We work with you to help your students with their university choices by offering events and activities both at Solent and in your institution. Activities are designed to introduce your students to student life and help raise their aspirations to get the most our of their studies. We also provide services for HE and careers advisers, giving you information on what's happening at Solent and in HE in general.

Here, you'll find more information on:

• Subject taster days
• Bespoke presentations at your institution
• Booking a Solent tutor
• Events and information for careers advisers

We can bring our experienced and knowledgeable staff to you to deliver talks to your students in a wide range of subject areas to stimulate their interest in higher education.

We offer the following presentations designed especially for your level 3 students:

• How to choose the right university
• Why go to university
• How to apply to university
• How to write a personal statement
• Choosing the right course
• Student finance
• Student life
• Exams and making college work
• What are apprenticeships?

To book a presentation, please contact your named regional student recruitment officer or email schools.colleges@solent.ac.uk.

Enrich your curriculum and inspire your students with a visit from our academic experts. Many of our academics have industry experience and can deliver fun, engaging and interactive sessions to your students across a wide range of subject areas.

Take a look at our schools pages to find out more about courses and staff, as well as the latest news and research activities:

School of Art, Design and Fashion

Subject areas:

• Architecture and construction
• Art and design
• Fashion

School of Business, Law and Communications

Subject areas:

• Business and finance
• English and journalism
• Law and criminology
• Marketing, communications and public relations
• Travel and tourism

Warsash School of Maritime Science and Engineering

Subject areas:

• Engineering
• Maritime

School of Media Arts and Technology

Subject areas:

• Computing and games
• Music and performance
• TV, film, media production and technology

School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences

Subject areas:

• Health, psychology and sociology
• Sport and fitness

Benefits to you

There are many benefits to having our academics visit your students:

• Curriculum support offered in a familiar environment.
• Supports progression to higher education in these subject areas.
• Promotes modern teaching and learning for all.
• Clarifies any misconceptions about university life, eg, assessment criteria.
• Students become more focused in their ability to consider future employability choices.
• Meet like-minded staff and students.
• Easy to communicate with us, and saves administration work at your end!

Additional support

We can also provide additional support across all post-16 areas in all activities we provide. The main areas are listed below. If you're interested in any of these, or wish to suggest anything else, please add it to your booking form.

If there's anything else you would like us to inform your students about, please let us know.

The higher education sector is fast-moving and has been subject to many developments, so advising students about entry to university can be challenging.

Festive lunch

In recognition of our partnership work with you, we hold a celebratory festive lunch in December. The date for this year's lunch is Tuesday 10 December. If you have any queries, please email schools.colleges@solent.ac.uk.

Higher education advisers conference

Our higher education advisers conference is aimed at careers advisers, senior management and subject tutors. Join us to learn more about Solent and network with your colleagues across the sector.

Our next conference is Thursday, 14 May 2020.

Open days

See what's on offer at one of our open days. The next dates are:

• Saturday 28 September 2019
• Saturday 12 October 2019 (careers in maritime only)
• Sunday 13 October 2019
• Sunday 10 November 2019
• Saturday 23 November 2019

Find out more

Travel voucher scheme

We offer a travel voucher scheme that allows open day visitors who live outside of the local authority of Southampton City Council to apply to receive an Amazon voucher towards the cost of their travel. Find out more.

Working together to develop your students

Solent University is committed to developing meaningful and effective partnerships within the educational community. In line with this commitment we have developed an admissions agreement to help support your students' progress into higher education programmes at Solent.

We are also committed to rewarding excellence. Our unconditional offer scheme is aimed at applicants who have displayed an exceptional academic performance during their studies. Our undergraduate merit scholarship rewards students who have demonstrated academic excellence and ability.

Find out more

Coach education courses

We offer an extensive programme of coach education courses and National Governing Body (NGB) qualifications that may be of interest to you and your students. View a complete list, as well as information on how to book.  

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Contact us

For more information, or to discuss your requirements further, get in touch. 

We are proud to have received a number of awards and recognitions related to our teaching, facilities and student experience. Here are some of our most recent achievements: 

• Top 25 university for satisfaction with ‘academic support’ and ‘learning opportunities’ (2018 National Student Survey)
• Awarded Silver in the ‘Teaching Excellence Framework’ in recognition of the University’s excellent teaching and graduate outcomes (OfS, 2018)
• Shortlisted in the 2018 Times Higher Education Leadership and Management awards for Outstanding Library Team
• Highly rated for teaching, inclusivity, facilities and student employability (QS World University Rankings, 2017)
• Ranked in the top 10 for number of graduate start-ups created, two years running. (HE-BCI, 2016/17)