School of Sport and Health Sciences

Fleet Street beckons

Two University of Brighton sports journalism students won placements on two national newspapers. Charlie Eustice went to The Independent and on his second day there was commissioned to write an article he had researched and presented; read the article. And Harriet Fuller finished her placement at The Sun to be told that “this is your…

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Professor Nick Webborn in Top 100

The University of Brighton’s Professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Nick Webborn, has been named among Britain’s most influential people with a disability or health impairment for 2016. Nick was selected by Shaw Trust, the UK’s largest third sector provider of employment services for disabled and disadvantaged people. Shaw is the main sponsor of the list and…

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Boxing trip for Sport Studies students

Students from all three years of the Sport Studies BA(Hons) took a trip to a boxing club as part of their course. The trip was hosted by Eastbourne Boxing Club who have a long standing relationship with the university and its students

Soccer AM placement for PE student

The three year Physical Education BA(Hons) degree offers the opportunity to pursue a bespoke modular pathway designed to help students meet their individual career goals. In the final year of study students undertake a work-based placement in order to garner experience and forge connections in a workplace of their choice. As a customisable degree the…

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Street Fair Volunteering for Events Student

Friday 27 November saw the annual Meads Magic Event take place in Eastbourne and despite a very rainy and windy outlook hundreds of people turned up to celebrate an early Christmas. The event is one of Eastbourne’s premier Christmas street fairs and final year International Event Management BA(Hons) student Lauren Sigrist helped ensure the event…

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BHS Graduate Programme Visit

Retail Marketing and Retail Management BA(Hons) students were visited by Lauren Spellman, Resourcing Officer at British Home Stores (BHS). The visit was arranged by course leader, Hasan Gilani, and was enthusiastically attended by students from each year of the two courses. Lauren introduced the BHS GraduateProgramme which is designed for university graduates as a fast track route into…

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Kickstart Dance Company School Workshop

Kickstart alongside its female equivalent Fidget provides opportunities for students to gain experience in the teaching of dance and provides extracurricular opportunities to perform to individual classes, year groups and entire schools. Teaching work ranges from singles classes, designed to motivate and inspire groups, to residences where the group work on reconstructions of the company…

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A Weekend with Wayne Sleep

6-8 November 2015 As one of a great number of guest lecturers hosted by the university this year to enhance and enrich the curriculum this was an outstanding opportunity for students (involved in dance or not) to meet a distinguished dancer, choreographer, actor and director: Wayne Sleep OBE. Wayne shared decades of knowledge and experience…

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Managing Change – M level module

Overview The module is designed to help practitioners and managers develop insight and critical awareness of change management theories and frameworks, and their application to the organisational setting in leading and managing change. The students’ practice settings and experience will provide the context for learning.

Exciting new placement partner

Sport Business Management BSc(Hons) students now have the opportunity to spend their placement with Sport Arabia Worldwide as part of a new partnership. Roger Myall, Sport Arabia Worldwide’s director and founder, graduated from the University of Brighton in 1997 and founded the company in 2006. He visited students in the School of Sport and Service…

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