £6000 being forced to sign an agreement to spend a proportion of their income on financially supporting them.
Although obviously a step in the right direction, there is perhaps an undercurrent of bitterness from some of those who are now shunned for their state educated counterparts, a decision prob-
ably encouraged by positive dis-crimination. Whilst the debate of the quality of private vs state education continues to elude a resolution, the cost and pay-off of social class teeters on an un-stable equilibrium.
Yes, private schoolers get bet-ter A-levels, but those with a state education tend to go on to get better degrees. And yes, the Times recently issued statistics suggesting 80% of key positions in Britain are held by those with a pricey education, but elsewhere there is little concrete evidence to suggest that a state education leads to poorer job prospects. In fact, once admitted to university, it becomes almost impossible to distinguish between state and private schooled individuals.
So what does this mean? Per-haps the cost of being poor today is less than that of being privileged, with universities be-ing urged to accept disadvan-taged students, and a more ready source of financial aid available. The moral of the story seems to be that, ultimately, your educa-tional background will have less to do with your future than your individual credentials, making it down to each individual to make themselves shine - wheth-er that be because of or despite their upbringing.‹
Toffs, Posh boys, snobs- call them what you will, you still can’t deny the existence of the great ‘rich-poor divide’, which for cen-turies has existed as a means of promoting elitism and discouraging social mobility.
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SHOULD STUDENTS PLAY THE DATING GAME?When we are presented with the term ‘online dating’ we immediately think of young professionals who simply don’t have the time to find romance. But it seems that in recent years the online dating platform has become more appealing to students. With 1 in 5 relationships beginning online and an apparent 20% of online beginnings ending in marriage…should students be playing the online dating game?
The online dating industry is worth in the region of approxi-mately £2 billion, with the aver-age cost of a membership being £20 per month. So why should students sign up at such a cost? New dating sites are now be-ing created for students. ‘Fresh-meet’ (excuse the pun) is said to be the most popular among students! Director of the site, Anthony Purkiss believes this to be the next step in finding love for students: “Students don’t have to date someone within their clique anymore; they can meet some-one new and exciting that they never knew existed…you never know, they might even live on the same street!”
Online dating is taking the world by storm with 2/3 Brit-ons signing up. With student sites such as dateatuni.com and uoldating.com, is a digital rela-tionship the best beginning for the end of singledom? Or could it drive a social wedge between us? New VP Welfare Beckie Thomas shares her opinions:
‘‘I think the best way to meet people, whether that be as friends or something more, is to get involved in something you love! There are hundreds of soci-eties to choose from, so it makes sense to get stuck in and meet people with similar interests! I can’t speak for everyone, but too
much socialising happens online now, so I wouldn’t be a huge fan of anything that adds to this!’’’
Not only could online dating act as a social barrier, but could it be promoting the wrong men-tality? Sat at the computer scan-ning through numerous profiles; is it no different to online shop-ping? Only in this case we may not be getting the exact product we are presented with. Univer-sity of Rochester US, Professor Harry Reis, explains the shop-ping mentality:
‘’ Skimming over hundreds of potential mates can promote a
‘shopping’ mentality, resulting in single people becoming ex-cessively picky. Singletons who spent weeks or months emailing a potential mate before meet-ing them often had unrealistic expectations when they finally went on a date.’’
Some of us may be too busy falling out of the Jesters’ door or burying our heads in a textbook. But for those who want to find someone, friend or maybe more, it seems that the success of stu-dent dating sites could be a sim-ple solution.
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/ Alexandra Coles /Wild nights out, staying in bed all day, doing no work and cruising through your years at university. Unfair perceptions perhaps, but they’re often the norm in today’s society, enhanced by the media’s sensationalisation. Alexandra Cole examines this stereotype, and explains why the student lifestyle is not quite how it seems.
A FRESH TAKE ON FRESHERS
The media is known for stereotyping. Any news outlets, whatever the medium, are al-most guaranteed to be parading a new view on a certain group of individuals who share a certain group of traits. It doesn’t matter which group it is – to varying extents, the media will manipu-late the few common features of that group into a grotesque monstrosity which could quite easily serve as an antagonist in a summer blockbuster. The student population is an easy target, labelled constantly as either drunken partygoers who are lazier than the previous gen-eration, or just as a simple statis-tic to be used in the exaggerated and incessant yearly analysis of Results Day.
This is the problem with the general attitude towards stu-dents. Not only does it make the newly-fledged student feel like they have just joined the Dark Side, it segregates an en-tire group of people – the peo-ple who will shape tomorrow’s society. The media fails to un-derstand what it truly means to ‘be a student’, as they focus on the figures and data that make up their psychedelic coloured pie-charts around results time. University is not about grades, it is a time of new challenges and
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new adventures, and it is a time of find out who you really are as a person. If the media continues to lump every student together, they quash the spark of individ-uality in those who are walking through the proverbial univer-sity gates for the first time and handed the score card for freshers’ pub golf.
Of course, student life does in-
volve parties and getting drunk, but that is part of the experi-ence. This media seem to fail to understand that it is just that – part of the experience, an experience which also involves finding and challenging your limits (alcoholic or otherwise). However, because the media is such a powerful force in this day and age, it manages to warp perceptions of what student life
is about to the point it is un-recognisable to anyone at all. For those of us who are already students, we understand what student life is about. We have worked out that the system isn’t as it is portrayed, and that there is far more to get involved in than just going clubbing (which of course is still important in many students’ lives). However, for those joining the system it can be very disconcerting to have the media’s negative and twisted views on student life, with horror stories of halls and nights out – forced down their throats with the hashtag ‘#this-isthetruth’ scrawled after it.
As the new academic year be-gins, it would be nice for the media to take a more positive stance on students. Maybe they could widen their range of sto-ries from permanently disgusted headlines about alcohol con-sumption, and show a truer pic-ture. For once, they should take a step back and realise that to-day’s students are achieving far greater goals than their prede-cessors, and show the true values of the student lifestyle; the val-ues which tell every student that university is the beginning of a wonderful and exciting journey and that they should enjoy every minute of it.
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Student Journalism:WHAT IS THE POINT?
/ Isabella Hunter-Fajardo /
As a green young fresher way back in 2011, I wasn’t keen on the whole student journalism thing. I thought it was for bored, pretentious English students with nothing else to do. But then, in the summer between my first and second years, I did an internship in PR. It was in fashion PR, so the opposite side to the magazine world – the world I wanted to break into. After doing this, I realised that unless I started practising my writing, on a platform open to criticism, and started beefing up some kind of writing portfolio, I really had no chance. Every oth-er intern, both in PR and in the magazine world, had some plat-form to showcase their writing or photography – from Tumblr, through blogs, to student jour-nalism.
Still hesitant though, I shelved it while I left for Seville, Spain on an Erasmus Exchange semes-ter. Whilst there, the Faculty of Humanities at Southampton awarded me a blogging scholar-ship to promote the Erasmus scheme. The blog I wrote was literally “this is what I did this weekend, here is a photo, bye” – nothing special, funny, or in my view, particularly interesting. I was in it for the money!
Weirdly enough, however, some people actually liked it, and began following me. This tiny, irrelevant blog got so much at-tention that the idea of student journalism began to seem a bit
less daunting. I realised that people were actually reading what I wrote, and not everyone hated it, and a sudden feeling of “hey, maybe I can do this” surfaced. Because that’s what it boils down to.
I was scared of the criticism and hate (and believe me, you get it), the trolls and the overall dicks on the Internet. I was also be-ing a snob and thought it was beneath me. So, hello, Wessex Scene. I emailed in once back from my semester abroad, and joined all the Facebook groups. I started writing a few random pieces about stuff going on at Uni. Then all of a sudden, I got the balls to voice my opin-ions, which got some nice hits, both good and bad. But I think if you’re writing stuff that can make students give a shit about something, enough to argue about it on the Wessex Scene comment section, you’re doing something right.
Here I am now, on holiday, in an internet café in Guatemala, writing to you, the Freshers of 2013, to tell you if you have any interest in the media industry, be it in publishing, journalism, arts, or even just want a place to practice to writing and thicken your skin a bit, then join the Scene.
The Scene isn’t just for students to read, it’s for students to par-ticipate in. Also, as I happily discovered, it’s not full of bored, pretentious English students, but very nice, welcoming, peo-ple from a range of disciplines. While humanities are the ma-jority, this should not be, and is not, a hindrance. Join the fam-ily!
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HOW TO BEAT THE DREADED FRESHERS’ FLUIt is incredibly likely that over the course of the first few weeks at Uni you will experience some symptoms of ‘freshers’ flu’ in fact it’s estimated that about ninety percent of students suffer from it in one form or another. We take a look at how you can increase your chances of avoiding it.
/ Johanna Blee /
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Freshers’ week is rated by some as the best week of their lives, and so it’s a shame for it to get tarnished by illness. Heavy partying, a poor diet and stress put a huge strain on our immune system, which is then bombard-ed by new germs. Freshers’ week is all about meeting new people, but an unfortunate by-product of meeting new people from all around the globe is that you are exposed to a large range of new germs that you have no immu-nity to.
Finally, as if all that wasn’t enough, October is already known as a month with a large amount of seasonal illness. So, it sounds like you’re doomed. Is there even any point trying to avoid it? The good news is, it has been shown that with a little effort you can avoid being ill and fully enjoy your first term. The basic idea behind the preven-tion of freshers’ flu is to boost your immune system as much as possible to increase its chance of fighting infection.
PREVENTION & CURES
- The first thing to do is eat as healthily as possible. It may be tempting to live off purely piz-za, crisps and ready meals, but try to eat vegetables and fruit too. Just adding frozen peas to a ready meal can make all the difference. Cooking with new flatmates, although sometimes disastrous, can also be a lot of fun and a great way to make sure you eat some proper food.
- Although still debated by some, many scientists believe vitamin C can help decrease your chances of getting ill. It has also been shown to shorten the length and severity of colds.
- As well as taking supplements, you can get vitamin C from a wide range of foods, hot chilli peppers and broccoli being two surprising examples.
- It is also worth staying hy-drated. As well as preventing a hangover in the morning, a pint of water after a heavy night can
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help you stay healthy.
- Exercising, whether it’s jog-ging, swimming or playing a sport, can help boost your im-mune system.
- Although the first few weeks can go by as a mad blur, it is worth snatching all the sleep you can get. If you’re too busy to sleep at night than catch up with a daytime nap.
- Finally, it’s worth noting that you should register with a doc-tor. If you are worried you have caught something serious than definitely consult them.
At the end of the day, it is down to compromise and it may be worth eating some soup and let-ting yourself have the odd night in. If, however, you do decide that you’re not willing to sacri-fice the constant partying and junk food and do end up run-ning yourself into the ground, at least you can rest assured that you are not alone. Many other freshers all over the country will be recovering with coughs, colds and fevers. Good luck to you all and I hope you make the most of it!
Britain’s Non-Interventionist Stance: PRUDENT OR SHIRKING INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITES?
Victoria Low looks at Britain’s decision to not intervene in Syria and the consequences of a growing isolationist stance with regards to foreign affairs:
On Friday 30th August Britain said NO to military interven-tion in Syria.
It was a momentous day for Britain as well as for the rest of the world; although many Brit-ons breathed a sigh of relief at the verdict, it came as a defeat to David Cameron’s authority, a significant blow to the Obama
administration, and has put a strain on Britain’s relationship with the US, not to mention un-doubtedly good news for Assad and his regime.
Many Britons may feel proud of a parliament who actually vot-ed to reflect the current mood of the British people, but why have we chosen this isolationist
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stance? Furthermore, do we not feel some international respon-sibility to protect any country suffering from a breach of hu-manitarian law?
In answer to the first question, maybe because you don’t launch a punitive strike until you have cast iron guarantees that chemi-cal weapons have been used? The Telegraph stated, and right-ly so, that the first condition for approving military action is that it be legal and legitimate, which means the evidence must be unassailable. Surely this is just political common sense, and es-pecially important now since it turned that back in 2003 Iraq didn’t have nuclear weapons; two wrongs don’t make a right after all.
However British-Syrian novel-ist, Robin Yassin-Kassab, was abhorred by parliament’s deci-sion, saying
‘In a decade we have gone from a situation where they rushed at the gleam of their leader’s
mad eye into a criminal war [in Iraq] to not even being able to join a symbolic strike to deter a genocide…It has been going on
for two and a half years and they still do nothing. The left have it
all wrong. This was not an impe-rial war.’
We all remember the illegality of the war against Iraq and it has certainly helped shape our decision to not intervene. How-ever, we must realise that we are in a different situation to that of Iraq, and if the UN reports back that chemical weapons were used to kill over 1000 people, it will be the first confirmed inci-dent of this kind of weapon in
the 21st century.
We will not know the results of the UN’s investigations for an-other two weeks and even when the report is published it is un-likely that, if chemical weapons were used, we will know who is culpable. With this in mind, the US’ request for a coalition with the UK to intervene in Syria seemed very hasty.
The motion in the Commons on 30th August did make clear that, before any direct action in Syria, there would be a further vote to decide exactly what ac-tion should be taken. But the bottom line is this: Britain was asked to join an international coalition led by the US to take action against a flagrant breach of international law and parlia-ment said no.
Britain’s decision has made it more difficult for Obama to act and has no doubt given succour to President Assad’s regime. But now that Britain has cho-sen non-intervention, we must make sure we do not close our eyes to the thousands of victims suffering under Assad’s dicta-torship.
It is frustrating to not know how to act in such a scenario, but failure to acknowledge and punish the perpetrator of an atrocious breach of humani-tarian law may only encourage more of the same.
Of course we are addressing a specific event here and the real questions we must now ask our-selves will have much wider im-plications. After all, the reason Britain was put in the position of voting on whether to support
US military action was because of the inability of the UN (the organization borne out of the Second World War with the aim of protecting human rights and preventing war and acts of genocide) to come to a consen-sus on action to be taken by a wider coalition of nations.
Is this an acceptable position for the UN to take as a fit-for-purpose force for international good, or is it just another vehi-cle for global brinkmanship and self-interest among competitive nations? Furthermore, is it an appropriate stance for 21st cen-tury Britain to have a cultural obligation towards international intervention, or is it more realis-tic for us to accept that our days of empire and global influence are in the past and we would be best served by focusing on inter-nal issues?
These are difficult questions and ones that can only be adequately addressed with objective prag-matism rather than emotion or political agendas.
But as a democratic and west-ern nation and one that will not stand for any such breach of humanitarian law, we must not let the decision taken on 30th August allow us to turn a blind eye to the atrocities that are happening in Syria as well as the rest of the world.
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EGYPT:ONE STEP FURTHER FROM DEMOCRACYThe Egyptian riots originated from a fundamental problem. The Muslim Brotherhood insist that their ruling has a strong basis of public approval and the military claim that the Muslim Brother-hood are acting against the public’s wishes.
/ Lok Yan Patrick Leung /
Democracy is a tricky thing. Mohamed Morsi, as the first democratically elected president of Egypt, has hardly contrib-uted anything to democracy in Egypt. The Muslim Brother-hood, Morsi’s party, refused to infuse western democratic elements into Egypt’s politics but continued on the idea of “Sharia’s supremacy”: that religious ruling is supreme. The term “Islamic Republic” refers to these Islamic law governed countries.
The Muslim Brotherhood upheld their “moral ground”, which was hardly a solid foun-dation as the election was held shortly after Hosni Mubarak, the fourth president of Egypt and a well-known dictator, was deposed and before the public could made up their mind. The Muslim Brotherhood is a multi-national Islamic group: the only thing they abide by is Islam, but never the country they occupy - Egypt, in this case. It is fair to say that the Muslim Brotherhood has never planned to integrate western democracy into their govern-ance.
Politics is a tricky thing. Morsi was conferred presidential power by the public through an open and subjectively constitu-
tional election, but was deposed only by the military force and a short speech delivered by Abdel El-Sisi, the command-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Even if the Muslim Brother-hood agrees to another open and considerate election, is it possible to ensure that similar incidents will not arise again? In Egypt, legality appears to be fragile. After all, Western democracy is not something for everyone and, at present, Islamic countries.
It is not always black or white. Morsi was objectively a white-terrorist and terrible president. Nevertheless, was the protest that imminent and danger-ous that the massacre against
Morsi’s supporters was neces-sary? The military force even classified the protest as “prepa-ration for a terrorist attack”. In order to prevent disastrous consequences, the forces in charge think the sacrifice of blood is inevitable.
Algeria’s coup d’état led to its seven-year civil war in 1992, and the situation in Egypt is looking scarily similar. Al-geria’s outbreak of civil war was because of the fear of an Islamist government, and that was precisely why the public in Egypt were against the Muslim Brotherhood. Analysts pre-dicted that Egypt will repeat Algeria’s history, and now it seems more likely by the day.
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Careers panelsSubject or sector-specifi c events: Meet alumni and employers from your faculty to fi nd out where your degree could take you.
TOP TIPAn ideal opportunity to ask questions and get ideas of potential careers.
Job Vacancy PortalGraduate vacancies and work experience opportunities are available through the Job Vacancy Portal. Employers from over 20 sectors target University of Southampton students and these roles cover diverse industries and locations.
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Employer Presentations and Skills WorkshopsInteractive exercises with graduate employers or Careers Practitioners. Perfect your CV and get to grips with the job selection process.
TOP TIPYou can gain valuable skills from employer workshops even if you have no interest in applying to that particular employer.
Student EnterpriseConsidering starting your own business? Take advantage of the Student Enterprise off ering of workshops, start-up competitions and much more.
TOP TIPTo generate contacts and get involved in fantastic projects, join a Student Enterprise society like Enactus Southampton or Fish on Toast!
Social Media Interaction Keep up to date with events and opportunities or ask us your employability questions on Facebook or at our Twitter handle @UoS_Careers.
* Open to all years of study
Careers fairsThese allow you the opportunity to speak directly to a range of top graduate employers.
TOP TIPAttend the ‘Prepare for the Fair’ session for hints and tips on how to make the most of those few minutes at the stand.
FRESHERS
Get actively involved in University life by joining
clubs and societies
Volunteering or part-time work help boost your CV and let you
try out areas of interest
Check out the Career Destinations
Events Calendar
Attend careers fairs* and network
with employers
Start building your network by participating in Insider Mentoring and
learning from a Career Mentor
Attend skills workshops* and prepare/update
your CV ready for applications
Check out the Excel Placement Programme* for Easter and Summer
paid internships
Consider global opportunities, working or volunteering abroad with our Global Advantage and
Volunteering Weeks
Attend the June Employability
Festival* and get a head start on your
final year
Be aware ofapplication
deadlinesLogin and go through
our jobs vacancy portal*, exclusive to
students at the University of
Southampton
Prepare for Assessment Centres*
and Interviews by attending the Career
Destinations Boot Camp and interview
workshops
Research postgraduate pathways and
support
Look out for the DLHE Survey 6 months after
graduation and engage with our alumni services
PENULTIMATE YEAR
FINALYEAR
Your path to a successful career
www.southampton.ac.uk/careers
Career ConsultancyA 1:1 meeting with a Careers Practitioner to discuss a specifi c application for jobs/ internships, further study courses and PhD positions.
TOP TIPAll appointment slots are bookable on the day of the session and are on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis.
Boot campA day-long event of workshops based on assessment centre exercises and tips on how to excel in the selection process.
TOP TIPRemain focused and motivated at an assessment centre: you may be observed at any point.
Careers panelsSubject or sector-specifi c events: Meet alumni and employers from your faculty to fi nd out where your degree could take you.
TOP TIPAn ideal opportunity to ask questions and get ideas of potential careers.
Job Vacancy PortalGraduate vacancies and work experience opportunities are available through the Job Vacancy Portal. Employers from over 20 sectors target University of Southampton students and these roles cover diverse industries and locations.
TOP TIPAccess this resource by logging in to your Student Portal.
Employer Presentations and Skills WorkshopsInteractive exercises with graduate employers or Careers Practitioners. Perfect your CV and get to grips with the job selection process.
TOP TIPYou can gain valuable skills from employer workshops even if you have no interest in applying to that particular employer.
/ Tayler Groom /Travel Editor Tayler Groom reflects on Freshers’ culture in India.
FRESH OUT OF NEW DELHI
Freshers’ Week has become an integral event in the university calendar for new undergradu-ates, as well as second and third years longing to preserve their youthful and carefree ways. It gives students the opportunity to make new friends, establish themselves and, more often than not, lose both their memo-ry and dignity to a drunken blur of nights which, for better or worse, seems to be what Fresh-ers’ now represents.
I recently had the opportunity to experience another culture’s take on our infamous Freshers’ Week. During the UKIERI Study In-dia Programme, students from around the UK joined together with their peers at Delhi Uni-versity, for the Freshers’ Party at Maitreyi Women’s College. Refreshingly, scattered bottles of beer, hangovers, and walks of shame remained absent from their unique Freshers experi-ence.
Instead, the students welcomed the new cohort with a celebra-tion of talent and beauty. The girls took part in three rounds – a fashion show, speeches, and a question and answer session – to compete for the prestigious title of Miss Maitreyi 2013. Al-though beauty pageants tend to be considered rather superficial in the West, it was a very dif-ferent story at Delhi University. The girls’ pride in being selected
to represent their college was clear, and it became apparent throughout the day that the girls’ talents and opinions were genuinely valued.
Maitreyi College had postponed the event specifically so that the Study India participants were able to attend, in a display of the warmth and hospitality which pervades Indian society. Both staff and students alike demon-strated a heartwarming eager-ness to welcome us to their uni-versity, share their culture with us, and learn about our own in return. It’s fair to say that any British institution postpon-ing their main Freshers’ Week event by over a week to include a group of 200 foreign visitors is unthinkable, and would be met with great protest from the Freshers themselves.
Alongside the Miss Maitreyi competition, the college was running a Freshers’ Fair. It largely resembled Southamp-ton’s Bunfight, with a variety of societies competing to recruit the new students, with the ad-dition of a photobooth, where students could ‘click’ with their new friends. The societies avail-able mainly revolved around the arts – drama, dance, music and photography – as well as sports, fashion, and community work and volunteering. I was incredu-lous that Indian students found the time to play such active roles
within their societies: when I asked a student undertaking a Masters degree in International Business & Commerce at the Sri Ram College of Commerce what she liked to do in her spare time, she replied that she had none – that her days were full to the brim with assignments, pro-jects, presentations and group work, along with lectures and self-study in the library, and that it was not uncommon for her and her peers to operate on just two hours of sleep (and not be-cause they had spent their night ‘post-lashing’ after being kicked out of SoBar at 2am).
At first, the whole concept of the Miss Maitreyi competition made me slightly uncomforta-ble. Considering Delhi Univer-sity is one of the more prestig-ious state universities in India, it seemed surprising that the new academic year was opened with an event which judged what are clearly very able and determined young women on how well they danced, or how attractive they were perceived to be. The longer I spent with them, however, the more evident it became that the emphasis was not on the physi-cal beauty of the person. Un-like the “brainless beauties” that so many subjectively associate with our pageants, these wom-en aimed for world peace and bringing an end to hunger and poverty. They have experienced a culture different to the one
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Westerners project upon India: theirs is one that emphasizes the importance of your beautiful self in a non-judgemental envi-ronment.
The Maitreyi ladies were incred-ibly enthusiastic about the event, and appeared to thoroughly en-joy getting up to sing or dance in front of a large audience, without the aid of inebriating
substances. At the most basic level, the event was wholesome good fun for everyone involved, and it was wonderful to see the Indian students taking so much value from the opportunity to interact with foreign visitors.
Although the whole concept of a beauty pageant as a universi-ty’s main Freshers’ Week event seemed bizarre and somewhat
amusing at times, upon reflec-tion it did in fact bring to the fore many aspects of Indian life and culture which we would all do well to take lessons from.
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Image by Hannah ReedFor veterans of the student clubbing scene in Southampton, what to wear in certain places on a night out has been ingrained in their memory forever. From Jesters shoes to fancy dress, drunken youths can be seen stumbling around Portswood and Bedford in a whole array of clothes. However, don’t be put off! The Wessex Scene is here to give you a low down on what to wear, and more importantly what not to wear, in your Freshers’ Week and for the rest of your time at Southampton.
FRESHERS: A GUIDE TO CLUBBING & CLOTHING
/ Emma Hobbs /
PulsePulse is your Student’s Union club and will most definitely be a popular watering hole in your Freshers’ Fortnight. With several organised events being held there, including your Welcome Party and Freshers’ Ball, it’s the best opportunity to impress.
With regards to clothing, it’s a chance to dress up a bit, especially for the Freshers’ Ball. Dresses and suits are often worn for the ball, but smart-casual is probably best for the year round.
Having spent the majority of my summer before first year celebrat-ing my freedom from school in teetering heels, I was so ready for my first night out at university to involve my highest pair. How-ever, when I saw that I was miles taller than everyone else I rushed back upstairs and changed to flats. So ladies, even if you are used to walking in heels, stick to flats. It’ll be the best decision you ever made.
SobarAh Sobar, one of the classics. Only a few doors down from Jesters, this establishment is an improvement on its neighbour.
Being a popular place for faculty and society socials, there is rarely a week where you won’t see people dressed up as animals, army people or even someone as a lone banana. Feel free to experiment with fancy dress in this place, they’ve prob-ably seen it all before.
If you want a normal night out here, it’s a little more upmarket than Jesters but casual is prob-ably still the better option.
OceanaSituated near the train station in the centre of Southampton, this is a chance for you to dress up. Suits, dresses, heels, the lot!
As it is further away from most student areas, the opportunity to ruin outfits or fall over in heels is taken away with the use of taxis. Also, as it is not a student specific club, most attendees will take the opportu-nity to go formal. Smart-casual at the very least, but no trainers allowed!
Bedford PlaceThis is a selection of bars and clubs only 5 minutes from the city centre and accommodation Liberty Point.
I would say this is somewhere in between Sobar and Oceana in terms of dress-code, with many people choosing to use taxis or buses to get there. However, there are a few clubs that will allow trainers. It’s safe to wear heels, but, depending on how drunk you get, you might struggle getting to and from each bar (or Subway).
Pitcher & PIano– WinchesterFor those of you who are part of the Winchester School of Art, the Pitcher is a popular joint in Winchester that I’m sure you will get to know in great detail.
Our Head of Design, Amy Harwood, suggests you go casual or smart-casual. Girls, you can get away with heels, and they’ll even let you in with jeans and trainers. As Amy said, “my ugly shirts have made many appearances there,” so feel free to go casual!
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JestersI’m almost 100% certain that many of you would have heard of the infamous Jesters already. Known for its own cocktail the “Jesticle” and for the ridiculous amount of hidden steps inside, it is certainly a must see in your first week!
If you have heard of it before then you will know its notorious reputation for being – how to put it discreetly – the less formal establishment of Portswood. For this reason, as far as clothes are con-cerned, pretty much anything goes as long as you don’t mind getting beer, Jesticle or sick chucked over it (personally I haven’t experienced sick…yet). Casual attire is usually best, with the addition of sensible shoes. Even so, I’ve seen someone wear a suit there once. Suffice it to say, it did not end well.
I have a confession. I am an introvert. I don’t particularly like clubbing or any crowded social situa-tion where I can’t sit and talk to the person next to me. I drink, but not to get drunk, as the idea of not being in control of my body or my tongue is frightening to me, to say the least. Although my best Friday nights are spent tucked up with a good book/ movie, I do like going out and experiencing new things. But Jesters is my worst nightmare and Oceana nights fill me with dread.
LET’S PAINT IT RED:MY CONFESSION / Konyin Aromolaran/
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For some of you reading that confession, your hand would’ve flown to your chest and your jaw may have dropped open, as you have never heard of anybody whose absolute dream night out isn’t spent off their face with Jesticles and a pair of old gym shoes, ready to dance the night away.
But for the rest of you, and don’t deny that you’re out there, a small feeling of resonation and just started in your chest and the tingles are spreading from the tips of your fingers as you excitedly realise you are not alone.
I guess this article is more for
the second batch, but I sin-cerely believe that there is an introvert in all of us; one who prefers the soothing music that accompanies fine dining to the headache-inducing bass that comes from hours of house music. But often, the problem comes in finding something else to do.
But guess what? As well as the dozens of societies (Skydiving, Picnic, Comedy etc) in South-ampton university, that cater to practically every interest, there is so much to do in the city of Southampton itself. I have to say, even as a Londoner, I was never lost for activities. There is a large wealth of culture in
this ol’ town such as the large Odeon cinema, the Mayflower theatre for all those play/musi-cal enthusiasts, the New Forest for breath-taking views of nature, restaurants which serve every type of cuisine imaginable and places like museums with pieces from the titanic and malls and markets that stock anything you could ever hope to buy (before your student loan runs out, that is).
So for those of you who say parties are the only available social outlet here, I’m here to tell you, you couldn’t be more wrong. Emma and I (your trusty Lifestyle editors) will be here every week to let you know exactly how much there is to do in and around your university, with society events, local shows and sightseeing and dining ideas for those unimaginative daters. So put down your Jesters shoes, pick up a camera, and let’s paint the town red!
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UNIVERSITY LIFE IN HAIKUSUniversity
A new start, new me, work hard!....where is the party?
Why bother with work?It’s not like we have deadlines.
Wait. We have deadlines!?
What’s your name, neighbour?Tomorrow, we will be friends...
soon as I unpack.
Tall piles of old clothes.The never ending cycle,
washing and drying.
Going out again.Being young won’t last that long,
nor will the finance.
It is at two pintsthat he feels himself transformed,
from shy, to THAT guy.
Really... No more milk?
How can this be possible?I hate black coffee.
Like a hot desertafter long harsh rainless months...
Bank account is dry.
Ugh, what should I eat?
There is nothing in the fridge,let’s get domino’s.
Student loan’s gone through...
YES! Now I can buy those shoes!Shall I take them back?
Five thousand words, right?We have a month to do it?Bleurgh... time for a nap.
Oh hey, how are you?She has boyfriend, go away.Should have stayed quiet...
Rent hasn’t been paid.
The internet’s not working.Mum, I need money.
/ Hamish Dinsdale / Diogo Lopes /
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FOUND IN TRANSLATION
As of 2012, there are more than 1 million words in the English language. And yet, we still haven’t found a phrase for the frustra-tion we feel when we come up with the ultimate comeback only after an argument has ended.
/ Dimple Vijaykumar // Hanna Jade-Bee /
The French, however, do: l’esprit de l’escalier, which literally means ‘stairwell wit’. Its unofficial defini-tion is ‘the feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said.’ A simple phrase to denote a frequent occurrence, and one which tragically doesn’t have an English counterpart.
Like l’esprit de l’escalier, there are countless examples of foreign words and phrases which help explain certain concepts or certain feelings that can be felt by everyone, regardless of cultural background. We’ve compiled a few of them here in an attempt to flesh out their meanings.
Saudade (Portuguese)Definition: A powerful longing, missing.Hanna Jade-Bee
It seems life is getting faster and faster, or rather, we attempt to pack more and more things into one day. Do we ever have nostal-gia for a peaceful past, our uncomplicated childhood, our native land, or perhaps the university holidays…?
We have all missed someone or something, felt the emptiness of their absence. We have all longed to be back on that sunny beach during that holiday, or in that one place where our problems couldn’t trouble us. We have all had desires for the future, some-times for things that cannot even exist, things for which we have a wistful longing for, as if we already miss not being able to experi-ence them.
Saudade is the perfect and poetic expression for this vague and indescribable feeling, which was made particularly famous by the Portuguese music genre, fado or ‘fate’, whose mournful tunes and melancholic lyrics express its complex definition.
Ilunga (Tshiluba, a Bantu language spoken in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo)Definition: Someone willing to ‘forgive any abuse for the first time; tolerate it the second time, but never a third time.’Dimple Vijaykumar
To ‘be’ an ilunga, you are essentially someone
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who is willing to give three chances. The first time someone upsets you, you are ready to forgive them. The second time, it is harder to forgive but you do it anyway. The third time, it’s over.
But the definition itself has more depth. Back in 2004, the BBC published an article stating that ilunga was the world’s most difficult word to translate, and it’s easy to see why. The term does not merely signify a person who operates under a crude ‘three strikes’ policy. Rather, it is also meant to document how emotions tend to change while going through each stage. The surprise you feel when they make the mistake for the first time, the
sinking feeling when you realise they’ve done it again and the final realisation that it can’t go on. In essence, it marks the progression from acceptance to intolerance, the journey one goes through when trying to forgive those who hurt us and those who we also hurt.
Deciding to end a relationship is not a snap decision but is made after a series of difficult emotions; this is exactly what being an ilunga tries to encap-sulate.
Taarradhin (Arabic)Definition: Similar to the English word ‘compromise’, but does not involve reaching a reluctant arrangement via struggle or disagreement. The
word implies a solution that is a definite win for all involved parties, suggesting a way of complete reconciliation.Hanna Jade-Bee
Civil wars are raging around the world whilst we sit rather safely in the West and view the reports from the comfort of our living rooms. What we do hear can shock us and, unless we’ve become numb to the pain reported by journalists from our television screens, the daily news is undoubtedly brutal. Over 100,000 people have died in the distressing violence between President Bashar al-Assad’s government and the rebel forces in Syria.
Protests began peacefully but were met with a fierce govern-ment crackdown, and now countries around the world are being forced to stand up and take action, especially after suspected use of chemical weapons.
Meanwhile, fleeing refugees are hoping for shelter in the neigh-bouring countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq until the crisis has settled. Is it our priority to take care of these people? Should we support the rebels? Or indeed attempt to overthrow the government? We make a subconscious decision to listen, to act or to ignore, whilst we filter the informa-tion that we daily receive from news reports. Yet as members of the UN, we have a responsibil-ity to protect other member nations and after all we are all still human. We all have a right to democracy. Unfortunately at present, there seems to be no taarradhin in sight.
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Wessex Scene Sport is sponsored by
On the eve of the new football season at university, Sports Editor Adam Jones met up with Southampton University Football Club first-team player and promoter Richard Amofa to preview the upcoming campaign.
An Interview with
SUFC’s RICHARD AMOFA
How would you sum up last season’s performances? I think we could have done a bit better. It was definitely a season of ups and downs. We have a talented squad with a lot of quality and we showed that at times, but at others wefell short. Nevertheless, there are a lot of positives from last season that we can take intothis one.
What are your own personal expectations for the season ahead? I’d like to try and get on the scoresheet a bit more. I weighed in with a lot of assists, but for an attacking midfielder I’d like to score a few more and take the pressure off the front three.
What is your best memory of playing for the university? I’d say Bournemouth away in my 1st year. I scored from the halfway line. Bournemouth had just scored and their spectators were going wild. There wasn’t long left in the game so from the resulting centre I thought I’d have a pop. Luckily the keeper was off his line and I was able to lob him. My teammates went mental, it was the best way to silence the home crowd.
How do you keep yourself fit during the off-season?
/ Adam Jones /
I do pre-season with a local semi-pro team. They play at a decent level, a few leagues away from the conference prem so it’s pretty intense and quite demanding. I played a few games for them against strong opposition too (including a few pros) so hopefully when I get back to uni I’ll be fit and ready & raring to go.
What is the rivalry like with Solent/Portsmouth, particularly around the varsity game? The rivalry is very strong to be fair. They’re a few leagues above us so we respect their qualities. They’re technically astute and very well drilled, but whenever they come up against us we make sure that they’re in for a real game. It can get a bit heated sometimes; tackles flying, etc. – I’ve been kicked about a few times! - but that’s just an expression of everyone’s desire to win. I’m lucky to be involved in such an event.
Outside the game, what can players expect from socials/tour? The socials are brilliant, it’s a great way for the boys to bond off the pitch and see if people are as good at drinking as they are at talking! It’s definitely become a main part of my life at uni. Win, lose or draw there
is a good turnout, and we can all have a laugh. You’ll never forget going on tour either, it’s incredible!
What advice would you give to any freshers starting this year?Just be yourself ! Don’t be shy to express yourself on the pitch and play to your strengths.Work hard at training and you’ll see the rewards on the pitch. Unlike other unis who may choose based on who they’re mates with, we choose positions on merit. Also, attend every social! SUFC is a massive club and you’ll make 50 mates straight away. You’ll also get to know loads of the other mem-bers of other sports clubs too.
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AN ODE TO SOUTHAMPTON FCGareth Bale’s world record transfer to Real Madrid is testament to the club’s tried and tested methods of producing young talent.
It only seems right for Totten-ham manager André Villas-Bo-as to pay tribute to the educa-tion of the club’s top scorer last season and the most expensive player in history. Speaking to the media earlier this year, Villas-Boas compared South-ampton’s traditions of nurturing young players at all age group-sto those of Catalan giants and current La Liga champions Barcelona.Southampton was one of the first clubs in Eng-land to implement an academy system in the early 1990s. Since then, players educated at the club have generated over £180 million in transfer fees. Despite relegation to League 1 when the club entered administra-tion, the board of directors insisted that the academy was vital to the regeneration of the team and its future. Bale’s own education at Southampton came about due to the exten-sive scouting network used by the club to find young talent. Having excelled at many sports while still at school, Gareth Hale first spotted Bale playing and invited him to a trial with the club at a training camp in Bath. Four days per week were spent in Southampton, with Wednesdays spent in Bath, and at the age of 16 he moved permanently to the south coast. Southampton’s commitment to education doesn’t stop on the pitch,however, and like most scholars with the club, Bale
earned 6 GCSEs during his time there (obviously with an A grade in P.E).Even after the Saints have spent more than £35 million in transfer fees on new recruits this summer, man-ager Mauricio Pochettinho still continues the groundwork laid by his predecessors. Midfielder Adam Lallana has stayed with the club he loves through both League 1 and the Champion-ship, and is now revelling in the Premiership. Luke Shaw has been touted as the most promising English left-back since Ashley Cole and has already committed his future to the club he joined as a 9 year old. Likewise, James Ward-Prowse has already managed 24 first team appearances, despite being only 18,and has com-pleted 90 minutes in all three
league games this season.In an era where money and transfer fees are at the root of most fans’ complaints about the game, the pursuit of developing encour-aging players is a refreshing and welcome alternative. Few things will delight fans more than to see academy graduates make their first team debuts and thriving alongside play-ers worth millions of pounds.Academy director Les Reed has spoken of his ambition for the club to field a Premier League XI made up of at least 5 home-grown players in the future. It’s an ambitious goal, but one that is backed whole heartedly by the club and its staff. As it stands, the club may not be too far away from it.
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FRESHERS BINGO!
/ Andy Haywood /
The easiest game you’ll ever play!
Hangover From Hell
Traffic Cone
A Fake Accent
Unicycling to Lectures
A Girl Using the Boys Loo’s
Barman/maid Who Hates Their Job
A SHARK
Flirting with ChicoLand
‘Chefs’
First Timer to Jesters (eg High Heels)
MemoryLoss
Someone With No Idea What To Or-
der
Bumpin’ and Grindin’ on Da Floor
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FRESHERS BINGO!
Someone Crying in
Public
Awkward Photo Poses
with Strangers
Fancy Dress Walk of Shame
Extreme PDA
A First Time Drunk...
Who Can’t Handle it.
Speedos at Bunfight
The Recovery Position
Unreasonable House Fire
Alarm
“OOOH THIS IS MY
SONG”Vomit
Someone Re-inventing Themselves
Someone Lost
Fresher’s Flu Unnecessary Nudity SHOTS
Burnt Pasta
Non-Drinker Who Wants Everyone to
Know
BNOC Wannabe
A MASSIVE Love Bite
AMankini
Amazement at £1.50 Triples
BBFs Who Have Literally
Just Met
GangnamStyle
HilariousToilet
Attendant
