Helen Hennessey has won a competition run by Southampton Solent University to design a community inspired T-shirt to celebrate students arriving in the city to begin their studies.

The 21-year-old fashion and graphic design student from St Mary’s, will now see her design featuring the slogan ‘This city runs on love, laughter and cups of strong coffee’ printed on hundreds of university T-shirts and distributed during Welcome Week from September 23, where new and returning students are welcomed back on campus.

Helen, a second year student originally from Lambeth in south-west London, said: “It was a great opportunity to think carefully about what the city of Southampton means to students living here and how inspirational it can be while studying. I have been able to build on my current portfolio work and explore how we can encourage community spirit among my age group.”