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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…

Happy retirement to alumna and colleague Vikki Haffenden

Vikki Haffenden first studied at Fashion Textiles 1970’s and then went on to study for her her PhD. She has worked for the university for 30 years and is retiring at the end of February. Happy retirement Vikki. Here is her story… I came to Brighton as a student in the late 1970s. It was…

Meet one of our new graduates

Joseph Lee attended our February 2022 graduation ceremonies. Here is his story so far…. My MA experience at University of Brighton I graduated from my full time MA study in Creative Writing in 2021, with a high distinction. During my year of study at University of Brighton, I sharpened my writing skills across a variety…

The Kate Bennett Award for Outstanding Achievements in Undergraduate Nursing

Since 2017, we have had the pleasure of presenting The Kate Bennett Award for Outstanding Achievements in Undergraduate Nursing, which is directed towards final year undergraduate students that are studying within the Nursing (Adult) BSc(Hons) programme within the School of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Brighton. This award is made to the…

Startup Booster grant offers up to £2,000 to University of Brighton startups

Freelancers, founders and social entrepreneurs Are you in need of a cash injection to grow your business and boost it to the next level? The beepurple team is excited to announce the launch of the Santander X University of Brighton Startup Booster Grants, with £25,000 worth of funding available! This grant programme, funded by Santander Universities,…

Hope – weaving communities together

Elaine Foster-Gandey graduated with an MA in Inclusive Arts Practice in 2019. Elaine then started work as an Inclusive Arts Practitioner running workshops with marginalized groups including mental health, visual impairment, learning disabilities. In 2020, Elaine had some extra time on her hands because all her freelance work was cancelled and she came up with…

From studying an MSc to a unicorn novella!

Read Terry Everest’s story….. I graduated from Brighton with a Merit in MSc Environmental Assessment and Management in 2010. Since finishing my course I have been involved with multiple industries and types of work, this has featured consulting in the water industry, asbestos surveying, producing informational reports in the conveyancing industry, and voluntary work such…

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