Join us for an undergraduate open day this autumn.
Our Moulsecoomb campus open days take place on Saturday 19 October and Saturday 23 November.
Category: Ecology and conservation
My Experience Studying Ecology and Conservation in the UK
My experience as a second year Ecology and Conservation degree student at Brighton
Why I chose to study Ecology and Conservation
Ever since I can remember I have been intrigued by wildlife. Growing up I used to spend my time watching nature documentaries, alongside visiting zoos and natural history museums. I grew up in the Chilterns where I was lucky to be surrounded by an amazing natural landscape, which was also home to the extremely successful Red Kite reintroduction. All of this fed my intrigue, leading me to study Ecology and Conservation at the University of Brighton.
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Nature walk and social at Devil’s Dyke
To take a break from studies this February, 40 students and staff from Geography, Environment and Ecology courses decided to get out of the city for a casual social event. The chosen location was Devil’s Dyke. With its deep ice-cut valley, its wildlife, its folk legends and its panoramic views across the South Downs, this was the perfect place to roam around on a Saturday afternoon! And being just 20 minutes from the city by bus, it’s easy to travel to any time.
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Come to an applicant event
Our applicant events are a great way to learn more about your course after you have applied, to get to know us better and make sure we are the right university for you.
To book you’ll need your University of Brighton student number which you’ll find on any emails you’ve received from us about your application.
Online subject Q+A sessions
Online applicant subject q+a sessions are for students who have applied to Brighton – you don’t need to hold an offer to attend. These sessions provide a chance to ask questions to academics and current students before attending one of our on campus applicant days.
If you have applied to study on one of our biology, ecology, biomedical science, geography or environment courses join us online on Wednesday 21 February.
On-campus applicant days
Your chance to check out the campus and also attend talks and tasters from your subject academics, our current students, student support services and have a tour of our accommodation. .
If you’ve applied to one of our pharmacy, biology, ecology, biomedical science, geography or environment courses courses we have two upcoming campus events at the Moulsecoomb campus:
- Saturday 23 March
- Wednesday 24 April
We look forward to seeing you!
Award winning teaching and learning practices
Congratulations to LearnSci Teaching Innovation Awards winners, Dr Neil Crooks and Dr Inga Zeisset.
The awards recognise innovative, impactful practices in teaching and learning. Dr Crooks and Dr Zeisset’s were recognised for Advanced interactive assessments reduce marking burden and build confidence in a large cohort of students.
The judges commented: I really like the way this is not just a unique dataset for each student but the way they collectively contribute to class data and therefore the ‘live’ element to this.
Find out more about Dr Crooks and Dr Zeisset’s award as well as other award winners and finalists.
Third year bat surveys at Woods Mill
As part of the Ecological Impact Assessment module, students met Ryan Greaves, from the Bat Conservation Trust and we had the fantastic opportunity to take part in bat box checks.
The mild weather in late September meant that bats were still active and around! After an in-depth lecture on bat species and their ecology, an intro to bat boxes and the different survey tools at hand, we were ready to go an check some boxes. This year was a really good one and we found some common pipistrelle in a couple of boxes.
As part of the standard bat survey, measurements were taken, we had our smallest male with 4.5g. Pipistrelle weigh the same as a £1 coin! We concluded our training day with a bat walk, using bat detectors and listening to the clapping of the bats feeding above our heads!
This was a great start of term!
Starting at uni with us in 2023?
We know you’re going to have a brilliant time here and to get your student life off to the best possible start find out all the information you’ll need by visiting the dedicated Starting at Uni pages on the University of Brighton website.
Come along to one of our online events, details of the next one below 👇
Get ready for your course: School of Applied Sciences
Friday 28 July 2023 – 10-11am online
Hear about how you can prepare for your subject and ask any questions to get your studies off to the best start. For students studying: biology, ecology and conservation, biomedical science, geography, and environment, or pharmacy.
Online enrolment
You can enrol from August 21 and we’ll send you an email to remind you. Once you’ve enrolled, you’ll be able to access My Studies where you’ll find all the information you need to prepare for your course.
Why you should care about icebergs
Dr Lorna Linch‘s fascinating article published in The Conversation explores the devastating effects that melting icebergs have on raising global sea levels and crushing life on the sea floor.
A taste of student life at our Applied Science and Engineering residential summer school
Our on campus residential summer school is open for applications from year 12 students who are thinking about applying to science and engineering courses at university. Apply now.
The summer is school is a real opportunity to try out what it’s like to study at university, learn and use the facilities on our Moulsecoomb campus and stay on site in student halls.
During the day participants take part in a programme of science and engineering taster lectures and practical sessions run by academics and student ambassadors which could include sessions such as blood typing or a session on fungi in the labs. There are also sessions about applying to university, a student life Q&A, a session from the library team and a talk from Brighton Students Union.
In the evenings there are social activities which could be a trip to the beach, a BBQ or bowling before heading back to the halls of residence. Participants share a student flat in our Moulsecoomb halls, with their own bedroom in a flat with 6-8 students and shared living room/kitchen.
In the evenings there are social activities which could be a trip to the beach, a BBQ or bowling before heading back to the halls of residence. Summer school participants share a student flat in our halls, with their own bedroom in a flat with 6-8 students and shared living room/kitchen.
By the end of the week everyone will have tried out lots different science and engineering sessions, made new friends and have a much idea of what it’s like to move to university!
Applications are open until 31 May. We would love to see you there!
City Nature Challenge 2023
Attention all budding naturalists! Get involved with the City Nature Challenge, an international campaign to discover and record as much wildlife as possible over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend. Just download and use the iNaturalist app.
What is the City Nature Challenge?
The City Nature Challenge is an exciting global citizen science event to discover and record as much wildlife as possible, using the free iNaturalist app, whilst helping people connect with the nature on their doorstep. Locally, City Nature Challenge is organised by University of Brighton, University of Sussex, The Living Coast and the South Downs National Park. The UK event is co-ordinated by The Natural History Consortium, and the global event is co-ordinated by the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles and California Academy of Sciences.
This year, the Brighton & Eastern Downs region will be taking part in the global City Nature Challenge alongside over 450 city regions worldwide, including 22 across the UK.
Anyone can take part between 28 April and 1 May – young and old, experienced naturalists and curious beginners.
Where and how to get involved
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