University of Southampton
University of Southampton

Location: Southampton - South East England
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People across Kenya were mysteriously plunged into darkness last month as the country suffered its worst power outage in a generation - except for a tiny remote village. Now experts from the University of Southampton have revealed how their mini grid powerplant, fuelled solely by the sun's energy, kept the lights on across the community of Kitonyoni, in Kenya's eastern province.
Why are pirates called 'pirates'- Because they arrr! Arrr matey, it's International Talk Like a Pirate Day today - but, where did this day come from? And how do pirates really talk? Stephanie Jones , Professor of English at the University of Southampton, has dedicated part of her career to researching pirates and piracy.
Cross-national research carried out by the University of Southampton and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) into public opinion on LGBT+ rights has shown that anti-immigrant prejudices, particularly towards Muslims, contributes to explaining some of the widespread shifts in tolerance towards the LGBT+ community.
A study conducted at the University of Southampton has shown a significant increase in the risk of patient incidents in mental health and community wards when the majority of shifts in a ward-day are 12 hours or longer.