School of Sport and Health Sciences

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Hospitality graduate catch up

Helena Cleary graduated from our International Hospitality Management BA(Hons) in July this year and during her course she took up the opportunity we offer to be mentored by an industry professional under the Hospitality Undergraduate Mentoring Scheme. We caught up with her to see how the scheme helped her after graduation: “I secured a job just…

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The students listening to a talk at HQ

Sky Sports field trip

Sport Journalism third-year students heard about how women’s sport can be covered more responsibly as they visited Sky Sports on a field trip. Anna Allerton, producer of the Sports Women programme, talked about the challenges of ensuring women’s sport is treated equally to men’s sport in the organisation’s editorial coverage. Students heard from various industry…

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Glowing Ofsted report for our teacher training courses

The University of Brighton’s established strength in teacher training has been acknowledged in an extremely positive Ofsted report. Our Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Partnership received ratings of ‘outstanding’ for its Early Years, Primary and Secondary Courses and ‘good’ in Further Education and Training. This makes the University of Brighton the only university in Sussex and…

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Hastings Storytelling Festival success!

Senior lecturer Jayne Luscombe and lecturer Mandy Curtis have produced another successful Hastings Storytelling Festival through their production company, 18 hours. The festival ran from 5-11 November with 24 individual events ranging from an arts-filled midnight walk to an afternoon with Axel Scheffler an author and the illustrator of The Grufallo. Thousands attended and you can view the 2018 programme on the…

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Graduate Assessment Centre with Capgemini

Undergraduate and postgraduate students from our tourism, hospitality, retail, sport development and sport studies courses were invited to take part in a mock graduate assessment provided by Capgemini. Christina Hokland and  Daza Roxana Garcia, who are on our Tourism and International Development MSc, report on the day: We had the opportunity to meet three members of…

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Remembrance is about more than just remembering

Remembrance Sunday means more to veterans than just remembering fallen comrades, according to Duncan Barron, Senior Research Fellow. He said: “Spontaneous reminiscences involving troubling memories may be processed more easily with the support which occurs at collective commemorations. Read the full story here.

The Hand that rocks the cradle

Introducing pop Lacrosse and VX Rock it ball Trainee teachers of physical education were introduced to the concept of ‘cradle’ games during a university-based training session. Pop Lacrosse and VX Rockitball were two examples of cradle games where the object is to manipulate a stick and cradle to receive and send a ball quickly or…

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Harrison hekping Active Recovery client Paul with his exercises in the university's gym

University of Brighton launches cancer rehabilitation programme in Eastbourne

The University of Brighton has launched an exercise-based cancer rehabilitation programme in Eastbourne. Designed to help individuals with or recovering from cancer, the scheme, entitled Active Recovery, has been developed by experts from the University and Freedom Leisure in consultation with Cancer United’s CU Fitter™ initiative. Funding has been generously supplied by the cancer charity…

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A siling Ellie Morris in her nursing uniform

Nursing Society Relaunched

A Nursing Society has been relaunched at the University of Brighton to provide support for all nursing students at any stage of their degree programmes. Ellie Morris, studying Adult Nursing BSc(Hons), is the Society’s new president. She said the society is facilitating group learning and providing extracurricular lectures from speakers across the multidisciplinary team. She…

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