360 Degrees

From being President of SUSU, to an MP, to government minister under Blair and Brown and now back at the University as a Professor, alum John Denham has had a wide-ranging and interesting career. This week he joins Emily to discuss everything from his time in politics, Brexit and the Iraq War to what he used to cook as a student!

As today is the first day of Hanukkah, this week we talk to Natalie and Leann, a recent graduate and current student of UoS, about Jewish culture, identity and life as a Jewish student at University. Tune in for chat about bagels, favourite Yiddish words, traditions and much more! You can find out more about the Jewish society here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/356698062376769/?ref=share 

It’s December which means it’s officially into the festive season! As we head out of lockdown and into the new tier system, we’re starting to get in the Christmas spirit. Emily chats to the Vice Chancellor about his reflections on this year, followed by our first return guest, Director of Student Experience Kieron Broadhead, about a everything Christmassy including favourite Christmas films, when the decorations go up and thoughts on brussel sprouts! Associate Director of Student Health and Wellbeing, Emma Rowsell also drops in to give us the latest updates on student travel windows, COVID testing and support available over the Christmas period. If you didn’t feel festive before, this episode is guaranteed to get you in the mince pie mood!

On this week’s episode, Emily is joined by Amy Henwood, a scenic artist in children's TV, owner of art practice Sweet Potato Doodles and trainee art psychotherapist at a domestic abuse refuge organisation. She shares her story of finding her way in the industry, how art helped with anxiety and the benefits of art psychotherapy. You can check out her work here: https://www.facebook.com/sweetpotatodoodles
https://www.instagram.com/amy_sweet_potato/

Dating; it’s a minefield. There’s the pressure of having to find the perfect 6 pictures that capture you as a person for your online dating profile, figuring out how to open a conversation with a complete stranger, deciding a good date activity and on top of all of that now COVID has thrown a spanner in the works. This week Emily is joined by Jonah Feingold, co-host of the very successful ‘Dating Sucks’ podcast. They chat about all of the above and much more. Got a dating question, piece of advice or want to share what your most recently played on Spotify is (if you listen to the episode that will make sense)? Let us know in the 360 Degrees Podcast Community group which you can join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/240929520558411

This year Diwali falls on Saturday 14th November. Ahead of the celebrations, Emily chats to students from the Hindu, India, Punjabi and Tamil societies about what Diwali means to them, traditions and advice for people who cannot celebrate at home with their families due to lockdown. Later in the episode, former SUSU Sabbatical Officer, Arun, shares some recipes for traditional food. 
To find out more about the societies head to:
@sotontamilsoc on Facebook and Instagram
@indiasocsoton on Facebook and Instagram
@nhsfsouthampton on Instagram
@sotonpunjabisoc on Facebook

It’s that time of year when your friends and family start growing moustaches and raising money… yes its Movember! The campaign raises awareness for and encourages people to talk about male mental health so this week we are doing just that. Join Emily as she speaks to Tom and Josh, two of our recent students, about their experiences with mental health struggles, Ru who talks about the support services on offer at the University and Ella and Becca from Southampton RAG who tell all about their plans to get to £10K. For more details about Movember head to https://conversations.movember.com and for University support services go to https://www.southampton.ac.uk/edusupport/mental_health_and_wellbeing/index.page

Did you know that the original animal of choice for witches was not thought to be cats, but bees? Us neither! In this Halloween- themed episode, Emily talks to Mark Stoyle, a professor in Early Modern History at the University, about all things witches. Mark explains where the connection between Halloween and witches came from, tells us a fascinating story about a prince and his devil dog and clues us up about an Icelandic witch rock band! 

This week Emily chats to Rosie Canning, a PhD student at the University in honour of National Care Leavers week. Rosie shares her personal experiences of being in care and talks about her work to de-stigmatise the people that have been in the care system. Her new Instagram project @aportraitofcare shares the stories of those who have either been in or worked in the care system.

This week Emily sits down with Helen Tupper, co-author of the Sunday Times Best-selling book ‘The Squiggly Career’ to get some career advice. They talk CV tips, how to ace an interview and navigating the job market during COVID-19. There is also a copy of ‘The Squiggly Career’ up for grabs! All you have to do is tell us what your favourite piece of career advice on this episode was by emailing [email protected] or commenting in the 360 Degrees Podcast Community Group on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/240929520558411). The winner will be picked at random and announced in the episode on 5th November. Good luck!