{"id":11341,"date":"2026-10-30T10:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T10:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/?post_type=edition&#038;p=11341"},"modified":"2026-10-30T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:00:21","slug":"october-2026","status":"publish","type":"edition","link":"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/edition\/october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-surface-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-de0b500f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-secondary-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9af376b1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;min-height:864px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-11456 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/2026-UOS-background-B85-2-no-logo.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/2026-UOS-background-B85-2-no-logo.png 1920w, https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/2026-UOS-background-B85-2-no-logo-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/2026-UOS-background-B85-2-no-logo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/2026-UOS-background-B85-2-no-logo-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/2026-UOS-background-B85-2-no-logo-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(0,0,0,0) 46%,rgb(0,0,0) 79%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-background-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);flex-basis:50%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xxx-large-font-size wp-elements-2\">FELS Focus &#8211; October 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this edition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/28\/celebrating-fels-success-at-the-2026-vice-chancellors-awards\/\">Celebrating FELS Success at the 2026 Vice-Chancellor&#8217;s Awards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/30\/southampton-becomes-first-uk-university-to-achieve-gold-exercise-is-medicine-on-campus-recognition\/\">Southampton becomes first UK University to achieve Gold <em>Exercise is Medicine On Campus <\/em>recognition <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/29\/professor-ronan-mccarthy-receives-global-3rs-award-for-model-that-could-reduce-use-of-mammals-in-burn-wound-research\/\">Professor Ronan McCarthy receives Global 3Rs Award for model that could reduce use of mammals in burn wound research<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/2026-black-futures-scholars\/\">Meet our 2026 Black Futures Scholars<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/ada-lovelace-day-2026\/\">Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating our female scientists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/school-children-visit-health-sciences-for-hands-on-learning-experience\/\">School children visit Health Sciences for hands-on learning experience<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/we-meet-professor-hayward-godwin\/\">We Meet&#8230;Professor Hayward Godwin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/28\/marine-experts-advise-on-blue-planet-iii\/\">Marine experts advise on Blue Planet III<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/physiotherapy-celebrates-strong-nss-results\/\">Physiotherapy celebrates strong NSS results<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/sobs-pgr-publication-prizes-2026\/\">Winners of inaugural Biological Sciences PGR Publication Prizes announced<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/researcher-helps-shape-new-10m-food-programme\/\">Researcher helps shape new \u00a310m food programme<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/project-tackling-biofilms-in-data-centre-cooling-systems-receives-nbic-funding\/\">Project tackling biofilms in data centre cooling systems receives NBIC funding<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b5e6afcd wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-68db6753 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center alignwide\">Welcome to FELS Focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are delighted to introduce the first edition of&nbsp;<em>FELS Focus<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the new-look newsletter for the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences (FELS), bringing together your stories, news and achievements in a dedicated Faculty publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Share your stories more widely <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every story will now have its own web page and shareable link, making it easier to celebrate achievements and share good news beyond the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Share story links with external partners and collaborators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include links in email signatures, newsletters and stakeholder updates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote stories through LinkedIn and other professional networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share achievements with prospective students, alumni, industry contacts and community groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct people to stories long after publication, as content will remain available online<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All faculties will be hosting their newsletters on this new platform, creating new opportunities to share our stories with a wider audience across the University. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How can I submit a story? <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have a story you\u2019d like to share, or any questions or feedback about the newsletter, please contact <strong>fels-news@soton.ac.uk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for helping us showcase the people, research and achievements that make FELS such a vibrant Faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Stories in this edition <\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-7c5fa110     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-3 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"1\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/2026-black-futures-scholars\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/2026-black-futures-scholars-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Zoe Collins-Brown and Kieren Lock\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/2026-black-futures-scholars\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Meet our 2026 Black 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A montage of female scientists from the School of Biological Sciences\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/ada-lovelace-day-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Ada Lovelace Day 2026: Celebrating our female scientists<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/ada-lovelace-day-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/sobs-pgr-publication-prizes-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/pexels-martabranco-32046500-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A stack of books\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/sobs-pgr-publication-prizes-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Winners of inaugural Biological Sciences PGR Publication Prizes announced<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text 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class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/2026\/10\/27\/we-meet-professor-hayward-godwin\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/Hayward-Godwin-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/Hayward-Godwin-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/Hayward-Godwin-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/Hayward-Godwin-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/magazines.soton.ac.uk\/fels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/Hayward-Godwin-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, 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