[3] Since its establishment in 2013, Wessex Scene has been nominated for dozens of Student Publication Association awards, and was highly commended for "Best Designed magazine" in 2015.

[5] The Union had at this time just been granted a section of the main University building following new construction work and as a result had begun to expand in operations.

The name changed to the current Wessex Scene in 1996 to reflect on the other content that was being fed into the paper and the publication launched online in the 2001 academic year.

The association was founded as a result of the efforts of David Gilani, the Vice-President Communications at the Students' Union and Editor-in-chief of both publications at the time.

Originally created in 1995 as a supplement of the Wessex Scene, The Edge has been published independently since Autumn 2011, and is its own distinct department of the Students' Union.

[17] The Edge focuses on entertainment news and reviews; it covers union, local and national theatre/live music, and release of records, film and television.

[17] The work of the publication forms part of the Union's Creative Industries Zone, and is overseen by the Vice-President Activities who, for 2023/24, is Amy Moir.