
British Science Festival
Spotlight – FEPS newsletter
In this edition:
- FEPS teams celebrated at 2026 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards
- FEPS at the British Science Festival 2026
- BOUNDLESS project secures 6.9-million-pound investment to explore the future of fibre optic systems
- Professor Michalis Zervas elected Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering
- Professor Rob Maunder elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Southampton researcher features on BBC’s Saving Lives at Sea
- Future Towns – Clean Water South explores water-wise behaviour
- Battery science pioneer honoured with lifetime achievement award
- Engineering academic celebrates dual professional fellowships
- Astrophysics students recognised by leading astronomy society
- Scientists enlist armchair astronomers to find thousands of black holes hiding in our galaxy
- Fellowship and research recognition for Dr Kevin Briggs
- £1.2 million to unlock airborne atmospheric sensing for more efficient high-altitude flight
- Professor Susan Gourvenec becomes Fellow of the Women’s Engineering Society
Editor’s Message
Welcome to the new-look FEPS newsletter
Welcome to the new-look newsletter for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (FEPS). Our monthly newsletter will now be published on a new university-wide platform alongside Staff Matters, bringing together colleague stories, news and achievements in a dedicated faculty publication.
All faculties will be hosting their newsletters on the new platform, creating new opportunities to share our research, education, enterprise and impact stories with a wider audience.
Share your stories more widely
Stories will now be published on a dedicated WordPress site rather than being limited to an internal page. This means every story will have its own web page and shareable link, making it easier to celebrate achievements and share good news beyond the University.
Colleagues can:
- Share story links with external partners and collaborators
- Include links in email signatures, newsletters and stakeholder updates
- Promote stories through LinkedIn and other professional networks
- Share achievements with prospective students, alumni, industry contacts and community groups
- Direct people to stories long after publication, as content will remain available online
How can I submit a story?
If you have a story you’d like to share, or any questions or feedback about the newsletter, please contact the FEPS Communications and Impact team at feps@soton.ac.uk.
Thank you for helping us showcase the people, research and achievements that make FEPS such a vibrant and successful faculty.
Joanne Walsh
Communications and Impact Manager
Stories in this edition
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