School of Sport and Health Sciences

Women now have a pathway in media

Written by Lewis Tizard, second-year Sport Journalism BA(Hons) student Sky Sports presenter Kelly Cates believes women can now “see a path for themselves” when seeking careers in journalism and the media. Cates, who also works as a presenter Radio 5 Live, was speaking to University of Brighton Journalism and Sports Journalism students at the University’s annual Sport…

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Learning about the impacts of tourists

First year International Tourism Management BA(Hons) students recently visited the National Trust property Batemans. The field trip was led by lecturer and course leader Dr Nigel Jarvis and was organised so students could learn about the impacts tourists have on the site. Batemans is a Jacobean house and was formerly owned by The Jungle Book author Rudyard…

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Poirot finds clues to fitness

David Suchet CBE spent a day at the University Eastbourne campus gathering tips before a charity trek to Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel in the Andes Mountains. The award-winning actor, best known for playing Agatha Christie’s detective Hercule Poirot, joined other members of his family including newsreader John Suchet at the University’s Environmental Extremes Lab…

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Live events from our events students!

Our second year International Event Management BA(Hons) students are putting on a range of events in Eastbourne this week as part of their studies: Jazz Up Your Night at the Towner Art Gallery Thursday 26 April 7pm-10pm

Best ever WSET results

School of Sport and Service Management hospitality students who took the Wine and Spirit Education Trust Level One awards got the best results our students have achieved for many years. The award was led by Helen Evans from Enjoy Discovering Wine and took place on the Eastbourne campus. Students across all levels of the Hospitality courses took part and…

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Football for Peace professor to join UN

A Brighton professor who co-founded a global programme using football to bring peace has been invited to advise the United Nations. John Sugden, the University of Brighton’s Emeritus Professor of the Sociology of Sport, will be part of an expert group supporting the Division for Social Policy and Development of the UN’s Department of Economic…

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Theo named as one of the top 50 healthcare IT leaders in Europe

Congratulations to Dr Theo Fotis, Principal Lecturer and Course leader of our Health and Management MSc who has been named as one of the top 50 healthcare leaders in Europe. You can read the full article here.    

Appeal for parents with babies under three-months to volunteer for research

We are appealing to parents with babies under three-months to volunteer for research which is aimed at improving our understanding of the development of children’s feet. Volunteers will each receive £20 Love2Shop gift vouchers each time they visit our baby space at the Eastbourne campus where their feet will be looked at using state-of-the-art technology…

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Football for Peace on the BBC

Professor John Sugden and Dr Gary Stidder were interviewed on At the Foot of the Cross; a BBC show broadcast on Good Friday. They spoke about the university’s Football for Peace programme. To listen to the interview scroll to 59 minutes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09wgd2c

Photo of people cooling down in a river on a hot day

How can we cope with the UK’s extreme weather?

As the country reflects on a cold start to the year, scientists at the University of Brighton are looking to the summer and researching ways older people can avoid heat-related illnesses which claim 2,000 lives in the UK each year. The University is appealing to healthy volunteers aged 65 and over to volunteer for exercise…

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