Students from all 5 Social Work programmes @uniwinchester.bsky.social united today (17 March) for a special series of events to mark World Social Work Day, whose theme is ‘Hope and Harmony’. Here’s some of the students after a reflection session held in the Chapel at Winchester Business School.

First Year Physiotherapy students @uniwinchester.bsky.social have been selling cakes today (17 March) to raise money for mental health charity Mind at the West Downs Gallery. One of the team, Lucy Lockwood, is also running the London Marathon for Mind. Visit Lucy’s Just Giving page at bit.ly/3Pg2vk2

Dominic Duggan, Immersive Technologies Student @uniwinchester.bsky.social describes the many things he learned during a team assignment to design a stealth game where players pose as alien interns sent to sabotage an office. Read his piece on LinkedIn here.. bit.ly/40AuihG

Emma Goto, Senior Lecturer in Education @uniwinchester.bsky.social has co-authored an article entitled ‘Encouraging Reasonableness in the Digital Literacy Classroom’ published in the latest edition of the journal Advancing Education. Read it here bit.ly/470LRuT

Steve Northam, Senior Lecturer in Business Management @uniwinchester.bsky.social,added some eggs-citement to his Creativity Innovation & Design session with the egg-drop challenge. Watch the results here… bit.ly/4sdjyBL

Last week Trinity-Jade Harrison-Hastings, studying Law @uniwinchester.bsky.social, rubbed shoulders with top members of the legal profession at the ‘Dinner to the Universities’ at The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. Find out more about her experiences here bit.ly/4bf3J7W

Gabriel Webster, a Creative Writing student @uniwinchester.bsky.social, has just published his first novel, Devotion, set in dystopian future where the population is indoctrinated into a strict state religion called Chiaroscurism. Read more about Gabriel and the book here bit.ly/4ux76yw

Winchester alumnus Professor Kazuhiro Manabe, from the University of Kitakyushu (Japan), was back @uniwinchester.bsky.social this week to meet with Japanese students and our International Faculty Lead Dr Manuela Pilato. Find out more about the visit here bit.ly/4d40di3

Social Work Lecturers @uniwinchester.bsky.social Leah Cox and Caroline Nicolson discuss the work of homelessness charity Trinity Winchester on the latest episode of their fantastic podcast Different Perspectives. Listen to it here bit.ly/4bms8XE

Congratulation to @uniwinchester.bsky.social PhD student Martin White who received a 'Highly Commended' in this month’s Hampshire Writers’ Society competition. Read his successful entry The Tooth Fairy here bit.ly/4sGW08o

Have you heard of the Nevi Wesh? Christopher Mulvey, Emeritus Professor of English @uniwinchester.bsky.social, shares some his research into the New Forest’s unique brand of English in a new blog here bit.ly/3Nw0mjK

The Physiotherapy department @uniwinchester.bsky.social is making a name for itself across Europe following the launch of a pioneering peer-to-peer network for physio students all over the continent. Find out more here bit.ly/4bBE8WF

“It started with a chat over coffee @uniwinchester.bsky.social. A conversation about music, theatre, and what happens when you mix the two. Now it’s a full show. REWIND is almost here - 19 March. The Railway Inn, Winchester. Get your tickets and find out more 👇🏻 bit.ly/4by8FEI

Research into how gaming reshaped our view of the past by Dr Robert Houghton, Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval European History @uniwinchester.bsky.social is the basis of an article, 10 Ways Video Games Have Rewritten the Middle Ages, in mediavalist.net. Read it here bit.ly/4roprev

We are delighted to be sponsoring the New Business category at Winchester Business Excellence Awards. Find out what Bill Davies, Dean of the Faculty of Business & Digital Technologies @_UoW told The Hampshire Chronicle about the award here bit.ly/4ubecbD

Students from the Music Centre @uniwinchester.bsky.social including the Show Choir and Songwriting Circle, will be taking part in Sound Winchester, a free celebration of music and the spoken word at The Arc in Jewry Street from 9.45am this Saturday (7 March). More details here bit.ly/3OPDTyA.

Irish emigration to Argentina is the subject of the latest event from the Modern History Research Centre (MHRC) @uniwinchester.bsky.social on 18 March. For more details and to book tickets visit tinyurl.com/4t82c64s

Professor of Banking & Economics @uniwinchester.bsky.social Richard Werner warned of the dangers of Digital ID-linked programmable money like Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) during an outreach event in the European Parliament. Find out what he had to say here bit.ly/4bbz9L5

Students @_UoW are taking part in a special performance for International Women’s Day (8 March) at the Theatre Royal. To find out more bit.ly/4aM7stl

Pupils from Wiltshire primary schools attended a workshop @uniwinchester.bsky.social for Service Children to share experiences of military life. Read more in the Salisbury Journal here bit.ly/4u6dnku

Andy West, the author whose experiences teaching philosophy in a prison inspired the hit TV drama Waiting for the Out will be @uniwinchester.bsky.social during Philosophy Fortnight to speak about his life and work. Find out more here bit.ly/3NfezkS

The Women’s Football Team @uniwinchester.bsky.social have not only won their BUCS league, Women’s Western Tier 3, but they’ve won every match! Read more from coach Frankie Hawken here bit.ly/4l6b8cL

Prom Night made up of Popular Music Performance and Production students @uniwinchester.bsky.social played at a special Open Mic night in the city last week. To find out more visit bit.ly/4cn7zNa

Students from the Faculty of Business & Design Technology @uniwinchester.bsky.social are hosting a quiz in aid of homeless charity Emmaus in Winchester on 19 March. Find out how to take part here bit.ly/40HVAm0

What if the future of homework is a podcast? Different Perspectives: A Social Work Podcast (created by @uniwinchester.bsky.social lecturers Caroline Nicolson & Leah Cox) has secured funding to investigate how podcasts are changing the way students learn. Tune in at bit.ly/4sgb9gM

Emma Nottingham, Head of the School of Law @uniwinchester.bsky.social, spoke to Lucy Taylor of That’s TV Hampshire about being shortlisted for University Commercial Impact award at LexisNexis Legal Awards. Look out for Emma on Freeview Channel 7. Read about the awards here bit.ly/4tEO3Sv

Pictured here are the panel for the highly-successful Arts and Creativity Question Time @uniwinchester.bsky.social last night. Many of the key roles in planning and running the event were taken by students.

Are you a budding musician, actor or spoken word artist? Do you enjoy watching people perform? If you are and you're between 13 and 22 then Thursday’s Open Mic event is for you. Book tickets at bit.ly/4kY7LEW. To sign up to perform visit bit.ly/4aNDX90

Thanks @uniwinchester.bsky.social for inviting me to participate in last night’s arts, creativity and education question time - a lively discussion with both the panel and audience and plenty of new thoughts to take away. Time very well spent.

Students on Music courses @uniwinchester.bsky.social spent an hour with award-winning composer and music producer Giles Martin yesterday to hear about his work with the surviving Beatles, Elton John and Metallica to name but a few. Giles later appeared our Arts and Creativity Question Time event.

Our BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science @uniwinchester.bsky.social has been endorsed again by Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES) for 2026 to 2031. Scott Hannah, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology explains why this is important here bit.ly/4kQRX6M

Three cheers for the Nursing Apprenticeship programme @uniwinchester.bsky.social which has three nominations in the Student Nursing Times Award (@NursingTimes). To find out more about #SNTAwards visit bit.ly/4bZ58QH

There are still a few places left for the Arts & Creativity Question Time event at @uniwinchester.bsky.social on 23 Feb with a panel including top music producer Giles Martin. To book a free place visit bit.ly/40oplbn

Students @uniwinchester.bsky.social are taking part in an event at the city’s Theatre Royal on 8 March to mark International Women’s Day. Find out more about the show here bit.ly/4s0OFAd

Pantastic effort…Students @uniwinchester.bsky.social ran out winners at the annual Winchester Rotary Club pancake race held in the Cathedral Close yesterday (Shrove Tuesday). See more photos of the flipping event taken by Stuart Martin for the Hampshire Chronicle here bit.ly/4kE2eD8

Alabare’s Homes for Veterans in Hampshire are taking part in Portsmouth City Council’s Hampshire Hidden D-Day Project, whose fieldwork is led by archaeologist Dr Phil Marter, a senior lecturer @uniwinchester.bsky.social. Find out how the project benefits the veterans here bit.ly/46dWNVA

Congratulations to the School of Law @uniwinchester.bsky.social which has been shortlisted for the University Commercial Impact Award at the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 a celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession. Find out more here bit.ly/4tEO3Sv

For the first time in its history @uniwinchester.bsky.social fielded both a men’s and women’s team in the BUCS Cross Country Championships at Loughborough – a testament to the growing success of the Elite Sport Programme. Find out how our runner got on here bit.ly/4aB1F8m

First year student-teachers @uniwinchester.bsky.social visited Winchester CoE primary schools last week to engage pupils on the theme of ‘children seeking sanctuary’. They used activities from diocesan Education Team’s The Bags of Hope booklet. Read more here bit.ly/4bVkgyx

Dominic Hodgson’s PhD research @uniwinchester.bsky.social delves into the life of Kenneth Walker (1882–1966) who saw huge advances in medicine and shifts in attitudes to sex. Dominic talks about Walker to the Modern History Research Centre meet on 25 Feb. Info & booking here bit.ly/4tFyRoa.

Dean of Health & Wellbeing @uniwinchester.bsky.social Elizabeth Davies-Ward was interviewed by India’s Free Press Journal, which has more than 8 million readers about Winchester’s popularity among Indian students in health, business and digital fields. Read the article here bit.ly/4qHn1ap

Becky Stroud, of West Berkshire Council, who won Social Worker Apprentice of the Year @uniwinchester.bsky.social this week (#NWA26) spoke to our Social Work podcast Different Perspectives. Listen to Becky, shown receiving her award from Senior Lecturer Mike Harling, here bit.ly/4rijq3G

Burton Albion manager Gary Bowyer’s unconventional coaching methods are the subject of an academic research paper by Dr Matthew Smith, Senior Lecturer in Psychology (Sport & Exercise) @uniwinchester.bsky.social. Find out more about Gary’s methods here bit.ly/3ZAEvKp

The achievements of students taking apprenticeship degrees @uniwinchester.bsky.social were celebrated at a special awards ceremony this week as part National Apprenticeship Week. Find out who the winners were here bit.ly/3ZU45KJ

On Day 4 of National Apprenticeship Week Penny Marsh, Senior Lecturer in Nursing @uniwinchester.bsky.social talks about a new initiative to directly recruit college leavers into a debt-free nursing career. Find out more here bit.ly/4rL5qPA

It’s Day 3 of National Apprenticeship Week and we celebrate with a poem by Laura Elson, a Third Year Midwifery Degree Apprentice @uniwinchester.bsky.social, which describes her learning experience and her feelings as she nears the start of her career. Read it here bit.ly/4tvtl7m

Multi-Bafta-winning children’s TV producer and writer Vanessa Amberleigh told students @uniwinchester.bsky.social about her amazing career which saw her progress from clown to TV exec in the years following her graduation from Winchester in the mid-1980s. She’s pictured with one of her six Baftas!

'Loneliness during placement is common, but it doesn't have to be' writes Zoe Craven, a third-year Child Nursing student @uniwinchester.bsky.social and Nursing Times student editor 2025-26. Read her article here bit.ly/4rbQfiK

Some employers believe hiring an apprentice is costly and complicated. It's not - especially if you are a small business. Here @uniwinchester.bsky.social we’re supporting National Apprentice Week #NAW26 and we’ve detailed some of the key facts for employers bit.ly/4rrHl0N

Today is the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2026 which shines a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy. Find out more about apprenticeships @uniwinchester.bsky.social and #NAW26 here bit.ly/3O4RhOT