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Excel Launch 2015/16

The Excel Southampton Internship Programme has launched again for this academic year and it’s going to be even bigger and better than before! Last year we filled 430 positions, placing a student from every faculty. This year we’re aiming for 500 so there’ll be plenty more opportunities for you to get involved. We’ve had a […]

Matilda Place 3 – Art Sessions

As well as the artworks to go around the residence we held one interactive art session a week. Initially we planned out these four sessions in much detail but when it came to delivering the first session things did not go exactly to plan. We had collated many different materials including charcoal, paints, sticks, sponges, […]

Matilda Place 2 – Artworks

ACTIVITIES ROOM The Activities Room was one of the newest areas at Matilda Place and became our temporary studio. Whilst there was a large amount of wall space on offer here, any artworks had to compete with the lime green and fuschia colour scheme. This room was not used as frequently by residents as the […]

Matilda Place 1 – A Pleasant Surprise

Through the Excel Placement scheme I was fortunate enough to gain a placement with A2 Dominion, a care provider, working with an assisted living facility. This facility, Matilda Place catered for elderly individuals diagnosed with dementia and other cognitive impairments. I was lucky that my housemate Jaz was the second student to gain a placement […]

Virtual Learning Environments – Part 2

Work is continuing on the virtual learning environment review here at the university. Recently, the focus has been on setting up a specification, or list of criteria, which any learning environment must fulfil, and getting feedback on this through a survey. The title image shows how all of these pieces fit together. One of our […]

My Summer as a Student Communications Assistant

This Summer I’ve been lucky enough to have the opportunity to work as a Student Communications Assistant (Editor) in the University’s Communications and Marketing department. Whilst a change from my previous work experience, the job has fitted me and the time has, sadly, flown by. I would always have said that my ‘trade’ was on […]

Seabird Shenanigans

Last year I spent a month with the local RSPB, Wez and Dawn based in Langstone Harbour. I returned this year and was able to link it up with my uni’s “Excel Placement” scheme so was paid which was nice. It’s been an interesting month; very different to last year, mostly down to the weather. […]

Interning at FX

I am currently undertaking an internship at FX Digital in Shoreditch, London where I have taken the role of a front-end web developer. My role is essentially to transform the website plans from the designers into fully-functioning websites for our clients. After the placement, I will hopefully complete my degree at Southampton reading BSc Web Science. […]

Virtual Learning Environments – and Why They’re Very Real

Southampton University uses Blackboard to provide a Virtual Learning Environment. This is a location for files, forums, and other course resources to be stored and accessed by students. It can also be used for assignment submission, communication between students and academics. News and events can also be scheduled, and grades tracked as feedback on assignments […]

Southampton Feedback Champions Blog Post #3: Bullet Pointless: Using Articulate to help Students Learn.

It’s the sixth week of my involvement in the Southampton Feedback Champions project. So far, we’ve established the tenets of the project: the key messages that we want to share with the University’s learning community. These messages will help lecturers to teach more effectively, as well as allow students to use feedback and assessment to […]