Second year Knitted Textile students will be leading yarn based skill sessions in a relaxed creative space at the Brighton Chamber of Commerce Summit 2017 at The Clarendon Centre in Brighton on Friday 13th October. Read More
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Danielle kickstarts equestrian fashion
A University of Brighton fashion graduate has launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring fashion and hi vis safety wear to the world of horse riding. Read More
Graduate scoops wool innovation award
Textiles MDes graduate Megan Lovett has scooped a Wool Innovation Award. Read More
Last chance for entries to Arts Council Poetry Festival
University of Brighton is partnering with the Arts Council’s Brighton & Hove Poetry Festival this year – and you have until 18 October to enter the poetry competition, with the winner announced at the November event. Read More
International summer school success for SoAD head Robert Mull
Professor Robert Mull, Head of the School of Architecture & Design curated an International summer school in Russia entitled ‘Art as Labour: Build & Design’ this summer. Read More
National honour for photography professor
Professor Francis Hodgson, the University of Brighton’s Professor of the Culture of Photography has received the Dudley Johnston medal of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) as recognition for his “major achievement in the field of photographic criticism”. Read More
Brighton Digital Festival sees launch of DMSA mobile audiowalk
The Digital music and Sound Arts course has teamed up with Echoes.xyz to launch a new mobile phone audiowalk showcasing selected works by current staff and students in the course. Read More
Fine Art alumni wins Jackson Young Artist Award 2017
Elizabeth McCarten who graduated Fine Art Painting in 2012 has won the Jacksons Young Artist Award in the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017. Read More
2016 3D graduate selected to show as part of Future Heritage at Decorex
Matt Davis, 2016 MDes 3D Design and Craft graduate has been selected to show new work as part of Future Heritage exclusive to Decorex International. Read More
3D alumni James Rigler and Nao Matsunaga exhibit at Marsden Woo
Two 3D Design and Craft alumni are featured in a London exhibition at the Marsden Woo gallery.
British and US exhibitions for fine art lecturer Tom Hammick
The work of Tom Hammick, senior lecturer on the Fine Art programme, is currently being featured in two exhibitions in the UK and US.
From graduate scheme to business owner
Textile graduate Beki Gowing applied for the John Lewis Graduate scheme straight after university and the experience led to her running her own custom digital fabric printing company. Read More
MA Photography showcases student work
Showcasing MA Sequential Design/Illustration and Arts and Design by Independent Project
Work by students graduating from the MA courses in Sequential Design/Illustration, and Arts and Design by Independent Project is being showcased in an upcoming show at Grand Parade.
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3D graduates make finals of Woman’s Hour Craft Prize to display at V&A
3D Design and Craft graduates Lin Cheung and Phoebe Cummings have been shortlisted for The Woman’s Hour Craft Prize.
University recognised for Art of Inclusion
The University of Brighton has been shortlisted for a national award for bringing together people with learning disabilities and non-disabled collaborators to work together on creative arts projects. Read More
Alumna tells The Guardian how work during study helped her business
Graphic Design Graduate Maria Fox has been featured in The Guardian in an article chronicling how students made money while studying for their degree. Read More
MA graduate Corinne Silva exhibits at Pushkin House
The work of MA Photography graduate Corinne Silva is part of an exhibition dedicated to Metageography at Pushkin House. Read More
Student creates affordable 3D scanner
From a robotic elephant to a full body scanner, Poppy Mosbacher’s inventions are attracting national recognition. Read More
Academic explains sizing on Radio 4
Fashion and Textiles lecturer Dr Vikki Haffenden explained the reasoning behind women’s clothes sizing for listener’s of Radio 4’s More or Less earlier today. Read More
Graduate raises awareness of sexual harassment
Illustration graduate Eliza Hatch, is raising awareness about sexual harassment by documenting women’s experiences. Read More
Women over 50s Festival
The University of Brighton will be hosting 50+ short films, Q&As, workshops and talks celebrating older women in front of and behind the camera next month. Read More
Why did the KLF burn £1m?
A University of Brighton art historian is taking part in a mock trial of a rock band that burned £1m. Read More
Two 3D graduates are Heal’s Discoveries 2017
Two University of Brighton graduates have been tipped by one of the UK’s top furniture stores as designers of the future. Read More
Clearing 2017
Good luck to everyone receiving A-Level results! Read More
Entries open for students at RTS Awards 2018
The Royal Television Society’s annual awards include student categories for Animation, Comedy & Entertainment, Drama, Factual, News and Short Feature.
RIBA prize for Volks project
Architecture student Mario Alcantara Monteiro, has been awarded a prize for excellence from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for a project on Volks Railway, the world’s oldest functioning electric railway. Read More
Post Grad 2017: Sandra Collee
“Throughout my two years at The University of Brighton, my art practice developed in a more solid thinking and reflecting upon my social environment and the influences of the recent developments of a changing political landscape. Read More
Post Grad 2017: Brendan Commane
My influences come from various sources, conversations, film, music and the general ebb and flow of life. Read More
Fashion comms students charity success
Four Fashion Communication students have been chosen by young person’s cancer charity Trekstock to travel to London to discuss their campaign ideas. Read More
Illustration graduate finds Instagram success
University of Brighton graduate, designer and illustrator Pete Duffield has become a global Instagram hit by drawing scenes from everyday life with his girlfriend and daughter.
Masters Show 2017
The first part of the Masters Show, showcasing the work of PG students on MA Fine Art, MA Digital Media Arts and MA Inclusive Arts Practice, starts on July 8 running until July 15.
Fine Art Painting first year interviewed by Spindle Magazine
Olivia Carter Hopkins explains her approach to work and discusses her course in an interview with the fashion and music magazine. Read More
MBE for Product Design grad Emily Brooke
Emily Brooke, who invented the Blaze Laserlight as part of her final year degree course at the university, has been awarded an MBE for services to the economy and transport. Read More
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There is so much happening on our courses that we can’t possibly cover it all here. Follow them on social media. Read More
Graduates 2017: Alisha Gould
The brief for my studio was to imagine how life could be in 2061 and create a narrative of what happens over the years and then speculate how architecture would respond to these changes.”
Graduates 2017: Sooeon Jeong
” The initial idea of these works comes from the notion of ‘space’.” Read More
Graduates 2017: Julie Tysseire
“Most of my work is created through sketches and drawing. For me it feels like a more natural process to take a pen and explain my ideas with a quick sketch.” Read More
Past and present students selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries show
Two Fine Art students have been selected for the prestigious Bloomberg New Contemporaries Fine Art Show. Read More
Graduates 2017: Elliot Marshall
“My work focuses mainly around sentimentality and memories within designs, creating experiential and evoking designs that would allow a user to feel different emotions as they take a journey through our chosen site.” Read More
Graduates 2017: Calum Stevens
“My practice tends to directly explore expanded painting within the context of contemporary art, creating an aesthetic influenced by the designed environment.” Read More
Triple Brighton win at Magnum Photographers Award
Three Brighton graduates are among the 10 winners of the prestigious Magnum Photographers Award 2017. Read More
Graduates 2017: Sophie Malyon
“For some, the topic of the environment can be tedious and hard to digest, nevertheless it is a subject of great importance. Through the use of paint I am hoping to address some vital issues that are going on around the world covering matters such as pollution, deforestation and animal welfare.” Read More
Graduates 2017: Cameron Duke
“Throughout my three years at The University of Brighton the influence of my surroundings have always been a strong subject linked with my work.” Read More
Graduates 2017: Ben Merry
“My final year project looks to revive the almost lost concept of the family business within Newhaven Town. Although not in the traditional sense, instead reinventing each of them as a series of portable ‘shops’ individually designed using nostalgia.” Read More
Graduates 2017: Eliott Mussi
“My work has taken influence from the methods and techniques from the Dada and Surrealist movements, currently furthering an exploration into the unconscious mind, studying thought, ideas and creating connections between esoteric knowledge and the contemporary world.”
Graduates 2017: Dale John Allen
“My work explores themes surrounding social-politics of representation, particularly within the LGBT community, as well a creating work to challenge the stigma surrounding mental illness.”
Graduates 2017: Lucia Hamlin
“The overall themes involved within my creative practice have been a combination of Religion, Archaeology, and contemporary concepts of Science Fiction.” Read More
Graduates 2017: George Chanarin
“I’m hoping that the concept will encourage the user to question how the urban environments work and draw attention to the need for greater ecological unity in the urban environments we build for ourselves.” Read More
Graduates 2017: David Howlett
“I wanted to design for the preteen and teenage market to build upon the experience I gained at Disney during my placement year.” Read More
Graduates 2017: Grace Florence King
“Coming from a foreign country and having never studied in a UK based school or college, I couldn’t have asked for a better place to be, I’ve had the most amazing time!”
Graduates 2017: Andrea Ruiz de Erenchun
“The idea of my product stemmed from my growing concern with the children enduring and living the current global refugee crisis.” Read More
Graduates 2017: Cam Bacchus
” The work I’ve been doing this year has been to explore the detrimental effects of stress within the workplace and has aimed to alter our perceptions of stress by improving well-being in the workplace.
Grand Parade hosts main Brighton Festival exhibition
Grand Parade Gallery is hosting the work of sculptor Cathie Pilkington RA as part of Brighton Festival.
Cathie Pilkington RA: The Life Rooms is the festival’s main exhibition in collaboration with Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft.
Media school hosts Brighton Fringe show
The University of Brighton’s new photography and film learning centre will be open to the public during the Brighton Fringe for the first time. Read More
Olivier win for Interior Architecture grad and lecturer
An opera which BA Interior Architecture Studio alumni and lecturer Rob Vinall helped design has won Best Opera Production at the Olivier Awards. Read More
Graduate Show 2017: Studios get busy
Preparations for the Graduate Show 2017 are well underway. Fine Art Painting course leader Chris Stevens describes the atmosphere in the studios.
Lecturer penned podcast is number 1 in charts
A podcast created by University of Brighton lecturers Lance Dann and Phil Connolly is the top arts podcast in the UK – knocking BBC’s The Archers off its seemingly permanent Number 1 position.
Graduate Show 2017: follow our students
The annual University of Brighton Graduate Show runs from June 3-11 and turns the university into the largest art venue in the South of England. Read More
Exploration of Cult Media as part of packed University programme at Brighton Fringe
The University is exploring what makes cult media as part of the University’s sponsored events at the Brighton Fringe in May. Read More
