3D Design and Craft BA(Hons) and Sustainable Design MA alumni Tom Meades has continued his post-graduation success story by winning a prestigious £10,000 award at Milan Design Week. Read More
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Photography graduates selected for prestigious London photo exhibition
Work by two recent Photography graduates – Jess O’Neill and Joel Goldstein – is being shown at the Photo London exhibition opening on 9 September. Read More
Graduate trio among finalists for prestigious national planning awards
Three University of Brighton graduates have been shortlisted for the Royal Town Planning Institute Awards for Research Excellence 2021. Read More
Graphic Design graduate explores British history through football badges
A new book by Martyn Routledge provides an innovative vision of British history from the dinosaurs to the digital era, using an unusual lens – football badges. Read More
Graduates 2021: Alice Cathcart: Sequential Design/Illustration
My aim is to encourage a shift in perspective, revealing plants as the dynamic characters that they are. Read More
Graduates 2021: Sherry Shi: MA Sequential Design/Illustration
This project captures moments of everyday life to chronicle the many societal changes taking place in last three decades in China. Read More
Graduates 2021: Jiating Yang: MA Sequential Design/Illustration
I am always intrigued by the concepts of infinity and circulation. Planets move in orbits. Life goes around. Water vapours and drops. The tide comes back and forth. There are infinite possibilities with each small change. Read More
Graduates 2021: Erin Keen: MA Sequential Design/Illustration
The body of work I made during my MA explores the way we arrange our objects within a space. Read More
Graduating 3D student picked as rising star by Crafts Council
Annabelle Macleod, who graduates from BA(Hons) 3D Design and Craft this year, is one of seven students from throughout the UK tipped as rising stars by the Crafts Council. Read More
Illustration graduate Pia Bramley publishes debut book
Pia, who graduated in 2009, is to publish her first book, Pandemic Baby, a visual diary of her experience of becoming a parent in lockdown. Read More
Graduates 2021: Voytec Brodacki: MA Fine Art
The work of an artist is the ability to see and interpret reality. Read More
Graduates 2021: Hannah Griffith: Textiles
This course has helped shape who I am as a creative and I have made life long friends and important contacts relative to my future career. Read More
Studying Product Design at the University of Brighton taught me to always keep the end user in mind
Product Design graduate George Gilliat who now works at Lego saw the launch of the latest LEGO set he designed in June. Read More
Architecture graduate exhibits at London Festival of Architecture
Photography and textile graduates create Spanish art academy
Ángel Luis Sánchez Flores who graduates in 2019 from MA Photography and Rosa Brualla a 2019 graduate of MA Textiles created the art academy in Spain, in Salamanca. Read More
Graduates 2021: Isis Boundy: Photography
“I really loved going to the photography studios the most, as you can create whatever environment you want in there.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Amber Eder: Design for Digital Media
I chose DDM because it was full of experimentation and creative freedom; I also felt that it would teach me invaluable skills for my future career in design. Read More
Graduates 2021: Jason Thompson: Design for Digital Media
Throughout the course, I always felt free to experiment and new ideas were always met with insightful resources and guidance that has helped shape my approach to tackling a brief and how I ultimately see myself as a designer. Read More
Graduates 2021: Joshua Brammeld: Photography
I needed a course that would allow me to experiment and develop my personal approach to photography. Read More
Graduates 2021: Mia Vidamour: Design for Digital Media
It is a unique course, and through it I have met some of the most talented and creative people I know. Read More
Graduates 2021: Elsie Garner: Photography
“Being able to explore my practice and different mediums within art has helped me grow as a creative. I couldn’t have asked for better technicians, tutors or peers.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Catherine Whiteoak: Inclusive Arts Practice
My MA degree show work focuses on my creative response to the Arts Research Project carried out last Autumn. Read More
Graduates 2021: Joanna Ellams: Textile Design with Business Studies
I have made life-long friends and learnt new skills whilst also developing my technical ability ready for a career in the industry. Read More
Graduates 2021: Francesca Hales: Textile Design with Business Studies
Brighton has absolutely everything you could want, a great place to get inspired and spend your summer by the sea! Read More
Graduates 2021: Ellie Yexley: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“My work is multi-disciplinary but specialises in creative direction.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Kynza K-j Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“I have learnt so much about myself both as a creative and a person and now feel so ready to go into the fashion industry.”
Graduates 2021: Belinda Wong: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
I started analysing the fundamental elements of fashion, reflecting on what is needed to make clothes and familiarising myself with the basics. From my research, I conclude that the most essential element of fashion is the body.
Graduates 2021: Giulia Angelucci: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“After graduation, I am planning to remain in Brighton, and I have two great collaborations lined up with brilliant studios that are based locally.” Read More
Cass Art x Phoenix Studio Award 2021
School of Art final year students have the opportunity to apply for this award which sees Cass Art sponsoring a Phoenix Art Space studio for a 2021 graduate. Read More
Fashion and Textiles lecturer helps probe sustainability failings in fashion
Dr Jules Findley Lecturer in Fashion and Textiles is participating in a multi-university project looking at current sustainable practice across the creative industries including sourcing, use, disposal and recycling of materials – from silversmithing to digital equipment. Read More
Design graduate Tom Meades making a global noise with waste plastic speakers
A Brighton company founded by graduate Tom Meades is pioneering the use of old e-bike batteries to power portable music speakers made from waste plastic. Read More
The course has really encouraged me to experiment, make mistakes and learn from them.
Sports Journalism course runner up in NCTJ Awards for Excellence in Journalism
The course’s virtual exchange with the University of Florida was Highly Commended in the Innovation of the Year category for providing a new teaching and learning cross-cultural experience for students to develop their skills in a live virtual environment. Read More
Jamie Phillips wins top NCTJ award for campaigning journalism
Sport Journalism graduate, Jamie Phillips, has won the NCTJ’s prestigious Trainee News Journalism award in the NCTJ Awards for Excellence 2020. Read More
Podcast: Simon McEnnis – Sports Journalism and sport during Covid-19
Principal Lecturer Simon McEnnis discusses the future of sports journalism. Read More
Chichester Observer picks up journalism student’s blog about pandemic life
Journalism student Jenny Bathurst has been writing for us about pandemic life since lockdown began back in March last year. Read More
MA student wins at BJTC awards
Joe Harbert, Sport Journalism MA student, on winning the Best Online News Site award at the 2020 Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) awards. Read More
How much are journalists to blame for fake news?
US President Joe Biden pledged to “defend the truth” as he was sworn into power yesterday. Read More
University of Brighton scores nomination for top journalism award
Our Sport Journalism BA(Hons) programme’s virtual exchange partnership with University of Florida has been shortlisted for Innovation of the Year in the 2020 National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Awards for Excellence. Read More
Photography alumna receives English Heritage portfolio commission
Photography graduate Mia Parker-Tang has received one of four New Lenses commissions by English Heritage to create a portfolio inspired by a chosen site. Read More
Printmaking graduate shortlisted for prestigious painting prize
Kathryn Maple who graduated in BA Fine Art Printmaking in 2011, has been shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize, Britain’s oldest painting award. Read More
Second year Fine Art students online exhibition
Over 100 Brighton second year fine art and media students are beating the lockdown by organising an online exhibition to showcase work across diverse media. Read More
Online exhibition showcases top work in progress from Architecture & Design students
The School of Architecture & Design has created a digital exhibition highlighting work by over sixty students, with several students honoured by category awards. Read More
Podcast: Dr Holly Chard talks about John Hughes and Christmas
Getting in the festive spirit for this week’s pod – Dr Holly Chard from the School of Media focuses her research on the films of John Hughes including Home Alone, Miracle on 34th Street remake, National Lampoon. Read More
School of Art lecturer is part of UoB team delivering pioneering research into sanitation crisis
Alice Fox from the School of Art is among an interdisciplinary team of University of Brighton academics delivering pioneering research to help address the sanitation crisis across Asia and Africa. Read More
MA student wins at BJTC awards
Congratulations to Joe Harbert, Sport Journalism MA student, on winning the Best Online News Site award at the 2020 Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) awards. Joe won the award for his work on grassroots football in Kent while studying on his undergraduate degree at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Podcast: Dr Aristea Fotopoulou
This week’s podcast is with Dr Aristea Fotopoulou from the School of Media, who talks about her ART / DATA / HEALTH research project and her ongoing events at the online Brighton Fringe. Read More
Painting alumni wins prestigious emerging artist prize
Pippa El-Kadhi Brown, a graduate of BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting, has won the overall Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020 – one of the world’s most coveted awards for up and coming artists. Read More
Lucia’s Tate designs win World Illustration Award
Illustration graduate Lucia Vinti has won the New Talent in the Design, Product & Packaging Category at the prestigious World Illustration Awards 2020. Read More
Journalism students investigate life under Covid-19
Journalism students got their first bylines by the end of Welcome Week as they launched a unique investigation into life under Covid-19 for our student-run journalism website overtimeonline.co.uk. Read More
Films documenting lockdown to be exhibited at Photo Fringe
A project to capture restricted conversations in the city during lockdown, led by the University of Brighton’s Katy Binary, is about to get its public debut. Read More
“This means an incredible amount” – Brighton graduate wins fashion award
Fashion Design with Business Studies graduate Ella Hall has picked up the accessories prize at Graduate Fashion Foundation’s (GFF) 2020 Awards. Read More
Graduate Fashion Foundation’s Class of 2020 showcase
University of Brighton fashion graduates are putting their collections on display in the 2020 Graduate Fashion Week Read More
Illustration grad selected for 2020’s Portrait of Britain
Juliet Klottrup’s image of a shepherd in North Yorkshire will be displayed on screens across the UK this month. Read More
Brighton art graduates given opportunity for work to go under the hammer
The University of Brighton has teamed up with insurance group Liberty Speciality Markets (LSM) to offer artists access to a valuable Art Award. Read More
Enrol, log on and complete your course tasks
Congratulations on your offer – now it’s time to enrol! Read More
Podcast: Simon McEnnis – Sports Journalism and sport during Covid-19
Principal Lecturer Simon McEnnis discusses the future of sports journalism. Read More
Clearing 2020: How it can work for you
Product Design student George McPherson explains why Clearing worked for him. Read More
Keep moving forward – Clearing 2020
If you thought you knew where you were headed but you’re considering a change of direction, Clearing 2020 is the moment for you to take another look at your plans before you decide. Read More
A beacon for London Bridge
University of Brighton Professor Charles Holland’s eye-catching Tooley Street Beacon is helping Londoners navigate a popular area in the capital. Read More
Decolonising the Curriculum Issue 3
A new issue of Decolonising the Curriculum, teaching and learning about race equality, is out now. Content is written by University of Brighton staff, students and alumni. Read More
School of Architecture and Design praised for tackling environmental and social issues
The University of Brighton’s School of Architecture and Design is one of five schools picked out by the Architects’ Journal for its approach to sustainability. Read More
Sequential Design/Illustration graduates pay tribute to iconic artist and UoB lecturer George Hardie in French exhibition
Claire Colnot and Amish Shah have curated a retrospective exhibition for illustrator, graphic designer and former lecturer Professor George Hardie – whose work includes renowned cover artwork for Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Read More
Artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy in conversation with Dr Marlon Moncrieffe
Dr Marlon Moncrieffe studies migration stories and national identity; Decolonising the curriculum; Critical multicultural education; Black-British histories used with the primary school curriculum and Black-British histories in cycling. Read More
Product Design graduates put the style into sanitiser
Two Product Design graduates have designed a dispenser that combines style and sustainability to sanitising hands. Read More
Podcast: architecture, interiors and product design students talk about their time at Brighton
Five students from the School of Architecture and Design discuss their online End of Year Graduate Show and reflect on their time at the university. Read More
UBIC show now live
The end of year exhibition of work by students from The University of Brighton International College Foundation Certificate in Art, Design & Media & Premasters’ in Arts, Design & Media is now underway. Read More
MA Show goes live!
Postgraduate students from the School of Art and School of Media are getting the chance to showcase their work in the third and final part of Graduate Show 2020. Read More
Screen Archive South East wins £50,000 National Lottery funding
Moving image archive Screen Archive South East at the University of Brighton has won National Lottery funding from the British Film Institute’s Audience Fund.
Graduates 2020: Emily Llumigusin: Architecture
My work revolves around the issues of designing using the ‘average’, which has been used as a form of guidance to design spaces or objects by generalising everyone to fit into them. Read More
Graduates 2020: Jade Chan Interior Architecture
I’ve always been a creative person and have enjoyed creating art. Read More
Graduates 2020: Mashaal Baloch: Interior Architecture
My third year project work is largely based on the futuristic approach to graveyards set in the year of 2070. Read More
Graduates 2020: Jack Hovell: Interior Architecture
My work at the University of Brighton has developed over three years, culminating in a greater understanding and further appreciation of sustainable architecture and design. Read More
Graduates 2020: Alexis Southey: Interior Architecture
My work is influenced by the joining of materials and how people interact with them. Read More
Graduates 2020: Ben Palmer: Product Design
My work primarily focuses on material reclamation and combating waste streams to create unique design solutions. Read More
Graduates 2020: Sandip Gurung: Interior Architecture
My work consists of collective inspirations from two things that I enjoy the most in my free times, basketball and video games. Read More
Graduates 2020: Jamila Marie Daouma: Interior Architecture
As a theme, my studio was looking at any aspects that characterise the British culture in order to represent the festival of Britain 2022 located from Regency Square to the West Pier. Read More
Graduates 2020: Thomas Roberts: MArch
My work this year has focused on the design of a future tower within the Ashdown forest and has first focused on looking at an integration. Read More
Graduates 2020: Jacob Everett: Product Design
This year my work revolved around the controversial subject of privacy; I focussed on user privacy rights and surveillance by both the state and by private corporations. Read More
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Architecture and Design students discuss their courses and their final year work. Read More
Opening today! Brighton’s architecture and design final year show
Futuristic graveyards and turning Victorian warehouses into a doctor’s service are among the projects at the School of Architecture and Design End of Year Show. Read More
Graduates 2020: Andy Connacher: Architecture
I definitely looked at architecture very differently before I started my course than I do now having finished it. Read More
Graduates 2020: Lauren Mason: Photography
My final major project work that appears in the online graduate show is called ‘.. .. 86’. Read More
Graduates 2020: Emma Deguara: Graphic Design
My final project asks a number of questions. It is an accumulation of research, personal interest and current events. Read More
Graduates 2020: Martha Wood-Saanaoui: Graphic Design
I often place importance on process and methodologies as means of communication throughout my practice. Read More
Graduates 2020: Wilma Kyottinen: Printmaking
My practice explores the notion of being within a landscape and the human relationship to nature in all its simplicity. Read More
Art in a Domestic Setting: Fine Art Painting
Graduates 2020: Lowri Cooper: Fashion Communication
I am a visual artist with a focus on photography, moving-image and collage. Read More
Book now for free live events at the Graduate Show 2020
Take part in a range of free online events from talks to workshops covering fine art, painting, printmaking and photography. Read More
Six students nominated for GFW awards
Six students are in the running for awards at the 2020 Graduate Fashion Awards. Read More
Exhibiting students talk their work and their years at Uni
Exhibiting students Sophie Walker (Illustration), Sarahlouise Newman (Visual Culture) and Josh Bell (Digital Music and Sound Arts) talk about producing work during lockdown and what studying at Brighton has meant for them. Read More
Graduates 2020: Louise Coates: Photography
The work I create can be categorised as ‘camera-less’ photography. That is, I do not use a camera and lens, but create images through the contact of light on light-sensitive paper.
Graduates 2020: Vanessa Menrad: Fashion Communication
Sustainability has become the centre of attention in the fashion world, we have never felt the need to change as much as we do currently.
Graduates 2020: Bronte Simpson-Little: 3D Design and Craft
Immersing myself in nature and embarking on journeys where I experienced the joys of the natural world has been the main source of inspiration for my work this year.
Graduates 2020: Ursula Vargas: Painting
My work is done based on memories from trips on the road in my country of origin Peru and later here in Europe, been the motorway the conduit to these imaginary landscapes of escapism and to my work.
Graduates 2020: Film and Screen studies host live digital degree show
Students and staff from Film and Screen Studies will be hosting the first Film & Screen Studies digital degree show opened by Councillor Alan Robins, Mayor of Brighton and Hove. Read More
Graduates 2020: Cressida Drummond-Hill: Fashion Communication
My most recent project, Looking North is an exploration of the imbalance of opportunities for creatives between the North and South of England reflecting on social, political, cultural and historical contexts.
Graduate Show now open!
This year (for obvious reasons) the University of Brighton’s graduate show is being held online – and we couldn’t be prouder of the art, media and humanities students who have produced brilliant work for their final year exhibition. Come and take a look around and sign up to an online event. Read More
Graduates 2020: Ruicong Chen: Illustration
My works in the final year particularly are freer on looking for various ways to tell an idea, but in the end, I still like to present it or them in form of video as I’m exploring what I can do on moving images, or further, animation as well.
Graduates 2020: Milly Westbrook: Fashion and Dress History
As a dress historian my work uses material culture specifically fashion to unlock a wider history of the world.
