Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Southampton University Students' Union
Publications from the university itself would definitely not count as independant information, for one main reason: In trying to attract prospective students to the university, the university is hardly going to be objective about it's union - it's going to make it sound as good as it can. You're quite right  that technically and legally they're (on the whole) separate entities entirely, but in this case there's a large |conflict of interest, so for all intents and purposes here they're the same institution. I would personally disagree that they're notable for being part of a large and recognised university. For a start, I'm a part of a large and recognised university, but I'm certainly not notable :P. Also, all (I think) universities in the UK have SUs, but they're all much of a muchness. There's the odd one here or there that's organised in a particularly unique way, or has something notable about it, but in the majority of cases (like this one), there's no particular factor that makes it any more notable than any other union, or, for that matter any different from any other union
— User:TheIslander, 23:52, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:COI (Wikipedia:Conflict of interest)