Product Design graduate George Gilliat who now works at Lego saw the launch of the latest LEGO set he designed in June. Read More
Graduates 2021: Bob Smith: Digital Music and Sound Arts MA
“Coming from a science and engineering background I wanted a course that would allow me to focus those skills alongside an arts practice, and the new MA at DMSA seemed to fit the bill. The reputation of the lecturers and previous students too was a draw, the quality and breadth of work emerging from DMSA makes it a really exciting place to study.”
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
Three Brighton Photography students picked from 10,000 shortlist in Wellcome Trust Photography Prize
In fantastic news for our Photography department, current student Kate Rosewell and graduates Dulcie Wagstaff and Richard Boll, have all made the list of 31 finalists in the prestigious award.
Graduates 2021: Connie Howard-McCombe: Textiles Design with Business Studies
“The course equipped me with skills that broadened my understanding of the industry. The Historical and Cultural modules complemented my making as it was a source of inspiration and understanding for me. Additionally, the business modules were very useful, and I gained a lot of information about the possibilities and realities of running my own business.”
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: Beth Swan: Fine Art Painting
“The second I stepped foot into the studios I knew this is where I wanted to be. I fell in love completely with the course, the studios, the general feeling of the University and Brighton too. It ticked every box.”
Graduates 2021: Vanessa Nkumbula: Architecture RIBA Part 2 MArch
“I thoroughly enjoyed my course and the autonomy it came with. I got a sense of owning my work and with that came a new confidence about my work. The virtual studio was challenging but I found that it was far more imaginative and with that came many successes.”
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: Samela Gjozi: Textiles Design with Business Studies
“I chose textiles as there is more variety on what it can be used for – not only fashion. The great thing about Brighton is that you can experiment and explore different textile specialisms, which help you choose what you are most interested in- mine being print design.”
Graduates 2021: Interior Architecture: Matilda Swift-Barnard
“My final project is called ‘Extinction Rebellion HQ & Clandestine Network of Tunnels for Protests’. Sustainability is the key theme. The narrative is told through an unlikely partnership between two characters: Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, a global environmental movement, and Ken Quantick, a Brighton-based bin man.”
Graduates 2021: Imogen Patel: Fine Art Painting
“Working from home during the pandemic was difficult, but I felt inspired by new-found intimacies and sensations of confinement. Tutors and technincians remained committed and dedicated and I was motivated to work diligently by my talented peers. My experience at Brighton wouldn’t have been the same without my incredible coursemates, whose smiling faces I look forward to seeing every day!”
Graduates 2021: Bianca Bott: Textiles Design with Business Studies
“The course has helped me bring my love for fashion and fine art together… The technicians are incredibly knowledgeable and great at problem solving, and the academic staff take a great interest in each students interests within the specialism. Together this has made the learning experience at Brighton one of a kind.”
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: Joel Goldstein: Photography
“On the course there’s an incredible group of tutors, technicians, and support staff… It’s been a fantastic opportunity to develop my practice in an exciting environment surrounded by a talented group of like-minded peers.”
Graduates 2021: Hannah Bryant: Textiles
“The course really opens you up to opportunities and ideas. I came to Brighton thinking I would be a print designer, however the first year rotation allowed me to discover that I was a natural weaver… My advice to any new students would be to experiment with techniques and styles.”
Graduates 2021: Lydia Durnall: Fine Art Painting
“Brighton is such a lively city full of fun, kind, crazy people. The course has the same atmosphere and it’s been a great environment to develop my practice, bouncing ideas off of like-minded creatives and some really inspiring tutors.”
Brighton’s Illustration BA(Hons) in top 5
ApplyToUni has named our long-running Illustration degree as in the top five for the subject – the course was started in 1983 by John Vernon, the UK’s first Professor of Illustration. Read More
Graduates 2021: Harry Harwood: MArch
I feel like Architecture chooses you. It is a long process, high stress, with many hoops to become an architect – 7 years minimum. Read More
Fashion Comms student wins prestigious Graduate Fashion Foundation award
In another great year at Graduate Fashion Week for our Fashion Communication and Business Studies course, Izzy Wells has won the 2021 Fashion Illustration Award. Read More
Graduates 2021: Rosa Isaacs: Interior Architecture
“I have been through the last three years with a group of diverse and talented people who I now call some of my closest friends. The last year has obviously presented some unique challenges, but also an opportunity to extend my work and identify what is actually fulfilling and what is not.”
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: Tamsin Gaul: Illustration
“After attending the open day and seeing previous students’ work, I thought that the course at Brighton would be the best place to create work that was varied, experimental and purposeful.” Read More
International retrospective for Animation lecturer
Kate Jessop is presenting a masterclass, on the international jury and has also curated a programme at the AniFilm Animation Festival in the Czech Republic.
Graduates 2021: Martynas Jankus: Fine Art Painting
“My time in Brighton has been a complete rollercoaster but I would not change a thing! I wanted to come here because my country is extremely homophobic, so I wanted to be in a space completely different from that.”
Journalism MA graduate lands Mail Online job
Millie Payne, who graduates from the University of Brighton’s Journalism MA this year (having also completed a degree in English Language and Media at Brighton), is about to start as a junior showbiz reporter on the popular tabloid.
Graduates 2021: Jemma Gaisford: Interior Architecture
“The narrative of the project was crucial to understanding the spatial needs – what happened, why, and how. To understand this, I created a short three minute animatic-style short film describing the process of applying for the exhibition.”
Graduates 2021: Benjamin Richardson: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“I have a lot of respect for the tutors in the Fashion Department who go to great efforts to push pupils in a supportive way. The University of Brighton encourages everyone to design in their own personal style, which means that collections are varied, and people have more of a personal connection to their work.”
Graduate Fashion Week live: see our graduates’ final collections Monday 14 June, 2pm
Make a date to watch the catwalk show featuring collections by our graduating Fashion with Business Studies BA(Hons) students. Read More
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
Journalism student publishes book of lockdown columns
In a major achievement during this year like no other, Jenny Bathurst, who is studying Journalism BA(Hons) at the University of Brighton, has published a book called Lockdown Observed: Becoming an Adult Without Leaving the House, a collection of her weekly articles for Sussex Newspapers from April 2020 to April 2021.
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Graduates 2021: Ollie Howell: Architecture
“I chose Architecture for the reason most people do, I liked art and I liked maths and I didn’t want to stop doing either. Brighton’s architecture department is lucky to have some truly wonderful staff, nearly all of whom I have been luckily enough to draw from during my time there.”
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
Graduate Fashion Week award nominations for Brighton students
Annabelle Sweeney (Fashion Communication with Business Studies) has been nominated for the Terry Mansfield Publication Award and Damian Campbell (Fashion Design) has been shortlisted for The Fashion Illustration Award – good luck to you both!
Graduates 2021: Toby Hinks: Digital Music and Sound Arts
“I am now working on a commission with the Brighton Centre for Creative Arts to create a piece to accompany Nika Neelova’s exhibition SILT in the coming months.”
Graduates 2021: Nina Fisher: Illustration
“Three words to describe the course would be: challenging, experimental, stimulating. Its avant-garde approach questions what illustration is and what it could be. It underlines the importance of experimenting, spontaneity and, playfulness, pushing you to get out of your comfort zone.”
Graduates 2021: Nathan Grace: Fine Art Painting
“Painting connects me to the present and allows me to fully express myself, so a course in it was a no-brainer. I looked around a lot of places, but Brighton Uni had a uniquely homely quality about it. The studios are spacious yet intimate and I remember seeing it for the first time and feeling very comfortable”
Graduates 2021: Lara Fank: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“I chose to study Fashion at University of Brighton because of the course’s smaller size, the placement yeas, Brighton’s reputation as a sustainable and community focussed city and its close proximity to London.” Read More
Graduates 2021: Donald Venables: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“I was the only kid in our rural farming community to have a toy ironing board, which my parents point out regularly was a clear indicator. I chose fashion design because it blends form and function. What drew me to the University of Brighton was seeing the fashion graduates who were creating work that was beautifully made and had a strong identity.”
Graduates 2021: Peter Garfarth: Architecture
“My experience at Brighton has been most importantly, fun. Despite the more recent online learning delivery, the third floor at Mithras House has been a playground of exploration and development for the various projects we undertook.”
Graduates 2021: Jessica Rowley: Architecture
“I have found the course very challenging at times, often testing my skill set and pace of working. However this has been a positive challenge as I have learnt so many new skills and methods of working, be that collaborative, visual or written. My tutors as well as the student support team have been wonderful throughout my studies, enabling me to do the best I can and to push myself creatively.”
Graduates 2021: Joseph Ring: Fine Art Painting
“The university has offered me so much, not only through the tutoring I have received, but also in the opportunities it has exposed me to, alongside meeting other incredible artists I share a course with. Brighton really has shown me what can be done with painting and how open for exploration the practice truly is.”
Graduates 2021: Alex Dotchev: Media, Industry and Innovation
“I would not be in the position I am at the moment, mentally or professionally, if it was not for the efforts and attention I have received throughout my time at the University of Brighton studying the Media, Industry and Innovation course!”
Graduates 2021: Eliza Jubb: Illustration
Graduates 2021: Kasper Wahnstrom: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“What attracted me to the fashion design course at University of Brighton was the fact that it included business studies. The course allowed me to be both creative as well as understand different roles and aspects of the fashion industry.”
Graduates 2021: Ciara Knight: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“Leaving university with experience already on my CV is a relief…the placement taught everyone a lot, from knowing what sector you either want to be in or don’t want to be in to improving your skills in construction, the creative cloud or just general time management and professionalism.“
Graduates 2021: Joe Gilling: Digital Music and Sound Arts
“My time at the University of Brighton has been an eye-opening and artistically inspiring three years. The tutors have pushed my creativity to the edge and given me brilliant guidance throughout the modules. My work has excelled and innovated past anything I could have imagined.”
Graduates 2021: George Coll: Fine Art Painting
“To be surrounded by so many talented artists of all disciplines, inspires me every day. When work can seem difficult, it is wonderful to remind myself how lucky I am to be doing what I love and painting for my degree.”
Graduates 2021: Max Jennings: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“Looking back on my first year I can see such growth in my skills and my ideas, that really demonstrate the care and attention that has been put into my growth. When I first came to Brighton, my sewing skills were rocky, and I am leaving with a graduate collection that I am immensely proud of.”
Graduates 2021: Lucy Limage: Photography
“During my time at Brighton I have found my way as an artist – I plan on continuing to make work in both a professional and commercial capacity; at Brighton I was encouraged to think beyond the course and what opportunities might await me.”
Graduates 2021: Damian Campbell: Fashion Design with Business Studies
“The course has not only offered me the ability to explore my creativity, but also has a focus on technical skill and commercial appeal.”
Graduates 2021: Daryl Haines: 3D Design & Craft
“I was steered towards this course by a tutor on my foundation, I looked at loads of different similar courses but Brighton combined good facilities, fun projects, and a great location.”
Graduates 2021: Georgios Pafitis: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“During the three years of university life, I have met wonderful and talented people that helped me grow but also to understand my power and what I am capable of as an artist and individual. Brighton has shown a new world to my eyes and opened my horizons.”
Graduates 2021: Shauna Maddison: Fashion Communication with Business Studies
“The course and the opportunities available through the work placement year has enabled me to open doors for my career and understand my own creative practice through practical experience.” Read More
Current Fine Art MA student Valerie Savchits in group show at Delphian Gallery
Valerie is showing in Antisocial Isolation, a group exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, which brings together a collection of some of the most exciting early-career artists working today.
Fine Art MA students’ group show Convergence opens at on-site gallery
Visitors can now come and see work by students in our Dorset Place gallery, just off Edward Street in the centre of Brighton. Read More
Follow Fine Art MA on Instagram
Follow the course for student work, exhibitions and events, and graduate and staff news. Read More
Photography MA graduate is director of Porto Photo Biennial 2021
Virgilio Ferreira who graduated from the University’s of Brighton’s Photography MA in 2012 is director of the Portuguese biennial opening on 14 May – and work by Photography lecturer Xavier Ribas and graduate Lisa Barnard will be on display. Read More
Our students are supported by award-winning technicians
Our art and media students always tell us our technicians are brilliant – and they’ve been rightly recognised in the One Brighton Staff Awards, winning the Team Contribution to Teaching and Learning award. Congratulations!
Artist Will Kendrick joins School of Art as lecturer as part of the Freelands Painting Fellowship scheme
Will, a video installation artist, will be teaching on Brighton’s Fine Art Painting BA(Hons).
Photography BA(Hons) graduates guest speakers at Rural Gaze Symposium
Photographers Emily Graham, Murray Ballard and Matthew Broadhead have all carved out artistic careers in photography since leaving Brighton and are contributing to this event considering how photographers and photography practice develops and responds to the rural. Read More
OT-TV: journalism students’ video news channel
Check out the video news channel contributed to by students on our Journalism and Sports Journalism courses. Read More
Lecturer Philip Connolly releases short film Fruit Fix starring Derry Girls’ Jamie Lee O’Donnell
Philip Connolly who teaches on Brighton’s Film BA(Hons) has released a new short film on YouTube featuring TV and film stars Jamie Lee O’Donnell, Mark Benton and Adnan Mustafa – in the new release we see Hope (O’Donnell) struggling with anxiety ahead of a big moment in her life, using an unusual technique to cope. Read More
Photography graduate Laura Pannack wins in the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards
Laura triumphed in the Portfolio category with images from a variety of personal projects – she said “I believe images need to captivate and evoke emotion, and so, with every frame I shoot, I consider the elements within the frame and outside it.”
“I get satisfaction from knowing I’ve made something easier for somebody, so choosing product design will hopefully mean that other people benefit”
Read our interview with second year Product Design student Kyle Withey on why he chose the degree and his experience of the course.
Follow Fine Art Painting on Instagram
Our fabulous Fine Art Painting BA(Hons) has a new Instagram feed – follow them for images of student work, studio shots, student takeovers and events and exhibitions news. 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.
Final year Journalism student Harrison Kirby talks about his studies.
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
Brighton textiles alumna among Designers To Watch in 2021
2017 textiles design graduate Freya Richmond has been selected by the Daily Telegraph’s Stella magazine as one of their ‘Designers To Watch in 2021’. Read More
Museum of Modern Art in NYC shows work by Photography BA(Hons) graduate
Emma Charles, who studied Photography at Brighton, has work featured in Doc Fortnight 21 MoMa’s 20th edition of its annual showcase of innovative nonfiction film which runs from 18 March – 5 April 2021. 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
Moving Image lecturer curates exhibition of moving image artworks and films from India in Taiwan, with online screenings for international audiences
Dr Lucía Imaz King, a curator and filmmaker who also produces video installation artworks and paintings, is participating in Loss & Transience, an exhibition bringing a selection of works in documentary film and artists’ video by ten contemporary artists/filmmakers living and working in India today, including artists of Indian heritage based internationally.
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
International Women’s Day: A Conversation with Angela Saini on 10 March, 12noon
Students and staff are invited to this free event hosted by the Universities of Brighton and Sussex which sees award-winning science journalist and author of ‘Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong’ and ‘Superior: the Return of Race Science’ speaking to our staff and students. Book your place now. Read More
See work by our Moving Image 2020 graduates
Check out the final projects made by our students who graduated in 2020. Read More
Follow Moving Image on Instagram and Facebook
Interested in studying our fine art film course, Moving Image BA(Hons)? Check out the Insta feed and Facebook page. Read More
Join Fine Art MA course leader Amy for experimental Sound & Light workshop
Artist Amy Cunningham is running an experimental workshop (Sat 6 March) in collaboration with the De La Warr Pavilion in which she invites participants to listen to and record sounds and images found around the home. Read More
Fine Art MA students launch group show
Ventures into Perception featuring work by students Jo Bell, Amber Franks and Trisha Stone is now live. 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
Fine Art MA show online now
Visit the exhibition site and see work by eight of our talented postgraduate students, live until 5 March.
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
Brighton fashion grad Sarah-Louise Koessler chosen to show at London Fashion Week
The Graduate Fashion Foundation is returning to London Fashion Week this February for the fourth season to showcase six emerging designers, among them Fashion Design with Business Studies BA(Hons) graduate Sarah-Louise Koessler. 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
Fashion student Amy on online learning
Fashion Design with Business Studies BA(Hons) student Amy Bambury on online learning as a fashion student and the strong community of the course. Read More
