360 Degrees

After four wonderful years hosting and producing, Emily is saying goodbye to the 360 Degrees podcast. So, for the final two episodes of this academic year, we're going to be doing something a bit different and looking back at some of the highlights from over the years. This month, we're re-sharing the episode with Chris Stark. She says: 'although I've been lucky enough to have...

In this episode we chat to alum Max Saakyan, creator of the extremely successful podcast 'Uncovering Roots'. Uncovering Roots is not just a podcast; it's a journey into the lesser-known narratives that deserve to be heard. Each episode is crafted to immerse listeners in a creative and personal storytelling experience, fostering a connection between the audience and the featured stor...

Did you know, February 11th is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science? We're celebrating this episode by chatting to Marine Biology alum, Francesca Trotman. She founded Love the Oceans, a non-profit marine conservation organisation supporting work in Jangamo Bay, Mozambique.  You can find out more about their work here: https://lovetheoceans.org/

In this episode, we sit down with the Head of Mechanical Design at Williams F1, Doug Nevill. He gives us a glimpse behind the scenes into what it's like to work for a Formula 1 team and what he does day to day. He also shares his thoughts on Williams' journey over the years and advice on how to get into Motorsport.

Have you ever daydreamed about moving to a whole new country and working abroad? This episode, we chat to two alumni who tells us all about what it's like to do just that! Abbie shares the differences between her experiences in Ireland and Dubai and Paul gives us some wonderful wisdom from his Dad before moving to Singapore.

On this episode, we're celebrating International Day of Persons With Disabilities. Our guest Iona shares her experiences of how an injury altered her career choices and how she navigates the workplace with a disability.

This week we're celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week by talking to one of our alum, Kaushal, about the sustainable start up he founded. He lets us behind the scenes of the journey from idea to implementation and what it's like to run your own business.

We're kicking off a brand new series of the podcast by celebrating Black History Month 2023! We're joined by alum Marcia Ore, who shares her previous experiences as a black woman working in the police force and what she went on to do once she left. This is such an interesting episode with some powerful insights so we hope you enjoy!

Did you know that the 23rd June is Women in Engineering day? We are celebrating by speaking to Elaine and Raghda, two of our fantastic alumni working in this field. This will be our last episode of the academic year, but we'll be back in October with lots more great guests and stories for you!

In this episode, we chat to alum Jay Unwin about how to manage stress and what it means to be mentally, as well as physically, fit.

In this episode we celebrate Earth Day with three alum working in the Sustainability space; Vibs who created the South Asians for Sustainability campaign, Ian who is the Sustainability lead at TikTok and Freya who is training to be an environmental lawyer.

This week, we chat to Jess and Alex who share their experiences of placements and internships during their degree and how they've helped them in their career.

In celebration of LGBT+ History Month, this episode we chat to alum Dr Chelvan; a barrister specialising in the claims of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers fleeing homophobic or transphobic persecution.  He was named Legal Aid Barrister of the Year 2014, in recognition of his ground-breaking work in gay asylum claims and his national and international reputation in a...

This week we have three fantastic alumni on the show who all work in music and radio; Polly, an assistant producer at Virgin Radio, Danielle, a presenter on Absolute Radio 90s and James, a band manager at iRock.  We chat about why they do what they do, what their day job really looks like and how to get in to the industry.

In the Summer of 2018, 12 school boys and their football coach got trapped in a cave in Thailand. This week, alum Chris Jewell tells us about the incredible true story of how he played an instrumental role in bringing them all to safety.

November 14th marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week. To celebrate, 360 Degrees talks to Clare and Grace, two UoS alumni who have founded their own start-ups.  Clare and Grace tell us about how they got into entrepreneurship, the challenges they’ve faced and their top tips and take aways for budding entrepreneurs. 

Welcome back to a brand new series of 360 Degrees; the podcast from the University of Southampton's Development and Alumni team. Throughout the year, we'll be hearing stories from around our alumni community.  On this episode, we chat to Yesh who talks about his journey from MBA to British Council Alumni Awards Global Finalist and how he is on a mission to transform India’s education sec...

For a final episode of the year, we talk to two recent medical student graduates; Melissa and Augustine. Unfortunately Melissa's work was not yet published by the time this episode went live but we will share it as soon as it is available.

In honour of refugee week, we speak to alum Bishoy Romani about his experience coming to the UK as a refugee from Egypt.

This week we chat to some of our fantastic alumni about their volunteering experiences, including how they got in to it, the benefits they've discovered and why they recommend getting involved!

Back in March 2021, we had Chira Tochia on to talk about the life of a PhD student. Now, after completing her viva and graduating, she's back to tell us all about what happenes after!

This episode, we're celebrating Earth Day; an annual event to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Our guest is alum Owen Gaffney, who studied Aero/Astro Engineering and now works for the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Owen has recently had a book published - Breaking Boundaries: the Science of Our Planet and was also the associ...

This week we have three fantastic alumni who came from Malaysia, China and India to study at the University of Southampton. They share how the experience of studying abroad was for them, favourite memories and advice about where to get the best fish and chips!

It's International Women's Day!  To celebrate, we are joined by two fantastic alumni; Rebecca, the Director of Sustainable Finance at South Pole, and Iris, a PhD graduate and creator of ArchAI. You can find out more here: https://www.archai.io/

After the huge success of our previous episode for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021 (which you can listen to here: https://spoti.fi/3gEfYxm) , we are back for another this year! This time we are welcoming two more fantastic alumni,  Helena and Rebekah. We chat about how they became interested in Science, their career journey so far and advice for anyone wanting to go into t...