University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is one of the leading research universities in the UK and has achieved consistently high scores for its teaching and learning activities.

Teaching takes place across a broad range of disciplines and our students are led by academics who push research boundaries. Students benefit from the latest knowledge and expertise and this, together with the university’s strong entrepreneurial culture, makes the Southampton learning experience especially valuable.

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New study finds blind people have the potential to use their ‘inner bat’ to locate objects

New research from the University of Southampton has shown that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object.

£5.6m national collaboration to develop the next generation of computing systems

A national collaboration of electronic engineers and computer scientists is aiming to develop the next generation of energy-efficient computing systems.

Clinical support for patient self-management is rhetoric rather than reality

The processes to allow people to self-manage their own illness are not being used appropriately by health professionals to the benefit of their patients, new research suggests.