April | 2018 | University of Brighton Alumni Association

A visit from alumnus Ray Jones 60 years after graduating!

Raymond (Ray) Jones paid a visit to the University of Brighton – 60 years after graduating. The 81-year-old contacted the UoB Students Union out of the blue and they responded by inviting him for a tour of the campuses during which Raymond declared: “My years in Brighton were the best of my life.” Ray graduated…

Health and Management Alumna Preeta Varghese tells us about her career in healthcare

I graduated with a MSc. in Health and Management earlier this year. I currently work for the Surrey and Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust as a Team Leader in the Outpatients Department. Prior to this, I worked for a private healthcare group in Belfast, which is where I’m originally from. I wanted to further my education…

OSTC Brighton v Sussex Trading Challenge 2018

The OSTC Trading Challenge facilitated by alumni Sam Baker provides a unique opportunity for finance students to test their trading skills on a live simulated trading platform. The virtual environment allows students to trade financial derivatives across a range of products including; commodities, equities and fixed income. The University’s OSTC trading room enables students to…

Celebrating 25 years in Kenya!

A small group of graduates reunited in Nairobi, Kenya to mark 25 years of Brighton achieving university status. Angeline Elliott from the International Office facilitated this gathering at the hotel she was staying at during her travels. She enjoyed the opportunity to meet with the graduates and described the evening as an intimate social event for…

International award for Freya

A University of Brighton alumna has won an international award for design. Freya Richmond is the only designer from the UK among the three winners of the Printeriors 2018 design competition, run by the Federation of European Screen Printers Associations (FESPA), a global federation of 37 national associations for the screen printing, digital printing and…