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Arthur’s TackleAfrica PhD project – “I can say that it has been (and still is) a rich and intense journey!”

Arthur Gaillard’s PhD project, kindly supported by TackleAfrica, looks at the ways in which organisations from the sector of Sport for Development and Peace evaluate their work. To do this, Arthur conducted an ethnographic case study of TackleAfrica’s monitoring and evaluation activities. His focus is on their programmes in West Africa, specifically in Côte d’Ivoire,…

Change Studentship reflection from Rachel Ng – “The Change Studentship has been a real driving force for me to focus on my studies and career development”

The Change Studentship is awarded to an African diaspora, Asian diaspora or ethnically diverse applicant to the Curating Collections and Heritage MA course. It covers postgraduate course fees and travel expenses to access a mentoring programme organised by the university. The studentship is open to those already working in the museums and heritage sector, as…

Forward Bound scholarship – update from our third scholar, Comfort

Since 2015, we have been delighted, with the kind support of Fiona Deane with money left to her by a family legacy, to have offered the Forward Bound scholarship to MSc Health Promotion applicants from low or lower-middle income countries. This award is intended to support health and other professionals who are employed or who…

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Forward Bound scholarship – update from our fourth scholar, Marwa

Nurse and midwife Amie English’s career – from Brighton to Saudia Arabia

Amie English graduated in 2011 with BSc Hons Nursing. Here, she offers some advice and talks about her experience studying at Brighton and how her career has led her to Saudia Arabia…. It’s hard to believe it’s been eleven years since I finished my nursing degree, but looking back on all I’ve done since then,…

Reflections from three of our Forward Bound scholars – Caroline Mukebezi, Faith Atyang and Anastasiia Bondarenko

The Fine Art Printmaking Schools Project

The Fine Art Printmaking Schools Project ran online last year, due to Covid-19. We are happy to report that this project went ahead again this year, face-to-face in local schools – which was wonderful for our second year Printmaking students and the pupils alike. Local schools involved were BACA and PACA, with the Widening Participation…

Graduate Laura Crow on supporting women and tackling gender inequality

Graduate Laura Crow studied BA(Hons) Information & Media Studies and graduated in 2004. She has recently set up a social enterprise Talk Think Grow to support women explore their potential and to fight back against gender inequality. Learn how the pandemic ignited a passion that led her to make a stand….. I’ve always been a…

Recent graduate Abbie Hobbs shares her career journey

Abbie Hobbs graduated in Ecology and Conservation in January 2022. Read her story…. As a very recent Ecology & Conservation BSc graduate, I am sharing how a slightly unusual path through my course gave me a head start on my career. I started my undergraduate course in 2016 and really enjoyed the wide-ranging content, from…

Walk this way: the recent graduate creating renewable energy from footsteps

We’ve all been there. You’re on a train, lost trying to navigate, or FaceTiming a friend and… your phone dies. What do you do if you have no way of charging it? Alex Witty, a University of Brighton alum has the answer: The Piezo Project. The Piezo Project is a renewable energy technology that when…