Wessex Scene

Wessex Scene

Type	Student online newspaper and published magazine
Format	Compact
Owner(s)	University of Southampton Students' Union
Editor	James Hurford [1]
Deputy editor	Anton Allegranza Quicke
Founded	1936
Political alignment	Independent
Headquarters	Wessex Scene, University of Southampton Students' Union, Building 42, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
City	Southampton
Country	United Kingdom
Circulation	100,000 unique monthly visitors (est.)
Sister newspapers	The Edge
Website	wessexscene.co.uk
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Wessex Scene is a student news magazine and website serving the students of the University of Southampton.^[2] Having been in print continuously since 1936, it is one of the oldest student publications in the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}

Wessex Scene now takes the forms of an online news site and a monthly printed magazine, published by the University of Southampton Students' Union and available across the campuses and Halls of Residence of the university. The website and online edition were nominated for best website at the Guardian Student Media Awards for three years in a row before winning the award in 2004.^[3] Since its establishment in 2013, Wessex Scene has been nominated for dozens of Student Publication Association awards, and was highly commended for "Best Designed magazine" in 2015. The team at the magazine have also won a number of individual nationally recognised awards. In 2014, a piece by Bridie Pearson-Jones, then politics editor, was selected as one of The Huffington Post "Student Journalist Stories of the Year",^[4] and in 2015 Toby Leveson was awarded "New Deal Student Journalist of the Year" by The Independent and National Union of Students for his coverage of the 2015 United Kingdom general election. In 2018, Wessex Scene won jointly with the Edge "Best Collaboration" at SPARC (Student Publication Association Regional Conference) for a collaborative magazine focussing on the topic of mental health.^{[citation needed]} In 2021, Wessex Scene were named the "Best Publication in the South East" at the Student Publication Association Regional Conference.