Your University Events
Find out about our extensive alumni and supporter events programme that takes place throughout the year – online, on campus, across the UK, and internationally.
Upcoming Events
Gift of Sight ‘Beating Blindness’ Lecture
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We are delighted to present the Gift of Sight ‘Beating Blindness’ Lecture 2025. This will be a hybrid event with the option of taking part in person at The Concorde in Eastleigh, or online from the comfort of your own home.
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Swing Into Christmas with Down for the Count Orchestra 2025
Celebrate the festive season in style with the sensational Down for the Count Swing Orchestra, as they return to Turner Sims, Southampton for their much-loved annual show, Swing Into Christmas!
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Celebrate the festive season in style with the sensational Down for the Count Swing Orchestra, as they return to Turner Sims, Southampton for their much-loved annual show, Swing Into Christmas!
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Terje Isungset Ice Quartet
Prepare to be transported by the extraordinary, beautiful and ethereal sounds of ice. The ice music pioneer, Terje Isungset, returns to the UK with his quartet, featuring voice, ice harp, ice horn, iceophone, ice percussion and ice bass.
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Turner Sims Summer Festival 2025
- Join us for main auditorium performances across the three days, including folk, a classical mix-tape programme, and jazz, plus free Vibe Lounge events in the foyer.
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Science Under Siege | by Professor Michael E. Mann
Join us for a lecture about the forces behind the modern anti-science movement. This lecture will examine the forces behind the modern anti-science movement, known as the six ‘P’s: plutocrats, pros, politicians, polluters, petrostates, posers, pretenders, propagandists, and the press.
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Beyond the Hockey Stick: Climate Lessons from The Common Era
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Lecture by Professor Michael E. Mann - Climate Scientist, Author, and Speaker (University of Pennsylvania). Professor Michael E. Mann will explore how paleoclimate records and climate models of the past two millennia provide key insights into human-caused climate change.
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Vibe Lounge at The Rotunda | Winchester School of Art
Turner Sims brings the Vibe Lounge to Winchester School of Art on Thursday 15 May at 19:00 for a free concert with an incredible line-up of artists.
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The Global Jane Austen: Celebrating and Commemorating 250 years of Jane Austen
- Calling all Jane Austen enthusiasts! You are invited to the University of Southampton for a conference commemorating Austen’s birth in the year 1775, taking place 10 to 12 July.
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Winchester School of BA Degree Show
- From 6 to 12 June, the Winchester School of Art BA Degree Show will see the University's Winchester campus transformed into an exciting exhibition featuring work from the graduating students on six undergraduate programmes.
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AI@Southampton: Loops of Perception
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This session will showcase work in progress from a project that explores the remote sensing and imaging of distant subjects.
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Book Launch: ‘William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love’ by Philip Hoare
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Join author Philip Hoare and artist George Shaw as they discuss Hoare’s new book, William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love. In his new book, Philip Hoare celebrates the radical, timeless energy of William Blake, whose imagination still washes into our world like a deep blue sea.
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Who’s Got Game! A Day of Board Games and More!
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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.
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Jane Austen | Home and Away
Jane Austen and her contemporaries explored lands near and far through music making at home. This special event, presented and devised by Professor Jeanice Brooks and Dr Mary-Jannet Leith as part of the University of Southampton’s ‘The Global Jane Austen’ conference, features the acclaimed early music group Ensemble Hesperi.
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Turner Sims Summer Family Day 2025
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Join us this summer for a day of magical musical activities and events for children and grown-ups of all ages.
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Chloë Hanslip and Danny Driver | Bach and Beyond III
The third in an exclusive series of concerts celebrating the creative genius of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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The second in an exclusive series of concerts celebrating the influence of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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