University Centre and has a 550 capacity venue that includes the Vault nightclub, a cinema screen, three bars, one of which doubling as a cafe serving Costa Coffee during the day, and the main shop on campus. A smaller shop is also based in the West Downs Student Village. BOP and Ctrl Alt Dlt are regular events held at the Vault during the semester, as well as seasonal club nights (Halloween and Christmas being popular examples), and a variety of smaller ones also taking place. Other events run by the Student Union include weekly quiz nights, movie screenings and cocktail nights, pop-up shops and clothing swaps, karaoke nights, society-organised events, and a range of seasonal activities.
Winchester Student Union is home to the many societies and representational networks on campus, and it runs over 40 sports teams, including football, netball, hockey, the Rugby Union, Rugby Sevens, tennis and basketball teams. The majority of the teams take part in BUSA, SESSA or local leagues.
All student media are the responsibility of the Student Union, except for the weekly internet bulletins released, produced, and created by "Winchester News Online" or WINOL, as part of the BA Journalism course.
==== Democracy and governance ====
All students of the university are automatically members of the union, though are able to opt out if they choose. The president and two vice-presidents are full-time sabbatical officers who are elected from the student body every year. There are also permanent staff.
The Union provides welfare, academic advice and representation to students. The Union can also support student appeals to the university.
Winchester Student Union is affiliated to the National Union of Students (NUS).
Winchester Student Union is currently ranked as one of greenest student unions within Britain, as measured by its Gold ranking in the NUS award system entitled: Green Impact: Unions. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Winchester Student Union won NUS's national 'Best Bar None' competition, cementing its status as one of the best …
