School of Sport and Health Sciences

Students in the gym trying to catch the Kin-ball

Ever heard of Kin-Ball? You have now!

Physical Education trainee teachers were given an introduction to alternative physical education and the Canadian game of Kin-Ball. Kin-Ball, is a team sport created in Quebec, Canada in 1986 by Mario Demers, a physical education professor. The distinctive characteristics are the size of the ball which is about 1.5 meters in diameter and luminous pink, and…

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Developing enterprise and innovation

School of Sport and Service Management students took advantage of the option module Enterprise and Innovation to enhance their business acumen and employability. The module, offered in the final year on many of the school’s undergraduate programmes, and provides the opportunity to develop a product idea, a business development idea or a social innovation. Student…

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Inclusive Sports Festival

PGCE and School Direct Physical Education and Dance students took part in a whole day of inclusive sport and physical activity with pupils with additional learning needs from schools in East Sussex. The emphasis of the day was on equity and inclusion within the secondary school physical education and dance curriculum. The day comprised of activities such…

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Disability sport awareness training

Physical Education and Dance trainee teachers took part in disability sport awareness training as part of their induction into their PGCE and School Direct physical education training. Students learnt more about the games of Boccia, sit-down volleyball, new age kurling, goal ball and parachute games. The emphasis of the day was on equity and inclusion…

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Surf’s Up!

Physical Education PGCE trainee teachers were introduced to the new craze sweeping across the UK when they took part in a street surfing workshop as part of the induction programme. Many young people are physically active out of school and engaged physical activity on wheels such as mountain biking, BMX biking, skateboarding, in-line skating, street…

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Team building and problem solving

PGCE and School Direct Physical Education and Dance trainee teachers came together at the start of their course to take part in a series of team building exercises designed to develop group dynamics and working relationships. A series of ice-breaking activities were followed by team building games and exercises, in small groups, in order to develop…

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New student? Hit the ground running!

To help you get the best start as a student here, we’ve put together some online activities called Hit The Ground Running. Taking part in this programme isn’t compulsory and it’s not a test, it’s just a good way to prepare yourself for your studies and get to know your way around our online learning platform,…

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Children at last year's festival

Scoring for peace

More than 200 children from secondary schools around Sussex will be taking part in a football festival next week. The University of Brighton’s Football 4 Peace (F4P) programme, which has operated in Israel, Palestine, Northern and Republic of Ireland, The Gambia, South Korea and South Africa since 2001, uses football to help resolve conflict between…

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Non-contact boxing

New PGCE and School Direct Physical Education trainee teachers began their initial teacher training with an introduction to non-contact boxing. This included an introductory session on how to implement non-contact boxing into the secondary school physical education curriculum. Non-contact boxing is increasing in popularity as a means of developing personal fitness and core skills of…

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University joins the Albion

The University of Brighton is the new Official Higher Education Partner of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club. The new partnership between the city’s largest university and its Premier League football club will build on existing collaborations through the School of Sport & Service Management and School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences in the areas…

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